Sunday 29 May 2016

WHO AM I? – THE ULITIMATE KNOWLEDGE FOR LASTING HAPPINESS.


WHO AM I? – THE ULITIMATE KNOWLEDGE FOR LASTING HAPPINESS.
Solving the Problem that does not exists.
CONTENTS
1.                 Our comfort Zone.
2.                 Happiness we all look for is not external.
3.                 Born with ignorance of the world.
4.                 Why is this incomplete knowledge of the world?
5.                 What are the objects of this I?
6.                 At birth we have twin ignorance, of the world and of I.
7.                 Nature of I, Consciousness.
8.                 What is this body then?
9.                 How to know the truth of I?
10.            This I is not limited by time, space or objects.
11.            Gain from the knowledge of I.
12.            The I, problem never existed.
13.            Free-will of human beings.
14.            Is it that I have lost my identity as so & so?
15.            Shakespeare on one’s life, playing roles.
16.            Life is a long dream.
17.            Results of action come from several factors.
18.            There is no place for Guilt or Hurt.
19.            Look at life objectively.
20.            Living intelligently.
21.            Thumb rule for living in Happiness.
22.            Universal Oneness.
23.            Epilogue.
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WHO AM I?
The Ultimate Knowledge for Lasting Happiness
Solving the Problem that does not exist.
Our Comfort Zone.
Time and again this question, “Who am I” may come up in many, especially when they enter the middle age. Its intensity increases as those persons become older, but the final or the (only) answer seems to be not in reach. It eludes like the horizon, the nearer you are, the farther it recedes. Of course, it does not mean that this question comes to all the people because many are sure of themselves as Mr./Ms. So and So, son/ daughter of …., occupying important chair in profession, earning enough or plenty,  children doing well etc. For them there is no time or mental frame for such a question like,
Who am I?
How valid is this question regarding one’s very identity ‘who am I?’
The usual thinking of anyone is, as Mr./Ms. so and so, with all that one knows all along.
Then, has this very familiar information about you, made you feel complete, comfortable or you feel that there is something still wanting in you that you need to get at?
Has this feeling about you, made you stop your search for more and more of something or other- better, say, colour, more or less weight, better hair style,  more money,  better house etc.?
Are you comfortable with all that has made you see yourself now as you are or are you still on the lookout for ways of changing things and people around you to your expectation so as to get into the comfort zone?
Do you spend your time in peace and happiness or expect Santa Clause to come one day when all will be the way you have been aspiring to be happy ever thereafter?
Let us see if we get some answer to these questions.
2. Happiness we all look for is not external.   
Your search for happiness free of limitations is never ending search because the more and more you get your wants met, you still feel something more wanting somewhere in the corner of your mind.
The 2 BHK apartment you got with great excitement is no longer that source of joy with all its limitations of space, ventilation, neighbourhood etc. Thus begins the search for 3BHK.
Same wanting feelings persist with your car, jewellery, money, expectations from your relatives, friends and all others, also of all things around you.
You sold your car because you are fed up with its look, mileage and old brand. But the person who got your car is happy and goes for celebration because he now got a car to go to office, take his family out and also show to his neighbour who was always irritating you with his car. Thus the car as an object was a cause for sorrow in one who wanted to get rid of it, while the same car became the source of great joy to another for his own reasons.
Car is the same. It is your perception towards the car that either gives happiness or sorrow. Objects that you loved some time back or the persons you had fancy earlier do not evoke the same feelings in you with the passage of time.
Further, when many things continue remain wanting and all your irritations persists in life, you do feel happy-
When you hear that favourite melody of yours, see your chosen comedian on the screen, at the beach in a summer evening when cool breeze comes from the sea side and so on.
No one greets another for being sorrowful nor condoles for being happy.
We all look for happiness only and that happiness is not in any object or person or situation etc., but it is innate in us; 
Happiness is I, YOU, our true nature. How?  Let us see that.

3. Born with ignorance of the world.
When we are born we had no idea of the world around us. We learnt everything from our parents, elders, relations, teachers and friends of ours. We try to overcome to some extent our limitations with the help of these persons, from the surrounding influences and from prayer to the Almighty now and then. Yet there are many things I need to know still to overcome my limited knowledge of this world. After all these hip hops I am tired of these hunts, with age catching up. Still I am trying get out of this ignorance of external world without any success because the more I try to know, the more I know that my knowledge is incomplete. My children and grandchildren know how to handle the iPhone, manage internet, Facebook etc. I have no way of mastering all the knowledge in this world around me at this age! There is a saying that what I know is handful while what I need to know to as big as this Universe!!
