2012

dear friend. I know your name. It is 2012. I know that you don't know my name. Its ok. For me its compulsory to know something about you. If I dont have a plan to make a good orientation with you will twist me like a poor tree in a tornado.  I promise instead of planing the distant future I will try to live in the present in happiness. there are lots of lessons from your friend. Especially from 2011. I hope you will be a peaceful year to everyone.  

Light, Life and Love.

We are going to discuss about a masterpiece of art originally drawn in the period of word war 2. The specialty of the picture is it has drawn in a Christmas Eve like today. It was drawn in Stalingrad, Russia in a German army baroque. In the time both Russians and Germans suffered with heavy casualties. There were signs of defeat to the Germans. The areas always aimed by bombers and heavy artilleries gun shots. Under such devastating conditions faith and talent created the historical masterpiece in a war field.  Today the picture is considered as a icon of collision of past enemies (Russia, Germany, England) His Name was Dr Kurt Reuber. The picture is totally drawn by Charcoal on an old map.  Its a picture of Madonna and Jesus. In a side of the picture can see a writing. The writing is in German language. Meaning of the words is Light, Life and Love. This picture had given a big relief to the German soldiers who were helpless in the war field in the cold Christmas Eve. Dr Kurt Reuber later became a prisoner in Russia. He died in a Russian prison. Later his greatest art work sent to Germany. In a Church in Berlin it is keeping as a exhibit to public. Copies of the original sent to Stalingrad and England to mark the post-war reconciliation between former enemies.

Even for today Stalingrad Madonna is giving the warm feeling of a beloved mother, which totally gives a meaning of Light, Life and Love. I hope not only the Christianity but majority of other religions also brings a big lesson and message about the peace. I hope Christmas would be much meaningful in a peaceful background. Current political background is not a classic and great paining like Stalingrad Madonna. To make a peaceful world, the mission should be started from the family then we should advance till the world level. For every good mission always need a good vision and a good will.  

-In the Christmas Eve of 2011

To be independent.

This letter is not submitted to fulfill any political issue. But the situations which I’m going to discuss here directly connect with current and past political activities in Sri Lanka. Above situations have some direct connections with the recent international politics. Major point of the discussion is Sri Lanka was the first Buddhist country to reject a visit of a Buddhist leader to Sri Lanka. Not only a Buddhist leader but also a Nobel Prize winner and the previous political leader of the country called Tibet.  By name His holiness fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was awarded by the Nobel Prize to respect his work to keep the world peace and promotion of harmless and peaceful religious works all around the world. Many years ago he was the religious and political leader to a peaceful nation. In front of past political processes which concerned with Chinese communism the Tibet was in a helpless position. The only help what they had was Buddhism (I agree it’s not the Theravada Buddhism). For a country like china with a great political, military, economic and manpower wasn’t hard to throw out Dalai Lama from his country. Even for today to keep the political and regional stability Dalai Lama is not allowed to enter countries like China, Tibet, Russia and etc. Finally India was the country to come forward and let the Dalai Lama to live and promote his peaceful work to promote world peace and to find a peaceful political solution to keep Tibet as an independent Buddhist nation. Still he is active in his peaceful process in Dharmasala, India. In a time Sri Lanka had devastating effects by Tsunami, Dalai Lama requested to visit Sri Lanka to see and to help the country by pointing international Attention. But we couldn’t grant the Visa due to the direct threats from china to stop Lama’s arrival. According to them it was a great disturbance to keep close and friendly political relations between the nations. According to some local and international journals and news papers the real situation reveled. China was an artillery supplier to Sri Lankan Army. Granting visa could have stopped the artillery supplies from china and put Sri Lankan Government in to difficult period.  I agree with the statement china was a major point in winning the war against terrorism. According to my point of view above statement doesn’t make china a close friend to Sri Lanka. China played a role to keep their political stabilities by threatening other countries. According to this situation what we can understand is china didn’t have real wish to see the end of the war in Sri Lanka. Instead of that china used the golden opportunities to attach Sri Lankans to international political manipulations.They have changed Sri Lanka’s foreign policy by force. (Our foreign policy is a week one. Please understand I’m not trying to insult my country). Few years back when Sri Lankan cricket players got the opportunity to play Indian premier League Cricket, our player was strongly advised not to visit or come to media with Dalai Lama. China played the same role. Chinese political policies have violated harmless and innocent desires of small nations. Sri Lanka is a small nation which is developing. One of our major incomes is tourism. If support to china, Russia, and North Korea we lose the true friend ships with USA, UK, and Europe. If we support USA, UK and Europe we lose the support from china, Russia, Iran and North Korea. These political manipulators attached our little nation to their vicious cycle. As a result, in a decision which those countries not agree with us can cause negative effects to tourism in Sri Lanka (this is an example). What is the major point which we take in to our consideration?  Knowing or without knowing we have become a toy to big countries to Keep their political stability and integrity. Actually we have not treated as a friend. We have treated as a political tool. Still we think these are the real friends in the international politics. No they are not the real friends. A real friend doesn’t do a favor to take a profit from the friend. Can’t you see? They are doing it! As a nation we shouldn’t be part of other political agendas. If we can do it we can attain the level of an independent country. An independent country doesn’t need a huge economic, political and military power.  What we need is a sustained development. I’m not going to introduce the sustained development now. It will become in a following letter.  Current political giants have identified countries like us as toys and tools. We should have good friendships and connections with each and every country (Sri Lanka is a peaceful and friendly nation). We shouldn’t become partners or tools in vicious political process to speed up the economic growth. We have a 20 million people who love our little country. We have many natural resources. Between cheating and cunning political friends we have few good friends.

