Trilogy 10

Brain : Are you at peace with yourself these days ?

Heart : You asking me ?

Brain : No , I am asking our friend .

Conscience : You mean me ? Ya , who else.?
My friends , I myself don’t know at times whether I am alive or
dead. So, how can I be at peace with myself ?

Heart : You know when you say like that I feel hopeless.

Brain : Let me guess why you guys feel so. No. In fact let me think and analyse.

Conscience : Please , do so and say your piece. At least it may comfort me if at
all.

Heart : Ya , me too.

Brain : The management of the affairs around us!
The governance of the people, by the people …. for the people.
So much manipulation , so many red herrings , so much drama!
the resistance to positive change / In fact there seems to an anxiety shrouding all around.
.
Heart : Please , please. Elaborate a bit. I am but more kampong than you. You
studied in a university and mixed around with other brains. But me , I have
always remained kampong.

Brain : Nothing wrong with the kampong. It is the gullible some like you.

Conscience : Now , now . Don’t take it out on the poor fellow. Like the
thousands like him , he is naïve and simple. Move on
with your analysis.

Heart : Ai. Sorry la. There are times I follow without referring to you.

Brain : As I was saying. The manipulations , red herrings , etc. One must think
why ? For whom ? Think la.

Conscience : You are so right. So much crime , murder , disappearance , legal
jargons . And where is the truth ?

Brain : That is where it hurts you. It muddles you. Does the means justify
the ends or does the end justify the means ?

Conscience : What does history tell you ? What do the words of the prophets ,
sages , philosophers , the revered teachers tell you ?

Brain : We know what you are referring to. Universal principles and teachings.
What could be pricking you would be the maxim “ Might is Right ”
You see that maxim being enforced ? At the cost of treasured values.

Heart : But there seems to be a change of heart here and there.

Brain : You are being selective and subjective. Analyse the practice
of constitutional governance based on the principle of the people , by
the people , for the people. Think . And you shall know.

Conscience : Thank you my friend. Now you see ? Sometimes I do not know
I am kept alive or whether I am being killed.? But I have this
assurance. I may be submerged and even killed but in some form
and somewhere . some time I emerge. The truth will be known.

Heart : How true. I know . I feel.

Brain : In someone’s conscience you mean.

Conscience : In the human conscience at least just before death sucks away your last breath.