Welfare Education?

| by Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
( November 15, 2014, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Guardian) Discussions over the Jaffna
Name Board being in Sinhala first led to the following comments from a Sinhalese:

[Is there really a need for this kind of nit picking? I once listened to Mr. Sumanthiran
making a similar comment at a conference in Colombo. He said that on a currency note
in Sri Lanka, the words in Sinhala meaning that it was a valid form of payment
anywhere in Sri Lanka had not been written in Tamil. This is true but could you
imagine if a phrase running into three lines is written in three languages on a currency
note? Every other word is written in three languages and it is pretty obvious to anyone
who can read what the note denotes - even a blind person, as the note can be brailed
but no - it was not good enough for Mr. Sumanthiran. I wonder what this kind of
thinking would do in a country like India where there is one National language for over
a billion people but hundreds of state languages and dialects. Can you imagine if we
were talking about a bottle cap?? This is crazy talk.]
An Australian Sinhalese supporter responded as follows:
[I refer you once again to the example of Sumathiran a discriminated Tamil who
got free education from kindergarten through Law College and earned his crust

through the Sinhala clients, in Sinhala-Buddhist state courts, (he never practiced in
Prabhakarns courts) and enjoyed the freedoms that he never got from the sole
representative of the Tamils in his pseudo-state. He hast the right to speak in
Parliament in Tamil and get translations in Tamil of all documents.]
My response to the above was:
[Education is free as in welfare only when there is no value returned for THAT
environment by that person. Take for example a parent educating a child. To the
extent the child shows the value of that education through the status added to the
family that child is free of any debt. One who is not able to so show needs to be
grateful and that settles the debt. By staying on in Sri Lanka Sumanthiran is
confirming that he has settled his debt to the Government the government of ALL
ethnicities. Did you settle yours to the Sinhala Buddhist part ? Or do you still owe Sri
Lanka?]
Children/Citizens who do not show the investment that their parents, community and
society make in their education have the duty to follow the leadership of their
providers as in the subjective political system. Respecting those providers helps
prevent disorderly thought process that result from dependence on welfare. Moneymemory, like any otgher information needs to be filed in order of priority for it to
become savings supporting future growth. If information regarding sources of money
are scattered and chaotic one fails to develop the systems needed to protect and
raise the value of that money to the higher level. Likewise the mind that registers
hearsay would tend to grab the information that fits the emotion of the moment.
Our Truth is the basis of our empowerment. One who allows emotional (political)
outbursts to override intellectual (administrative) outcomes is politically driven. This
is ok so long as the Truth of the person is positive for the whole - when manifested in
that environment at that time.
A good proportion of migrants bring to Australia the value of their investment in
education in their counties of origin. Those migrants who have settled their dues to
those countries are the most valuable to Australia as they would add their Energies
to Education Service Providers even if their official positions are low. If this is not
recognized but the benefits are accepted the official system becomes a welfare
recipient be it Australian or Sri Lankan.
When an Australian or Sinhalese both of majority power - with thoughts of authority
of her/his position fails to recognize the value of a migrant the risk of punishing the
migrant when s/he expresses her earned rights as per her/his real contribution are
high. This leads to exponential negative value for the person in official position and for
the whole of that organization / country.
Sri Lankas common problem in this regard is that such outbursts / rebellions have
been negative for the whole. Whether we use Sinhala only policies or Tamil only

demands if we carry the debts to the providers in whatever form or without form we
would produce negative outcomes for our environment/s or become mentally
disorderly. I was so classified by Australians in responsible positions due to this debt
owed by them to their providers. One such Authority was a young Sinhalese doctor
of Sri Lankan citizenship training in Australia. By then I was well past the 18 years of
Australian residency (most of it as citizen) needed to be a natural Australian. This
young trainee did show me respect and even said that there was nothing wrong with
me when the consultation was not interfered with. But later his supervisor a migrant
of Indian origin showing dependence on White Australian Supervisors changed
that decision to list me as a mentally ill person. That was a manifestation of her debt
owed not only to Australian system but also to Indian system. One whose mind is not
orderly and/or independent would manifest disorderly outcomes. When we keep
changing the outcomes for no valid reason we confirm mental illness. The root is our
Truth. If it is negative for the whole we need to have the discipline not to speak
unless spoken to so that we would not weaken the environment that protects us. If
that Truth when manifested would have positive outcomes for the whole then that
needs to be promoted and made standard, law and policy as appropriate.
In Tamil we refer to some of those traits as Piravi (birth) Kunam (attribute). That
which is developed to become natural to us is also of this category. We would show the
consolidated value at the time of our next birth when we may be born as members of
the other side. The above Sinhalese may be born as a Tamil if he is indebted to his
providers and yet takes up authority over a Tamil who has settled her/his dues to
her/his providers. Likewise White Australians who unjustly discriminate against
Aborigines and Asian migrants.
Migrants who are yet to settle their dues to their countries of origin need to renounce
benefits from such investments by their providers and bring only the net value as
Truth into their new environment. This is how the system of Karma works. To the
extent they have settled their debts they become providers including in their new
environments. LTTE and JVP rebellions were led by leaders who failed to pay their
dues to their providers and therefore would not have been natural providers in their
new environments. Likewise migrants even if they hold high positions in their new
environments. Often the reason for such promotion would be due to assimilation with
the apparently higher powers. LTTE assimilated with Indian political leaders and JVP
with Communism through Chinese - Che Guevara combination. These are invasions
of foreign minds to the extent they were brought in by those who were yet to settle
their debt to their environments.
As per Gods system we are all part of one system. To take up authority over another
we need to have been their provider individually and/or collectively. Once the debt

is paid including through show of respect and / or settled through natural

appreciation one who is taking such authority is reversing the debt upon her/himself
even if it were the parent. From then on we become Common Providers/Parents.
Democracy helps prevent this reversal through separation so we would see and
recognize the receivers as equals when they are accepted as such by wider society.
To answer the first respondent yes nit-picking is important when the host becomes
immune to modern pesticides. One who is distracted by quick killing tends to become
dependent on chemical warfare that damages the head of the host.
Posted by Thavam