| by Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
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( December 22, 2012, Melbourne,
Sri Lanka Guardian) While a good proportion of
intellectuals in Sri Lanka and
their extensions overseas are
analyzing the matter of the Impeachment of the Chief Justice, there are others
who are analyzing the weaknesses of the government through the ethnic problem. Professor Laksiri
Fernando in his Sri Lanka Guardian article ‘Key Issue is to defend the
Judiciary Now ‘ states ‘In the case of Sri Lanka, we have a situation where
there is a clear attempt on the part of the executive to subjugate the
judiciary using the legislature as its cat’s paw. Legislature has lost or
losing its proper representative character. This was not the case before
although some inroads had already been made. This is in a background of a
mammoth military build-up.’
Transnational Government of Tamil
Eelam (TGTE) is producing its parallel of this ‘attack on sovereignty’ through
its own experience. This has been highlighted at
http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2012/12/tgtes-parliament-endorses-action-plans.html
under the heading ‘TGTE’s Parliament Endorses Action Plans’
There are also reports that Tamil
National Alliance (TNA) is observing Sathyagraha regarding the attacks on
University students.
When I took legal action against
Senior Administrators of the University of New South Wales & later against
the Government Ministers concerned – some Australians of majority race said
that what happened to me had happened to others of their race also and hence why I was claiming that the
actions were due to my race? My simple response was that I had practiced the
laws of Equal Opportunity and through those I believed that the reason was racial discrimination –
most of the time subconscious.
I now look at the lesser interest
by Tamils in the Judicial issue – and come to the same conclusion. Tamils are majority in their environments
outside Sri Lanka. They have strong backing in Tamil Nadu. Then there are the governments of the nations
that are ‘home’ to Tamils who left Sri Lanka.
Tamils in those countries seem to have stronger influence than
Sinhalese, with the Governments of those nations. In a way – these governments and groups are
filling the ‘government positions’ that Sri Lankan government failed to fill in
the minds of Tamils.
The pattern that evolves confirms
the way of Natural Justice. The following excerpt from my book would indicate
how I completed the cycle of independence on the basis of the reality of my
environment: ‘Within one culture, looks
and their status are attributed as per common norms and trends and therefore the outer looks and their
status would tend to be ‘graded’ through those common cultural measures. These
cultural norms include work done by others to attribute merit to a certain way
in which we maintain our outer
looks. Usually those with high status
and attractive looks earn the highest
grading. Lady Diana became more attractive than Miss Diana Spencer due to
having earned the ‘royal position’. I on
the other hand, became less and less attractive with the same looks, due to
shedding my official status. As my Guru says – there are three I’s – (1) who
others think I am; (2) who I think I am and (3) who I really am. Majority vote is about the first one. Whenever this is lower than who I think I am
– I felt disappointed. Repeated
disappointments when unaddressed, lead to depression – a strong risk with
migrants who enjoyed high status in
their countries of origin. As for me, I was able to work it out during my time
with myself – that these others needed me to give form to their work. Since I
went into their ‘territory’ I had to accept such demotions in their territory.
This way, I was able to better prepare myself for the future. Knowing my
reality was the Actual in my mind and planning for the future on that basis was
my Budget.
To me, laws are also plans. We
include the needs of all concerned and draw up the consolidated essence of it through laws. Some laws, such
as customary laws, are based strongly on
the longstanding reality in an area/culture. Some of these customs are not in official form. If there is harmony in that area in which these
customs are actively practiced – then
these are very much part of the natural
laws of that area. The official government needs to recognize this and stay
away from it if it does not understand or appreciate these
common customs or if they seek to come into that area, they need to
include such customs in the official budget/laws.’
The way we receive events are
regulated Naturally by our reality and Consciously through Plans/Laws. They are also the paths through which we
would deliver our own returns. Hence if my Plan did not include majority race –
the path through which I manifested my
work would be different to when I included majority race. Until my experiences at the University of New
South Wales, I was using the Common Path – which included majority race. After
I was repeatedly ‘kept out’ by those of majority race (mostly subconsciously) –
I remained still and let Nature manifest the reality of their actions based on plans/laws
that did not include me as a migrant from Asia. This helped me complete my
experience on the basis of Truth and Truth only. Those laws used by majority
race did not include my special needs as a migrant / minority race.
Likewise, the majority race in
Sri Lanka have ‘lost’ at least some of the Tamil minds to others. In its own
way – Nature is showing that for the same level of work and commitment we are
of Equal power to those in Government. We just need to go out of their
controlled territories in our minds – to appreciate this. Some need to go out physically to know
it mentally.
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