University of 'Teachings of life' ..........................

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This particular university comes on top of the list of Universities we own mainly because of the contents of the lessons, the immeasurable lessons and the uniqueness of the ways of teaching’. ‘The abilities of teachers of this particular University not second to any of the top class teachers of our world.. ‘Teachings hospitals’ this is a chain of universities which has few important departments and this particular university teaches everyone A - Z of LESSONS of life.  If you have any ideas to roam around any of the university of this particular chain, better visit the department of ‘birth’ first and proceed towards ‘the department of death’ You will find this particular department at the very corners of each an every university and in between you get all the other departments which teaches all of us who step inside, ‘the realities if life’.  This place is one of the best institutions we have that teach almost all the required and useful lessons for life dealings.  Here you find ‘the head master and the rest of the teachers ‘every moment ACTIVE and sleepless’ they generally teach you things using ‘practical lessons’ they think it is so good to teach you with proof and evidence. That is what I like most about this particular university of teachings. This is a ground full of realities. 

 I sometimes wonder. We can even ‘pick and choose’ the lessons we want according to the stages of life we belonging to. And apply them the way we think is ‘good’ and ‘practical’ you may find everything you see there is applicable and useful to life. But it is good to learn one lesson at a time I believe.

And I like to remind you another important thing ( to my knowledge) about this particular premises. Everyone who comes to this institution and anyone who goes or stays definitely has to play two important roles apart from all the other roles of their life.

Every particular person will become ‘a teacher and a student’ of this institution. 

‘Teaching hospitals’ – I love theses two words not because of anything just because of the things that these two words remind us. What a clever and intelligent naming for such a ‘place of learning and teaching life lessons.  A hospital, actually this is not a place that generally people prefer or please to go. This place is not for ‘enjoyment’ this will not give you any other thing apart from ‘a fruitful package of life lessons’

Imagine the situation at a gate of a hospital and try to meditate on few things, staying at the queue observe the surrounding until the right ‘time’ comes you to enter in to the premises of this particular university or wait patiently until you hear the sound of the ‘bell’ or the guard of the gate commands you to go inside.  ‘Waiting’ shows ‘patience’ some times ‘it is so good to learn these things before you join the members of the teachers or the students of this university.’ I know that sometimes you may have to wait until you get your chance for treatment, to learn the relevant lessons that have specifically designed for your status of life. This is a good lesson I suppose let me take your mind towards the ‘waiting lists’.   

To learn good things from an expert is not easy. It is your choice it is you who decided to come to this place I will not say that it is ‘ones fate’ or destiny’ so we have no choice sometimes than waiting after adding our names to the ‘waiting list’.  Then you will have to ‘wait and see’ the out come of the exam faced but this is after you learning things to a certain extent. ‘Teachers can teach things but it is also a responsibility of a student to get the maximum use of the lessons applying them to their life ‘accurately’.  The teachers will guide you and me only up to a certain level of life.  

Think of the different people who walk towards the premises of this particular institution in parallel to you, wearing different clothing or outfits, using different wheels, two wheels, four wheels, and three or no wheels. Some wheels come out of this place and some going inside. Imagine the looks of the faces for a moment who comes and goes out of this university of teachings. Do you find ‘giggling faces? Yes why not I can think of the department of ‘birth’ at this very moment. Smiling faces of parents and their relatives, siblings. ‘Wonderful. You find ‘wholesomeness’ here in this particular department on the faces of the parents, or on the faces of newly born children’ And if you just roam around the department of ‘Death’ what do you generally see’ happy Faces? How wonderful if we really can see, only the ‘happy faces’ at this very particular department. You think of the other differences between these two departments of this university. 

People come to these institutions from all corners of this country. They come from the North, South, East and from West part of the country but they will not ask you the language you speak rarely they will inquire you some of the general information but that is for your own sake of life.  The teachers sometimes ask you the ‘history of family or the history of your illness not because of anything but because of your own sake of health. They will not care whether you are an engineer or a labourer of currently building bridge adjoining to the ‘Kalladi paalama’.  Once you sit in the driving seat of your car ‘you are a/the driver’ you hold no position there ‘all the leaders or the gangsters, or the teachers who ever sits there your title will be’ the driver’ same will applicable to here once you are entered this place you either become a teacher or a student of this institution.  I tried refrain from using the word ‘patient’ but I have no choice. Even sometimes the head teachers of this University become a patient. ‘Changing roles of life’, these few words come to my mind at this moment.  Every person of this Motherland is entitled to visit this place. 

‘Wonderful thing of this place’ is you learn all these ‘FREE OF CHARGE’. Not a cent you will have to pay. You can renew your thoughts ‘free of charge’ you can renew your life ‘free of charge’ you can keep aside all your sorrowing and life hazards at any of the departments you prefer (here sometimes you have no choice than going in to the necessary department [ward] ) and go home with a refreshed mind. How can you do that? 

You come here with a damaged ‘lung’ or other organ you can get them repaired here. I don’t know the possibilities of replacing ones heart to another heart? Are there similar possibilities of replacing a heart with duplicate one, dear doctors? 

Who are these doctors anyways? Do you have any ideas? They come under very special categories of services can you guess the name of the category?