4. Why is this knowledge of the world incomplete?
We are all endowed with five senses; Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue and Skin for the purpose of knowing Forms & colours, Sound, Smell, Taste and Sense of Touch. All these five senses are meant to capture their respective stimuli from external world around us. They are GIVEN and not made by you and me. They do carry out their designated roles faithfully. I, the subject, get the knowledge of this world through the sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. While all senses other that the sense of touch has a specific location rightly so, the sense of touch is all over the body obviously to protect us from any problem from all over us. Thus wherever these senses can reach, directly or through instruments, we gather information which becomes the knowledge as true as the object sensed. Using these senses we get knowledge which may be direct or indirect, through the means of perception, inference, by examples, by non-presence of an object etc.
Wherever these senses cannot reach to gather the stimuli in their respective spheres, with or without instruments of support, we remain ignorant of those aspects of life. Thus our knowledge gets limited by the reach of the senses. 
The ‘I’ is the one who gets the knowledge from these senses, which are all the objects of my knowledge.
Simply put, there are two things only in this world, I the subject and the rest, the objects.
5. What are the objects of this subject ‘I’?
I see the table – Table is the object of my sight like many other objects seen
                              on day to day basis.
I hear the music – Music is the object of hearing, one of many in life.
I taste the coffee – Taste of coffee is the object of tongue for sense of taste.
I touch the flower and find it fresh – freshness of flower is the object        
                                   of touch for the skin. 
I smell the rose – the fragrance of rose is the object of  nose.
The information we gather through these five senses in everyday life gives us the knowledge of the objects of the external world around us to the subject, I. In the process our ignorance of the world comes down to that extent, to make our life practicable.
While the senses enable me to know the objects that I come across in life, am I sure that the subject I which receives all these knowledge is the body, mind, sense complex that I have?
6. At birth we have twin ignorance Viz., of the world and of I. 
Now let us find out something about this aspect.
Whose pen is in your pocket?   It is my pen. Mine.
Whose house you live?              It is my house. Mine.
Whose shirt you are wearing?  It is my shirt. Mine.         And so on.
From these answers it is evident that
you are not the pen, house or shirt etc. These are all yours. Not you.      
You stretch the hand. Whose hand it is? It is my hand. Mine.
With whose tongue you taste the tea?   It is with my tongue. Mine.
Whose ears receive this talk?                   It is my ears. Mine.
Whose mind is worried that this talk will go on and on? It is my mind. Mine.
Whose body is sitting here now?             It is my body. Mine.
Thus you can continue saying – my eyes, my legs etc. Mine is not you, it is yours.  All that you know from the five senses are OBJECTS of I. Hence when you see your body, touch your body, smell your body (With Axe perfume) etc., when you find that your mind is restless now or happy now etc., this complex made of body, mind senses are also yours like  pen, house, shirt etc. and not you.                                           
                                                       Then who am I?
Let us do this exercise. Please close your eyes. Visualise objects that I mention which become evident to you.
Table, chair, plane, train, car, bus, shirt, mango, banana, consciousness, Postage stamp, Sun, Moon, vada pav, ice-cream, sugar, consciousness, coconut, bread, bun, roti, rice, wheat, 5 rupee coin, Consciousness, fridge,  cooker, hot plate. Now tell me what are things that could not be evident to you, the I.
Answer: Is it Consciousness? If yes,
Table is evident to you in the consciousness. Table consciousness IS.
Chair is evident to you in the consciousness.  Chair consciousness IS.
Sun is evident to you in the consciousness. Sun consciousness IS.
My body, mind sense complex is evident to me. Body, mind, sense complex
                                                                                                         Consciousness is.                   
Table, chair, house, the body, mind, complex and the world around us become evident because of the presence of Awareness, Consciousness, this I, as objects of I.

7. Nature of I, Consciousness.
You never say, I exist because somebody else told you so. Or by someone telling you that you don’t exist, you don’t cease to be so. You exist and this is evident to you always. You don’t need anyone to tell you about your existence, that is the existence of I, Awareness, Consciousness. Thus, I, you, consciousness, is thus self-evident.
