Oh My Malaysia...what will become of Thee.

As I read the blogs written with regard to politics and religion in Malaysia it makes me look within myself of who I am and where i stand with regards to these issues. The situation in the country although not life threatening is becoming more and more serious and runs a whole lot deeper than what seems like just a passing phase. Politicians and religious leaders  are stirring up a whole mess of issues that has long been broiling beneath the surface of what seems like a model liberal Muslim country as some wish to claim of this nation. What is worse those who are with any amount of wisdom and knowledge with regard to these issues are either too afraid to voice out their opinion or simply taking advantage of the conundrum to amplify their self serving agendas. Religion was supposed to fade away as globalization and freedom spread. Instead, it's booming around the world, often deciding who gets elected. And the divine intervention is just beginning. Democracy is giving people a voice, and more and more, they want to talk about God. With the General Election
looming in the horizon the ruling party seems to be doing its best to pacify every sides but getting more bogged down with differing views than arriving at any definitive conclusion.
The lay man, the masses on the street and in the villages are getting restless and agitated by the lack of will and the uncertainty of what lay ahead and in store for their future. Too many unanswered questions and not enough truth and transparency; too much politicking and finger pointing and not enough proper governance. Everyone i know of are either living in denial of the political time bomb we are sitting on or too busy intellectualizing and pontificating on who is right and what is wrong. It is a precarious state we are in, one that can make or break us up as a nation; somewhere, sometime, something has to give and make way for an equitable change; an everlasting change of the whole by the whole, for the whole. A revamp of the society as a collective whole in every respect of its existence; we have to embark upon a brave new world.
We need not be the richest or most powerful nation on earth but we can surely be the most peaceful despite our differences in race culture and religion. We need not be all out to prove who is right or wrong but simply accept our strength and weaknesses and learn to live with our right understanding of who we are; we have to live with a great deal of tolerance, honesty, pride and dignity of who we are. Living for the benefit of others will have to replace our prone towards self serving mentality, We live for the sake of the nation and not for our individual, racial or religious domination over others; let our Gods be and allow for a nation building and healing precept to become our daily practice.
Let us not just preach what the Quran, the Vedas, the Bible, the Sutras or the Tao Di Ching has to offer but practice the wisdom of their content; for all religions preach the same message of Love, Peace and Compassion towards our fellow man. Let us discard our sense of Greed, Hatred and Ignorance and cherish our sense of servitude towards our fellow creatures; it does not makes us any poorer if we exist for the benefit of our fellow man for wealth is in the ability to give.
Right livelihood is the cure for corruption as Right understanding is the cure for all religious bigotry.
Right mindfulness will open our hearts towards the welfare of others,
Right words, thoughts and deeds will enable us to accept others as equals,
We have to be done with the politics of hatred and divisive nature and we have to smile more at one another regardless of our ethnic origin; we are a band of brothers in this multi-racial country. Our survival depends upon our fully accepting this fact of life or perish we will. We have to educate the nation from the PM to the fisherman and farmers to accept this move towards a peaceful change no matter on which side of the political divide we presently stand. We have no other cause but the course that will lead us away from harm towards achieving being a peaceful nation. Let anyone who stands in our way of this course be branded as the enemy of the state for our attainment of peace as a whole is non -negotiable. Ignorance is not an excuse and greed is a desease that has to be nip in the bud without fear or favor; all Malaysians are accountable to what happens in the near future when the ballot is cast, let us vote in the name of peace and justice for all. If we have to leave a legacy behind us as a nation let it be that of a Nation of Peace and Harmony.