There were and are waves of hate (philosophy) in this small country.
The first wave was related to the ethnic issue.
The second wave was related to the party politics.
The third wave is against the international community.
And the fourth wave is going to be the imaginary aliens, I guess.
This was a country when Atomic bomb was dropped on Japan and then late J.R.J uttered a verse in Dhammapada for record.
But when JRJ left, this country was beset with hate in all directions.
It was an irony!
Once I had the rare distinction of taking to a young Japanese gentleman who had done a lot to this country.
I asked him why he was so devoted to Sri-Lanka.
Without hesitation he said when he was a kid he could only remember the Japanese translation of the Dhammapada Verse and one day when grown up he will visit Sri-Lanka and pay his dues.
Which he did in abundance.
I told him that he should change roles and become an ambassador to which he only smiled and said one does not need to be an ambassador to do good.
That was an emphatic statement.
From that point onward when we refer to Dhammapada it was only for reference value and not for any concrete actions of compassion or empathy.
Why?
I do not know.
But I have only one theory.
When one studies only one language and specially the books dished out from the government without true educational philosophy, the Creative part of the Brain is permanently stunted and deranged.
There is no lateral or creative thinking capability.
Even the erasing of a word called Ceylon from memory is a symptom of this malady.
One cannot erase history or dictionary value of a coined word simply with rhetoric.
In time to come this country will be famous for its rhetoric with no actions.
NATO-C
The No Action Talk Only Country.
I hope in the New Year true senses should come to our body politics and restore us to ancient Eastern values.
Power and Party Politics is a Western creation to institute divide and rule philosophy.
We have become slaves of that creation and forgotten our ancient roots.
I think the presidential advisers who can read and write English should read Prof. De Bono's books on Beautiful Mind and Lateral Thinking.
For a start we should get him (Prof. De Bono) for a Guest Lecture in honour of late Laxman Kadiragarman.
He is very expensive to hire and very busy but if given the needs and proper objectives he would oblige.
I believe he was one (LK) who had the courage and the charisma to have a beautiful mind in the face of adversity.
May we remember him for that character.
We do not want Lion Foxes, and for that matter any foxes to come to this country.
