Where can one find the real Jesus?

Packiam, the archbishop of our diocese seems to be a simple man. But he wants and wields in fact unlimitted power. He seems to think that being accountable and transparent is less powerful! He seems not at all familiar with 'Jesus before Christianity!' He only knows, rather doesn't want to know that unadulterated Jesus. He is familiar and comfortable with the Jesus presented by the church, a bye product of Constantine's so called conversion! The Jesus who came 'not to be served, but to serve' is not the Jesus of this church! In this church every one projects himself with all titles beginning from the 'reverend' to  'excellency', 'grace' and 'holiness' and Jesus is conveniently ignored. They do not know the greatness of John the baptist who let Jesus grow and himself be diminished. When people asked: are you the one to come, he could tell them clearly that he was no the one and introduced Jesus instead!
Young priests are fascinated by authority, position and possession with higher study mania having no regard ever for being holy, honest, just and humble. Getting every benefit from the people, they couch on the back of the people neve letting them free! They project a God quite different from the one introduced by Jesus. This God need to be placated with offerings and other servile homages. Love has no place, love which has no fear or any other inhibition...

Can’t be a dead fish to be carried along the current…

More than half of my life had been in the ‘priestly’ costume/mask! Not even for a single day could be comfortable with nor could get compromised with that! However, I did enjoy being with the people and doing my little mite in empowering them as a self-esteemed and free people.

‘Church’ first of all was not a concept of Jesus, as ‘temple’ was not that of the people of God and their prophets! Temple as opposed to the ‘ark’ was a compulsion for David to justify his palace. So also church as opposed to the ‘way’ the disciples were familiar with to enjoy and ensure the crumbs of authority thrown out to the elders with the feudal titles.

As the grain of wheat need to die out to yield fruit whether it be thirty, sixty or hundred fold or even to become bread or the like, so also the son of man gave up himself to be raised in glory. The ‘reign’ of God announced by Jesus won’t be a reality till the church dies out to give birth to that reign.

The church always enjoyed the fire place of security and never ever can live the life of the son of man who has no place to lay down his head. He always enjoyed the freedom of the children of God and the beauty of the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. The strength of Jesus was his vulnerability in solidarity with so many of his brethren and his being empty (kenosis) before his Father.

This Jesus who was so familiar and friendly challenged me ever, as the self-seeking and protective church agitated me. It built up theology to suit all its greed beginning from justifying idolatry to enslaving the children of God. In the place of the ‘friendly’ relation propounded by Jesus, church projected the ‘servant-lord’ relations! Jesus’ terminologies are not only not comfortable, but are threatening to the church.

Satellite abandoned…!

Satellite abandoned…!

Yes, it all began

So innocently!

Few years behind

Closeness seemed sprouting!

Sensing it in spite,

Nothing was done to prevent,

Expecting nothing untoward!

No sooner than

The happily arranged union,

Came the devastating separation!

Meetings let happen

To be of support and solace

To the lonely traveler

Even at odd times!

At one such odd time

The territory was violated

With no resistance or

Grief later even!

In spite of realizing the risk

It continued unabated

To reach a kind of orbit

Around the big star!

Instead being thankful

The satellite now feels

Abandoned when the star

Moves away slowly and steadily

And happily it seems!

You the lonely star

Shine brighter and brighter

Preferring your own satellites

And forming a family of

Life, love and care.

ദിവ്യ ബലി ആമുഖം: 

സ്ത്രീ-പുരുഷ ഭേതം തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞു, അതിന്റ്റെ പരസ്പര ആകര്‍ഷണത്തിനു വിധേയരായ ഏതൊരു സ്ത്രീയും പുരുഷനും കൊതിക്കുന്നതാണ് അവര്‍ തമ്മിലുള്ള പരപര സാന്നിത്യവും സഹവാസവും. അതിന്റ്റെ പ്രക്യാപനമാണ്: "മനുഷ്യന്‍ ഏകാനായിരിക്കുന്നത് നന്നല്ല... [ഉത്പത്തി ൨:൧൮]. ഈ സാന്നിത്യത്തെ -സഹവാസത്തെ പറ്റിയുള്ള സ്വപ്‌നങ്ങള്‍ നെയ്തെടുക്കുകയാണ് പിന്നീടങ്ങോട്ട്. അത്തരം യുവമിധുനങ്ങളില്‍ രണ്ടുപേര്‍ മാത്രമാണ് നമ്മുടെ കണ്ണിലുണ്ണികലായ കമിയും-ഡാനും.  അവരുടെ സ്വപ്‌നങ്ങള്‍ ഏതാനും നിമിഷങ്ങള്‍ക്കകം നമ്മെ ഏവരെയും സാക്ഷി നിറുത്തി ഈ തിരുസന്ന്തിയില്‍ സാക്ഷത്കരിക്കപ്പെടാന്‍ പോവുകയാണ്. 

ഇവര്‍ ഇന്നിന്റെ നായിക-നായകന്മാര്‍ മാത്രമല്ല, ഈ വിവാഹ കൂതാശയുടെ കാര്മികര്‍ കൂടിയാണ്; അതിനെ ആസീര്‍വതിക്കാന്‍ ആഗാതനാവുന്ന നമ്മുടെ അതിരൂപതാത്യക്ഷന്‍ സഭയുടെ ഔദ്യോഗിക സാക്ഷിയും! 

