Wish type you are?

‎What is a wish? What does that deliver? 

There are many ways that man can wish for himself or someone. Wish, my belief is an act that expresses the desire of a soul for himself or others. Human mind is an amazing  source of energy which has a huge effect of things that is happening and is yet to happen. 

My attempt today is to discuss what are different ways of wishing and their effects.

Someone might wish himself or another party deep inside his soul yet will not express it.

In another scenario someone will have a wish  ‎for himself for others and will express himself.

Other two types aroused with the development of technology, invention of social media. Where your PDA or reminder or profile notify you that it's the anniversary or a birthday of someone. People are not alike. They have different state of minds and memory power. 

Someone might forget it and will do a genuine wish once you are enlighten with thanking to social media. It's only the reason that he couldn't recall the event. And then there's another party who might have to check the person's profile to recall who the person is and how he or she is related to him. But his or her wish will be the most glamorous which is not genuine.

So, where does the validity of true wish stand?

Justice and equality

A controversial topic I would say. Equality is treating every aspect irrespective of its specialty. Treating every human being without any consideration like race, nationality, religion, skin color, cast or political perspectives would be equality. Yes, it is true that we are in a diverse environment with different types of people. Remember this does not mean that we have to discard those differences. But after realizing the diversity can we treat everyone equally ? The answer would be an obvious "No". Then the problem would be how to define the clearcuts, what to be considered, what to be ignored and  whom should decide. Series of questions with no clear answers. 

If we focus on justice keeping all the endless questions aside, Justice is simply everything treated properly in the proper order irrespective of what or who it is. So, does the diversity in the nature bring barriers to Justice? Do these justice and equality coincide? 

I think this picture says it all. 

Equality will not be the best option when it comes to some situations. But where to draw the line? Eliminating equality for justice is not where corrupted politicians roam freely or released on bail while a random citizen who stole few thousands is jailed for years. I think this is where the true wisdom comes to the play, we humans are the most intelligent species, if we have the power to recognize the diversity don't you think that God has not given us the ability to act? This where we all stumble. Social norms, culture, power, law and regulations all comes one over one. But if you can put humanity among all of them I think the answers would not be that far.

Are We losing it??

As we enjoy this festival season, I think this is the most appropriate time to have a glance at our festivals. Being a catholic, the most festive occasions for me are Christmas and Easter. Christmas being closer to the year end and being a marketable event as we all witness has become commercialized. From December first we can feel the christmas-phere in everything around us that is economical. Either it's a shop, television ad or any other Christmas has influenced the way of life commercially rather than spiritually which it supposed to be though Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country. Being a kid of 90s I do not know what Christmas should look like as we all are born to the era of open economy. We may think that giving away an extra T-shirt we have or give someone something to eat would be more than enough for the sake of spirituality. But still none of the actions will touch the greater depth of Christmas.

Comparing to that I guess for whatever the reason that Easter is saved still. The noble causes of the Easter is still untapped by the mercantilism world.  But if we take Vesak to the consideration, though it is also a religious festival which observes the birth, enlightenment and the death of Buddha’s, it is sad to see that the true meaning of the festival has become obsolete.  Only few of praiseworthy practices are still remaining within the society.

Now the question is Awurudda (Tamil and Sinhala New Year). I wonder how many people knows why the events 'Kana muttiya','Aliyata aha thabeema' exist, or the in depth of meaning of the games and rituals.  New Year  is a glamorous and memorable event for all Sinhalese and Hindus. The harmony, coexistence plays a vital role there. It is a season where we feels the warmth of bonds and families but the sadness is slowly I'm witnessing it being commercialized as well. Slowly but steadily.

Will our next generation see the Aluth Awurudda just like the way I saw commercialized Christmas or will it be preserved?