First of all, this book is neither a serious discussion about politics nor proposing a political solution to a long standing problem; but, collection of thoughts that came to my mind when I thought about my children and the next generation, and how I am going to tell them about the situation in Sri Lanka. What I have attempted is to develop a mindset within which a peaceful coexistence can happen in order to create a basis for achieving peace in Sri Lanka.
This book explores hitherto ignored ideas of self-transformation, starting at individual transformation and growing towards a collective “national” transformation, which can be used as tools for our own introspection as well as for a political solution and overall peace and prosperity.
This book is written with my children in mind – the next generation. Some may even be disappointed with me for over-simplifying a long drawn-out political struggle and not going into a deep, political analysis of the issues. But there has been enough of this. This is not the purpose of the book. Many other authors have written from these perspectives. The purpose of this book is to tell my children, the next generation, how they can truly move forward in Sri Lanka; how they can be the change they wish to see.
This book focuses on one main way in which we can move forward: this is that our “let him change, and then I will change” attitude should be replaced with a “let me change and see how that change influences others” mentality.
I request that you read this book with an open mind and a holistic awareness that self-transformation works and is possible.
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