What we need is motivation and good plans to discover the wisdom.

Related links

http://tibetoday.com/articles.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama

http://www.dalailama.com/

http://www.facebook.com/DalaiLama

True problems and dooms day.

There is a huge discussion in the society mentioning about a dooms day which comes soon. According to Mayan calendars and the majority of conspirators the world is going to its end. The only evidence which takes as strong point is an old Mayan calendar. I have a belief about the ancient knowledge. But I don’t like to become a slave of any kind of knowledge. First we must describe the situations and the information to our selves. Then we should think about the base of the theory. In the process shouldn’t forget to analyze the past and the present situations. Mayan Calendar comes to an end in 2012. Actually what was the purpose of the Mayan calendar? To describe the future? For sure the answer is no. Predictions about the future can be seen in every culture of the world. Many predictions stay unclear to this date. Many attempts which made to understand the future was unsuccessful. Many clues which were given to us by the ancestors still unclear in nature. It’s true! We shouldn’t under estimate their knowledge.    

But it’s a very clear to our minds there won’t be such a dramatic series of events marking the total extinction of animal kind. The idea is a correct one. According to the data which we know about the previous extinctions a total extinction is only an idea. (There is always a possibility).

A specific change in the earth’s axis, a huge tsunami caused by a big earthquake and asteroids are famous themes in the discussion. Greater than those threats there are some common problems which man should face to protect the world. Instead of the dooms day 2012 conspiracy people should think about the following things which may cause disaster effect in the near future.

Global warming.

Air Land and water pollution. Especially sea pollution.

War and nuclear power.

Fossil fuel use, limitation and its natural effects.

Population growth and their needs.

Animal extinction and deforestation.

These are some of the basic and well-known challenges in front of us. These are the major factors which we should concern about. Everyone knows the doomsday conspirator theories are to earn money rather than showing the real destination of the human kind.

Im not telling that those theories are not valuable. They provide some evidences of new challenges. For the present we have serious problems than them.

Mankind should turn their political, economic and development plans to the path of sustained development. The sustain development always have concerns about our environment. Management of natural resources is more meaningful with this plan. All the countries have the knowledge about sustained development. If we work together in such a development plan we can protect human kind and the animal kind including our natural resources. We will be the first generation which stopped a human extinctinction from the earth.