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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Monday, August 29, 2016
Did Australia Bribe or Donate?
( August 29, 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The
drunken guy here – in the village of Thunaivi was shouting at his
brother in law – calling the latter’s wife a whore. The whole
neighborhood gathered around them – without anyone trying to intervene.
Two weeks later – everything seems normal between the two families.
There is law and there is culture through which we find fault with each
other. The lawyer for our opposition in a testamentary case stated in
court many times – that I was married twice – and that did certainly
seem to have influenced that particular judge who said that I was
behaving like a street woman. If there was some element of Truth to it –
the return karma is not likely to happen in a direct way. To be true –
the person claiming / accusing ought to have been hurt or damaged by
such characteristic. I took legal action in Australia against the
persons who I believed were responsible – but the Courts overruled it
saying that they did not have jurisdiction. Subsequently the person who
initiated it within the family – lost her wedding chain at the Sydney
Murugan temple and I felt that the karma was returned. The leader of the
group claimed in Court that she was not allocated a dowry but was given
a donation!
The above are examples of different mind orders within Vaddukoddai where
the first declaration of Political independence was made in 1976 and
this strongly influenced the Tamil Tigers.
Where the gap between the Politicians who made that declaration and
majority people of that area is too wide – such declarations die
naturally without nourishment. Whether the Tamil Tigers were Rebels or
Terrorists is determined by who makes the assessment and/or what measure
is used. The Sri Lankan Government which was instrumental in listing
the Tamil Tigers as Terrorists – now stand accused of allegations of
bribery and corruption. The latest one is against the current President
of Sri Lanka – all the way from Australia.
As per Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Fairfax reports:
‘Engineering giant Snowy Mountain Engineering Company is being
separately investigated over claims its staff sought approval to pay
kickbacks to foreign officials, including a donation to the party of Sri
Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena when he was a cabinet minister’
Given that the current President – Mr. Sirisena was part of the former
cabinet – and given that the Sri Lankan media is also heavy in its
criticism of the former President – Mr. Rajapaksa through allegations of
corruption – should one be surprised by such revelations? As I said
recently in Thunaivi – during a public meeting – ‘where someone in a
family is weak and it is allowed to prevail – the weakness is bound to
become public knowledge.’ As they say in Tamil – ‘when the price of
eggplant gets cheap (i.e. when the supply increases) it will come to the
market’. Likewise corruption reports. Once it comes to the market – the
whole group / family stands accused of that trait. Many of us have
suffered due to this ‘habitual pattern’ of the mind – due to Tamil
Tigers being labeled as Terrorists. Whoever contributed to the
manifestation of this – i.e.- the matter coming to the market – will get
their share of return karma when an innocent person suffers due to such
label.
The above mentioned allegations – may not end up with lawful action
against the current President. As they said to me in terms of defamation
– Australians did not have jurisdiction over Sri Lankans. Why so – even
if the laws were identical? – because the thought order is not arranged
as per the documented law – but is strongly combined with cultural
thoughts and inner beliefs – to allocate rights and wrongs. Buddhism
being a foreign religion to Australia – there is bound to be differences
in thought order, due to these inner influences. It is for this reason
that when something is purely local – to those who have lived in
Thunaivi over long periods – I do not get involved. They would not
understand my reasons in using a particular measure – and I would not
understand theirs. When there is a need I use Truth which is awesomely
Universal.
Recently the local priest here in Thunaivi-Vaddukoddai – lost his
brother weeks before the priest’s daughter’s wedding was to take
place/took place. Under normal circumstances the wedding would have
needed to be postponed until the ceremonies were completed for the one
who passed away. As per my knowledge this period is 16 days for priests
and 31 days for lay persons. Our priest was able to complete the
ceremonies within the 16 day period. But some had said that because the
brother who died converted to Christianity due to migration and due to
him becoming non-vegetarian after that – the longer period of 31 days
applied. Our priest was naturally anxious. When he came to our temple
the day before the wedding – he asked for my blessings. I kept my hand
on the priest’s head and blessed that the wedding would go well and also
that the marriage would be healthy. I believe that our minds merged and
the father of the bride did not reveal signs of anxiety any more. I
shared my Truth which cured him of his anxieties due to a bigger system
in which he was no longer important due to his old age. Our system was
much smaller but it was based on my Truth. The priest connected to this
due to his faith in the same Deity – Mother Kali. THAT is the value of
Common Faith. This would not have been possible if we did not, at our
temple, replace blind rituals with healthy practices that did not
contradict the values of old rituals. To our priest – the blessings were
from Mother Kali – in whom our priest has deep faith. The priest could
see for himself that I was still going well with my development projects
in that area – despite the low law and order level in those local
folks. This helped him connect to my faith and therefore my confidence
in current measures. The wedding went well and confirmed the value of
common faith.
