A JOURNEY TOWARDS TRUTH, PEACE .

SWAMI TALKS OF A VEDANTHIC SUBJECT ' MRUTHIYRO MAA AMRITHAM GA MAYA "  FROM DEATH TO IMMPORTALITY.  ***************************************************************************************************8 FOOTNOTE: IT IS NATURAL FOR ANY LIVING BEING TO BE ALWAYS IN QUEST AND IN SEARCH OF WHAT IT UNDERSTANDS HAPPINESS. AND "HAPPINESS" AS IS UNDERSTOOD BY ONE ITSELF CHANGES AS ONE AGES .  VERILY, SWAMI SUGGEST SOMEWHERE IN THE ABOVE VIDEO,  THAT WE ARE IN SEARCH OF WEALTH SPOILING OUR HEALTH IN OUR EARLY DAYS, TO SPEND THE WEALTH SO ACCUMULATED TO RESTORE US BACK TO OUR HEALTH. SO, WHAT IS REALLY HAPPINESS ! Don't look for happiness in that which is temporary, that which is fleeting and changing. Joy and happiness is only in that which does not change. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar HAPPINESS SPRINGS WHEN YOU AND I  LOVE OTHERS  AS WE LOVE OURSELVES. 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO ALL.  CLICK HERE TO TRACE WHEN SANTA SHALL BE ARRIVING YOUR HOME.

Dear all,      This is to inform the sudden demise of Mrs. Saraswathy Kalyanasundaram on 12.12.2018 dorai 09845000989 (  From Ramalinga Dorai,Bengaluru) May Her Soul Rest in Peace. Editor.

Shri ML Bhasin (Delhi) is no more Very sad to learn about the passing away of a very generous person Shri Bhasin. May God bless his noble soul. My heartfelt condolences to respected Mrs Bhasin to bear this irreparable loss. N.P.Bali Regards, N.P. Bali I am deeply distressed to know of the demise of shri ML Basin last night (22/12) due to brain haemorrage.He was one of our sincere and devoted activists at Delhi and served as the joint Secretary of the Federation of LIC class 1 officers' Associations with distinction for a term. After the premature passing away of his only son about a few years back he had withdrawn his active involvement in our activities and I know that the health condition of both himself and his wife (a very pious lady) was deteriorating.  On a personal level I have indeed lost a good friend and a genuine well wisher. I gratefully  recall that during one of my visits last year he compelled me to stay with him in his flat instead

My dear Sury You will agree with me that Mr CHM's analysis of facts and figures, his interpretation of our Pension Rules are quite masterly and deserve close reading by all our pensioners. He gives lots of useful and relevant material to steer our case in the right direction in the coming days. His approach seems to be " with malice towards none and charity for all". His latest views on Rule 3A is worth deep consideration. I think you will do well to publish once in a way,  his views which appear in other blogs and which your readers might miss. Regards V. Gopalan Editor's note. Let me be frank in admitting that I receive Sri C.H.Mahadevan's emails carrying his views more or less at the same time when my friends receive also. Anyway, as part of an editorial policy , views and circulars of Federation alone have been published so far. Possibly the time has come to review our policy. Thanks for your email. ****************************************

Fate and Prayer (Adapted from a lecture of Swami Paramatmananda) We  have a saying in the scriptures : harinapi  harenapi  brahmanapi  surairapi I lalata  likhita  rekha  parimarshtum  nashakyate II (Even Vishnu, Siva, Brahma and Gods cannot erase (or change)  what is written on the forehead) Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar echoes this idea in Thirukkural (38-10): ஊழிற் பெருவலி யாவுள மற்றொன்று சூழினும் தான் முந்துறும் (Is there anything mightier than fate?  It cannot be defeated by any means  (It prevails over all efforts to conquer it)) But we have in our scriptures instances where through prayer fate has been overcome.   The classic instance is that of Markandeya who through special prayer to Lord Siva  conquered death and lives even to this day as Chiranjeevi.  We have also the famous  instance of Savithri outwitting Yama and securing a fresh lease of life for her husband,  Sathiavan.  So we have a doubt whe

Ecircular No.DK/50                                                     16-12-2018 Friends, My hearty Greetings to all of you in this very special season of Christmas and New Year. Let us hope things that have eluded us in the past will see new fortunes in the New Year.  Incidentally this is  my second message after I reported to you in detail about the Executive Committee Meeting held in Bengaluru on the 9th of Dec. 2018. That Circular was  incidentally numbered 48, when it should have been  49. So this one rightly becomes  DK 50. And  a half century of communications in one year is a fair commentary  on our  being connected to our members. There was a point that emerged in the EC Meeting that some important Circulars should also be sent in Hard copy version to enable the Units to copy it and  pass it on. This has been noted for future action. There is good news from Sri V K Jain our  coordinator on legal matters at Delhi, that our Affidavit on defects in implementat

THANKS TO MY FRIEND  SRI P.G.GANGADHARAN  FROM WHOSE BLOG http://www.licpensionerscalicut.blogspot.com this circular from CO is reproduced below.

the general secretary's report is HERE. FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS       President  :     N.P. Bali 705, Sur, Veena Saaz, Thakur Complex, Kandivali (East), Mumbai - 400 101 Mob : 9820324213 Email Id -  npbali@hotmail.com General Secretary :      D Krishnan No.6/1, Sreshta Riverside Apartments, Wood Creek Road, Nandambakkam, Chennai - 600089 Tel : 9176635967 / 044 42850049. Email Id -  dkrishnan1@gmail.com Ecircular No.DK/48                                                                           10-12-2018 Friends, The Executive Committee of the Federation met yesterday, at Bengaluru, exactly one year after the General Council Meet at Mumbai held on the 8th of Dec 2017. Sri N P Bali President presided over the Meeting on the 9th of Dec 2018. The Bengaluru Association Unit, which readily came forward to host the  Bi-annual event, had made very good arrangements for the stay of the visiting EC Members a

GS_RETDLICOFFICERS FEDN 2:11 PM (1 hour ago) to bcc:  me FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS       President  :     N.P. Bali 705, Sur, Veena Saaz, Thakur Complex, Kandivali (East), Mumbai - 400 101 Mob : 9820324213 Email Id -  npbali@hotmail.com General Secretary :      D Krishnan No.6/1, Sreshta Riverside Apartments, Wood Creek Road, Nandambakkam, Chennai - 600089 Tel : 9176635967 / 044 42850049. Email Id -  dkrishnan1@gmail.com 10-12-2018 Friends, we have lost another very loyal member of the community of Retired Officers in Sri Aiyappan Pillai, of Ernakulam Association, who passed away, after a painful fight with Cancer , on the 8th of Dec . He was a tremendously committed person with very high humane qualities. Sri G N Sridharan our senior leader of the Federation for long years, and a very close friend of Sri Pillai, has very eloquently conveyed his personal feelings on getti