This I, consciousness, is ever present, never out of your mind. The mind may be there or not as it may keep moving from something or the other. The consciousness is present in all the three states of our experience such as waking, dreaming and deep sleep. It is because of the presence of I, consciousness even in deep sleep when the mind is also not present, I am able to say that I had a deep sleep.
As we now know that the beginning with this body, mind, sense complex, everything outside this body in the universe becomes evident to us because of the existence of the Consciousness, we can safely conclude it to be the cause for all objects and of the very world around us. All these exist in the consciousness, as a witness and it is not in itself a party to any of these.
Consciousness does not function, it simply is.
8. What is this body then?
When I is Consciousness, Awareness, what then is this physical system of body, mind, sense complex?
It has got an identity viz a name, form, background; position in the world around it a location and a time frame. Mr.Gopal married to Ms.Geetha, is a post graduate, working in a MNC in Dehradun. He is the father of a daughter and a son, who are studying at Bangalore, with his in laws there.
Now let us see what this Gopu is. He is son of his parents, in middle age, father of two children, husband of his wife, son-in-law to his FIL, MIL, BIL etc., employee to his company, employer to his servants at home, a boss/subordinate at office, devotee when he worships his deity, owner of flat
at Hyderabad, neighbour of his official quarters at Dehradun and so on. These are then some of the many roles of Gopu in that body, mind, sense complex.
All these roles are played by the same person in the course of his existence. To this Gopu, body, mind, sense complex is, I, as he has known ever since his birth. Why is this notion in him? Is Gopu the only one to think like that?
We know that there are many talented artists who put up very convincing roles on the stage, say, of a begging person or of a great King.
For our understanding, let us call the actor as A and the role B.
The actor (A)  being highly talented, plying the role of a begging person (B), cries so well that most of the audience are touched to that level that they they are in tears. The actor on the stage notices this through his glances and pats himself, proud of his performance as a begging person. When the play is over his close friends and the director of the play congratulates him for crying so convincingly and he smiles, gets into his SUV and drives off.
In the other play where the actor (A) plays the role of a King (B), he is so pompous and proud that he gets a standing ovation from the audience.  After the play, this actor collects his fees from the office standing in the queue along with his fellow actors, catches the bus to his house 20km away.
Both the actors after playing their roles effectively got back to their true state at the end of the show. The begging person did not go to the bus stand to beg for bus fare, nor the King continued in his role clamouring ‘who is there, bring my chariot, I have to go my palace to lunch with Maharani!’
As a seasoned actor (A) played the roles in the best possible way, all along knowing he is only playing the roles (B) of the begging person/ king. In the first case, the actor (A) knows that he is not a begging person (B), but the begging person (B) is he in the play. Likewise in the second role actor (A) knows that he is not the king (B), but the king (B) is he. A is not B, but B is A.
There is no pot without clay. Pot depends upon clay. But clay is independent of pot. Clay can exist without pot, while other way it is not possible. The relationship between clay and pot is that of cause and effect.
In the same way, these roles one plays only because of and in the presence of Consciousness and in its absence there is no role to the body, mind sense complex. The latter can be functional and depends completely on the Consciousness to play the roles in life. Thus Consciousness becomes the cause and the rest from body, mind, sense complex onwards, the entire world around it, are its the effects.
There is no dissociation between I, the consciousness and the body, mind, sense complex. In fact the distance between, I, the consciousness, and any object, be it your body, mind, sense complex, your pen or Moon or Stars or Sun, it is zero!
Unfortunately, our Gopu, the actor of real life, while playing many roles is unable to know this aspect of life. All the time he either gloats over his achievements or grieves about his misfortunes. He is mostly in sorrow for his plight in life while his erstwhile class mates in college are much better off in their life.  Sometimes he is happy too when his children do well in studies, his better- half gives a good lunch packet or when his boss appreciates in a rare gesture (!) his success in the target achievement.
All these perpetual struggles between occasional happiness and perennial sorrow is due to his complete identification with this body, mind, sense complex as I. This ignorance of I, which is from his birth is not confined to our Gopu only. This ignorance of oneself is universal, true of all human beings.
Perhaps, that is the reason why we all never think on the fact all along that there could be a true identity for this I, which is not the body, mind, sense complex.