Had the Sri Lankan President resorted to common faith – he would have
been able to override old habits. But the old habit of allocating
foremost place to Buddhism invoked the previous thought order – and
hence to the extent the President also caused the punishment of his
former boss – he invoked his share of that punishment by activating
Article 9 of the Constitution. If ethnic conflict is something of the
past – then Article 9 needs to be eliminated or at least kept passive.
Once activated – it comes up with the problems that the President’s
horoscope includes.
Time and Place give different forms to the same Truth. There are many
who are critical of former President’s reliance on the horoscope. Others
have appreciated that as being instrumental in the new regime taking
its place. But the above mentioned allegations confirm that old habits
die hard. They have confirmed that the current President is activating
old mantras instead of using his Truth within the local group – a group
that is the parallel to those sharing common faith through our temple.
This group is strongly led by our family – common to Sri Lanka and other
nations that have become home to our extended family. Faith has no
limits through Time and Place based boundaries. Then there are members
of our Engineering group – like Santhirahasan & Pushpa,
Thiruketheeswaran, Vaddukoddai youth group – such as Raj Gunaratnam and
Prabha Maheswaran who resource us when we have a need – Professor Prem
Kumar & wife Thavamany who regularly contribute to our educational
programs – even though we do not ask them. The higher level contribution
is from those who express their appreciation of my sharing of
experiences. That goes direct to the higher mind – starved of immediate
returns and therefore is open to higher structural returns. Without the
latter – including through myself – my programs would not continue. It’s
the common belief that keeps the motivation going.
One of the names that crops up here in Thunaivi is that of the Hon
Douglas Devananda. I wonder whether the Common Government would have
done well to have Mr. Devananda as their Tamil partner to compete and
invoke the competitive forces of the Tamil National Alliance which is
the official Leading Opposition in National Parliament. The contribution
by Mr. Devananda to Hindu structures during his time as the Minister
responsible for Hindu culture – would help retard the forces of
‘Buddhism foremost’ from getting manifested. Between TNA and Mr.
Devananda – Mr. Devananda highlighted my work to the President whereas
the TNA as per their silence do not recognize my contribution at all –
not even at the level of Vaddukoddai where their office is not too far
from our Training Center.
But Truth waits for no man. Today the folks of Thunaivi made the
decision that I would be their patron for Development projects in
Thunaivi. They sought my assistance in writing reports that would be
used by the Tamil Diaspora in Europe. In turn I propose to derive my
return through training in higher common work practices which would help
develop higher mind order and therefore prevent wars of the kind we
experienced over three decades.
This realization was preceded by fear of legal action in one of the
project which they undertook on their own towards more or less ‘free
money’ – which like Australian Aid without Accountability has resulted
in the current President facing the above mentioned bribery allegations
at social level.
From the Sri Lankan President’s view – it may have been donation and
Australia has no jurisdiction over such ‘freedom’ to call it donation as
per Sri Lankan rules. As per Aussie rules – it may have been bribery
paid. What happened becomes secondary due to Australian Aid – which
makes Sri Lanka a relative. This resulted in Australia providing Aid
that promoted the elimination of the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) during the same
period when Australia was accommodating Tamil migrants to whom the LTTE
were Freedom Fighters. When there is no law/measure – that is common to
both sides – time tells – each one as per their own pathway/within
their own jurisdiction.
Whatever the Sri Lankan President may confirm as having happened becomes
secondary to knowing the character that was surfaced in a ‘free’
environment. That is the Truth and one who is true to her/himself would
read it and include or exclude her/himself accordingly to develop a mind
order – with or without the President.