ഇതൊരു പ്രണയകഥയിലെ പര്യവസാനമല്ല, പിന്നയോ, മാതാപിതാക്കളും മറ്റു വേണ്ടപ്പെട്ടവരുംകൂടി കണ്ടെത്തി, സ്വര്‍ഗം [അങ്കുളിമുദ്ര] മുദ്ര ചാര്‍ത്തിയ സുന്ദര ബന്ധമാണിത്. പ്രണയ മുകുളങ്ങള്‍ ഇനി പോട്ടിവിടരാനിരിക്കുന്നതെയുള്ള്, പിന്നെ മലരായി, കതിരായി നിറഞ്ഞ ഐശ്വര്യത്തോടെ പരിലസിക്കട്ടെ, പ്രഭ വിടര്‍ത്തട്ടെ...

സ്നേഹത്തിന്റെ അതിസുന്ദരവും ആധ്യന്തികവുമായ ഭാവം യേശുവിന്റെതാണ്. ആ സ്നേഹം അനുസ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന, ആവര്‍ത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന വേദി ഒരുങ്ങിക്കഴിഞ്ഞു. ആ വിശുദ്ധ വേദിയിലേക്ക് വൈദീക സ്രേഷ്ടര്‍ക്കൊപ്പം നിങ്ങളെ ഓരോരുത്തരെയും, വിശിഷ്യാ കമിയെയും ദാനിനെയും അവരിരുവരുടെയും മാതാപിതാക്കളുടെ നാമത്തില്‍ ഏറ്റവും ഹൃദ്യമായി സ്വാഗതം ചെയ്യുന്നു. സര്‍വോപരി ഈ വിവാഹം ആസീര്‍വതിക്കാന്‍ ആഗാതനാവുന്ന അഭിവന്ദ്യ സൂസപാക്യം മെത്രാപ്പോലിതയെയും ഇവിടെ സന്നിഹിതരായിട്ടുള്ള എല്ലാവരുടെയും നാമത്തില്‍ സ്വാഗതം ചെയ്യുന്നു.

கமிதக்கண்ணு,

இதோ பார் அந்த கவிதை:

வீடெங்கும் விழாக்கோலம் 

சுற்றமெல்லாம் சுறுசுறுப்பு

காரணம் ஏன் சொல்லு...

கல்யாணம்தான்... கமிக்குத்தான்!

    வாருங்கள் வாழ்த்துவோம் 

    சேருங்கள் சேர்ந்து பாடுவோம்.

கண்டதும் காதல் அல்ல

கேட்டதும் காதல் மெல்ல 

வளர்ந்தது பிறையினை வெல்ல 

நிறைந்தது மணமென சொல்ல!

கமி 'தனி'மையிலிருப்பது நன்றன்று 

துணையென வந்தான் டான் இன்று 

சேர்ந்தே வாழ்க இனி என்றும் 

இன்பம் சுவைக்க குறை வென்று.

                                        - மாமன் 

A Shrinking phenomenon...

The archdiocese of Trivandrum is all set to celebrate its Platinum Jubilee! It had a similar exercise for the golden  Jubilee celebrations too. The difference was that the former was caught hold of by a good number of well meaning priests, if not the majority, as a Providential occasion to sail the diocese to safe shores from a turbulent sea like situation. When the 'status quo' establishment resisted it, that young and energetic group of priests slowly and steadily convinced the rest to have a live-in at Kottar to evaluate its 50 years of faith life and its impact on its people's social, educational, economic, cultural and political life among many other such concerns. 

It was rather a peoples'/ priests' need and thereby movement and not a bishop's or one that was steered by the 'ruling fronts' movement like the present one. As such the present one could not have any impact among the people, let alone its priests and religious! It is the 'authority's agenda and not the people's. 

The authorities seemed not have any sensitivity and seems to be in the fool's paradise. In the midst of its three inaugurations, the preparations were on to suspend one of its priests! They seem to have lost their moral ground to call the concerned and dialogue with them and win them back. There wasn't any genuine attempt on that. Glaring procedural errors are being alleged of. Fair deal and natural justice are allegedly denied to them!

The system is not transparent and as such not accountable, especially in the area of finance and other temporal affairs. Every one is expected to toe the line fixed by them arbitrarily. If anyone dares to challenge or question; instead of proving their integrity, they ignore. Fed up of their insensitivity, if people keep quiet for the time being, they consider that to be a convenient situation to carry on with their agenda. 

Priests working in the ministries don't have a friendly relations, even the ones living next doors. It has reached the very portals of His 'Grace' even! Knowing his physical and moral inability, he runs the show depending on the spineless lieutenants and counsels! They seem to 'convince' him that everything is fine, when in fact he is sitting on a live volcano. Even the Benjamin among the priests is not edified, to say the least. 

When essentials are ignored, they seemed to be worried about the liturgy and its rubrics. Even when priests are not good singers, they burden and  irritate people with their spoil sport throats. Even the con-celebrants are not spared of this oddity. The poor fellows have to stand acting as if they too were singing (even the consecration words) when in fact they stand like mere candles. 

Preaching is another ritual for priests. They don't read or reflect and apply the scriptures based on the hard, real life of the people just in front of them. His 'Grace' seems to think that he is the preacher 'par excellence!' He never bothers to be punctual nor does he confine his talks knowing the time constraints of others. They seem to think that faith also is static as the scriptures are said to be! They conveniently forget that the best interpreting tool is the life of the people. [to continue...]    

They legislate for us...!

An Important Issue ! Indian government approves 200% MPs’ salary hike, Still some MP's are unhappy. Now, MP's take home salary is Rs 45 lakh per anum + other allowances. TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year : Rs.60,95,000 For 534 MPs, the expense for 1 years: Rs. 325, 47, 30,000 3254730000 X 5 years = Rs. 1627, 36, 50000 (One Thousand six hundred crores plus...) This is the present condition of our country: