SriLanka is a beautiful country. Well, I know this comment is very common and offended. But we are a wonderful country. Fortunate. I am serious. Not trying to be rhetoric or poetic. No exaggerations for God’s sake. I mean every word.
Let me say this. We have all the needed things. For instance rivers, streams, waterfalls and every other resource which gives us water. We produce our own water. We have a fine climate where no one can experience elsewhere. It doesn’t snow here. It’s a plus point. No transport hazards, no snow gales, people won’t...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
Afterthoughts from Noon Tide toll by Romesh Gunasekara *
‘I fetched out my I-love Munchen lighter. A present from Mrs. Klein, who came down here last month looking for sun, samadhi and plush aromatherapy after her Vanni One project in the north. I had been planning to give up smoking, but it was so nice of her that I have delayed the quit-plan and started a pure air deficit plan. And I like the idea of carrying a flame in my pocket”
See, it’s not time to quit but rather have a fresh slate. Like Vasantha did. Sometimes we feel that we have nowhere to go, but keep rolling under stars. There is hope,...
Thursday, August 14, 2014
If Happiness Happens
Photo Courtesy - www.grassroots.org
This August somethings are going to get better for some people. It is not because it’s August. Life has lots of months that are not August. So when August comes, it is like that for everyone. “August is the best month for me always in my life... Let it get better this time,” one of my friends added.
My ‘these days’ are heart threatening days, colorless days. There is absence. A lot...
Saturday, August 9, 2014
'Yaksha Sutra'
We pretend to be ‘arahats’. In an instant we fail. There is hatred stored in corners of hearts. We always carry chips on shoulders. The difference is the degree to which anger heightens. There is a Yaka (in other words ‘devil’) within you. Even me. A little less than a monstrous face, hairy bodies with long, sharp teeth. Ah, and big ears too! Wait, but their gleaming red eyes can resemble us at times. We are full of bloodlust like yaka. In...
Thursday, August 7, 2014
ජීවිතේ කඳු සිරස උසයි ඈතයි
වහින ඉල් වැහි
සුසුම් පොඟවයි
දුකම අවැසිව
ලය රිදුම් ගෙන දේ
භව කතර ඉම
දුර බව හැඟෙ
ජීවිතේ කඳු සිරස
උසයි ඈතයි
-මෙලෝ රහක් නැති ජීවිතේ රසවිතක් සොයා යන ...
Like naked like wall-less
Drop the towel!
Being naked is the best feeling ever. Rather than to get covered with cotton and linen. Not only that, it is sexier. There is comfort. Naked time is good. There are things we like to do naked. To share each other’s flaws and just do what we like. When things come in ‘open,’ love giving is easier. To remove clothes off is a has-to-be done thing when it comes to love, I think. The more we peel out things, rip things off, the lighter we become and less complicated, hardly anything to cling on. This is what the...