9. How to know the truth of I?
We have seen that the ignorance that we all had at birth is not only of the external world but also of, who am I, because we identify ourselves wrongly with body, mind, sense complex as the I. This is due the fact that our senses are driven outwards, sending to us only external stimuli to the mind based which our life moves and our ignorance of the world comes down too. There is no opportunity to know the truth of this I, which is the Consciousness, as WITNESS of the myriad roles the body, mind, sense complex plays. 
That means we need a different source, other than the senses, to get the true knowledge of I, simultaneously get rid of the ignorance of I. That source has to be from outside, say from a teacher who knows what I is.
There are three important aspects in our getting knowledge of an object.
a) The knowledge that you get is as true as the object, no mutilation is possible. When you see a rose, you get the knowledge of rose, not of jasmine.
b) There is no role for your will in the knowledge that senses give from the external objects. The will operates only when some action is involved. If you want to pluck the rose, your will comes into play. It may say, go ahead or put a brake, depends on your propensities.
C) The knowledge that you get from one source, say, the eye, cannot be verified by the other four senses.
In same way, this true knowledge of I, which all these five senses could never give till now in one’s life so far but gained from an outside source, say a teacher, through the words employed by him, can never be verified by the five senses.
When one receives those words through one’s mind as a thought, this thought in the mind makes one knows once and for all that one’s CONSCIOUSNESS is true I.
These words become the means of knowledge; this is the new source sending the truth to the mind as a thought to be owned by for your life time. You can never stumble upon it accidentally.
Therefore, for acquisition of this knowledge of I, through a source, other the five senses, the will has no role. If the will is brought in as the process of learning goes on, then that person gets only his own perceptions of I. He is unable to let the fresh knowledge to sink in him. But once the earning takes place, it can never leave him. In some it may still be a subject of more study, exposure to those who know the truth before confirmation.  In many, the wrong notion held unquestioned for a life time cannot go overnight. By listening to the words from an external source, a change process has been initiated, till he gets commitment to this knowledge.
10. This I, is not limited by time, space, or objects.
Consciousness, I, is not limited by time. Time is not aware of consciousness, it is the other way. It is the Consciousness in one that is aware of time.
You don’t acknowledge time in deep sleep. You find the time you slept from the clock- Went to sleep at 10pm, woke up at 7am. Slept for 9 hours!
The time sense itself is not the same all time. In an interesting film, the time flies off. The 2 hours appear far less! A boring talk drags the time, one hour looks like a day!  Waiting for the loved one at the park, the time looks to hang!
In the absence of consciousness, there is no time. An inert substance has no time. The time gets its existence only because of consciousness, I and it is free from time limitation.
Same way, consciousness is not in space. Space and objects exist in consciousness. A potter does not make the pot first and then puts space into it. Pot space, the space it occupies, was present before pot was made, is present when pot is in existence and will remain when pot ceases to exit.  Likewise, consciousness ever exits before, during and after any object comes into being, such as a body of a human being or animal or plants. The space exists in Consciousness. It is bigger than the biggest, smaller that the smallest. Thus, Consciousness does not depend on space; it is free of space limitation.
Consciousness is also free of objects. In the absence consciousness, there is no object present for that body, mind sense complex or for that matter to any insentient substance. All objects exist in consciousness, which is not limited by objects too. That means, I, the Consciousness, is free of time, space and objects, so infinite.
11. Gain from this knowledge that I, is, in fact the Self-evident, Consciousness.
Everyone always thinks that one is limited in all aspects of life. Life time is finite. He or she occupies limited space in the body, mind sense complex and all other persons/objects of this world are different from him/her, hence may pose a threat to safety and security. Happiness, wealth, opportunities for progress etc., are all limited. So there is a never ending search for more and more of every one of these. This truth that I, consciousness, is not limited in any way in life, enables one open a new chapter in one’s life.
Now that I know, I, the consciousness, is not of limited life span, not confined to the space occupied by this body, mind sense complex. All objects depend on me for their existence.
What a revelation! What a relief! What more benefit one wants apart from this knowledge that one is Unlimited in all aspects one has been all along thinking, causing him to search for freedom from those limitations. We have now that freedom of being unlimited in time, space and objects.