The GOD and the GODDESSES no doubt they belong to this very important category they will become your savior they will sometimes become your ‘life giver’ they sometimes give your life back the life that you  may have lost years back due to certain reasons. They sometimes show you the correct path to go seek your life. Think of all these don’t you think that they truly deserve it.     NO! I will never ever forget all the other assistant lectures the tutors ‘ minor staff , the attendants’, the nurses etc each and every singular contributor of this particular entity ‘WORTH MILLIONS AND TRILLIONS’ I am not educated enough to explain the value of their roles.

Forget the ‘professionalism’ here. Yes they are doing their job but I am sure and I am certain that most of them do not think their ‘job’ as a job’ but truly as a service’ amongst them you truly find ‘nightingales’ I love this word.

The patients I don’t think they generally lose their patience ( except few) but other groups of people/individuals who come to visit their ‘patients’ sometimes lose their ‘patience’s I observed this yesterday at teaching hospital Kandy. ‘Who is responsible for one becoming an ill’? 

Who is responsible for the illness that you are suffering from chronic or otherwise? The doctors, the advertising agencies, the authorities of food markets, your parents, and then who is responsible for that? Do not tell me that the government is responsible for all these. What is the role of ‘self’ here. I will have to take care of my body from head to toe. How many general universities we have private or public? How many departments teach or offer you a degree a full or complete certificate on other things apart from the theories how are the examiners going to grade them thinking of the lessons that we learn just visiting the places as such. Department of health care, the University of East (?) the department of health science, these faculties you find so important those places are the root or the path to such big Universities. They provide you the necessary foundation before you reach this place of life teachings. 

‘Health is a science’ it is not a magic. ‘ eya viddyawak misa wijjawak nemei’. You can go and learn these things paying the money you own or you else you can learn these things ‘free of charge’ what ever way you learn these things one day you will have to enter this premises you have no other choice. ‘To be the most important part of this University, ‘teaching hospitals’ not easy you will have to follow loads of rules and regulations of life. Yes some of these things are not written on the pages of the books of the laws. You will feel tired if you start writing all these because you find ‘no end’ of the things you can learn every possible day you spend here at this University of teachings.  

Every single step of the buildings of this place teaches you things. Sometimes teach you the teachings of the Lord Buddha’ or the teachings of your religion. Think about these things. Think of the other teachings that you associate with apart from the things that you will learn visiting this ‘every step is a lesson’ place. How our religious leaders treated the sufferings? What are the things that come to your mind at this moment? 

It is not the ‘patients’ and the doctors and their crews teaches you things about life. Think of the ‘visitors’ of different kind. ‘Attention!’ caring’ ‘consciousness’ ‘unconscious’ ‘ignorance’ ‘carelessness’ ‘ ill – will’,  I guess these words too come to ones mind the very moment he/she just enters this place of teachings. You sometimes get the opportunity to see the ‘strength of ones hands’ or skills of using weapons you will get brilliant chances to observe or learn these things at the departments of death. I don’t mind even using a different set of word for this particular department actually we can say’ the faculty of death’ a faculty is huge than a small department right. Do you find any words interesting in here, above mentioned? I like to think of the wills of people sometimes. Are you willing to learn these things free of charge? Then visit this place. You get once in life time opportunity. Do not take too many opportunities and do not try to visit this place too many times. I hope you will understand why?

Think of the sound of an AMBULANCE, this particular vehicle just go passing us we can even say they are flying over to our heads and hearts having a ‘ hope’ in their minds. (The drivers and the team) they are fighting for a life of another. Am I right? But what are we fighting for dear friends? I always try not be a part of any competition not because I believing ‘the disability of wining any competitions but I sometimes feel ‘useless’ ‘emptiness of all these things.  SO this particular vehicle goes and stops where at which point of life you think? Not before you and me but before the very entrance of the ‘University of Teachings’, dear friends. The sounds that we hear what are the things that it brings in to your heart? Think of the people who always experience such sounds how do you feel now? 

Can they (the whole team) really waste a moment of life? NO! They can not waste a moment. The moment if you delay visiting this place when it is really necessary to visit than roaming around unnecessary places of life what will happen I don’ think that you need any further clarifications.

I have read the ‘Hippocratic oath’ (is this the correct word) few times. I find no harm reading it not to teach others but to your own refreshment of life’.   I think the wordings are useful and important even for an ordinary person like me. 

They deals with ‘life matters’, ‘health matters’ there is a section allocated for the department of Police I am sure. (Correct me if I am wrong) for what? Do you think that they will come and arrest you for not taking care of your own health or for not taking care of your parent or your relative? I feel guilty here my ‘loku amma’ is hospitalized due to ‘ not taking care of her own health’ carelessness’ and yes I can even say also due ‘losing the importance, the value of unity’  a good friend mage loku amma. I am sure that she will recover soon.

All these I learnt thanks to her but this is not the way that I should learn all these. I know pardon me for explaining the condition of my inner mind in such a way.

I find no end ‘thinking of the lessons that one can learn from this Universal life academy ‘ the University of teachings, the teaching hospitals’ I like to say that I may continue writing on this particular topic thinking and specifically  focusing the other parts I missed ‘ the in between departments of this university’  ……………….

Take care of your health!many say that 'HEALTH IS WEALTH! i too believe this.