The right definition of Truth is that one which is free of time, space and objects. That one which exists in all the three periods of time, at all places of this universe and in all objects is the Truth. Thus, I, is the Truth, the only truth. Further, the unlimited nature of I, consciousness, is not from only now, but from birth and will ever remain so.
This knowledge gives me the truth of my being ever present, at all places, in all objects, I am freed from all the complex emotions I had/have because of identifying me as this body, mind, sense complex all along.
12. The I Problem never existed.
At this stage, it may be clear that, this I, the consciousness has been present from the beginning of this life and that it has not come to me when got the knowledge of it through these words spoken now. But the ignorance of I existed till now because our means of knowledge with the senses, directed outward, could never remove this till now, with their focus on the world outside.
Like in other means of knowledge, like in senses, the knowledge one gets through the words spoken now, the will has no play. It only needs application and commitment to know the truth of I. There is no other way of getting out of this ignorance of I as one can never stumble upon it by one self.
13. Free will of human beings.
We are called sentient beings, animate, having this consciousness, awareness unlike the rock, wood etc., which lack this awareness; hence the latter are insentient, inanimate objects of the world. Human beings, as also plants and animals etc., are all animate.
The difference between human beings and the others like animals and plants is that while we have the free will, the rest do not have luxury of free-will. Animals, plants etc., are pre-programmed to take care of their basic needs of birth, growth, propagation of species, survival etc. So they operate in that limited sphere, don’t have complex like, I am tall, small, black, crooked horns, short tail and so on. So nothing wrong is associated when an ass kicks a man from its hind legs, as in its reckoning the person coming close to it may harm!
But the same is not the position of a man kicking another as he has, apart from awareness, is also endowed with free will. In so doing he develops his own options based his likes and dislikes. This choice is responsible for all things on this earth to be good, bad or ugly. There is one more dimension to human behaviour. All human beings are GIVEN the Universal Values of behaviour which is in born, not given to him by any individual. That is generally called, the Golden Rule of Ethics. Do not harm anyone, or steal others property or speak lie etc., as I don’t like to be harmed, my property taken by another or others should not lie to me and so on.
Do unto others what you want others do to you.
14. Is it that I have lost my identity as so and so?
No, that identity associated with the body, mind, sense complex is there and it enabled you to get this knowledge.  There is no question of disowning it.
Only change of attitude is warranted. Look at the body, mind, sense complex, not with a sense of ownership. You are its Managing Trustee, take care of it well to stay healthy, active and use for having the right perspective of life. Follow the universal values which are inborn in you.
Let us remember that when we were born, we brought nothing with us to last for our life time. Everything we have is GIVEN  right from our parents, home, living conditions based that parentage, growth, career as per those efforts, family, relations, friends for life style you have, all the food that you need and so on. We had all these years been a consumer. Look at all these as Managing Trustee without any sense of ownership. This will turn you to be a Contributor to the society henceforth. That distinguishes us from animals, thus maturing to be a useful member of this society. Managing Trustee is the best attitude that saves from many sorrow of life.
15. Shakespeare on one’s life, playing roles.
“All the world is a stage,
And all men women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrance;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
And then the whining school- boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to  school.   And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballard
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow.  Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like a pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper’s pantaloons,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saves, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound.  Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans evetything.
                                            William Shakespeare – (from As You Like it, 2/7 )
While such observations tell us to look at this life as a play and us as actors, one still wonders how to do so. That is answered in knowing, ‘Who am I’. Only we need to practise what we learn based on who am I, in real life.
16. Life is a long dream.
No one can remember the night dream one had the previous a few hours later in the day, definitely not those dreams of last week, last month etc. In the dream, you enjoyed the bonanza of winning a lottery for Rs. One Crore  or suffered the loss of something you valued dear. What a disappointment to that the gain of Rs.One Crore did not come to you when woke up or the heavy loss in share market was a non-existent loss. Any gain or loss in the dream is all transient and can never have any impact in your life.
Now look at this very life. We have no knowledge of what we were say 100 years before. This life is also like a dream, a long one at that, only to be forgotten sometime or other, being finite in its nature.
So look at this life’s events too, dispassionately. Don’t lose your heart, jump with joy or slump into sorrow. Not that one should be indifferent to it. Look at the event with a certain amount dispassion.
17. Results of action come from several factors.
As one with freewill, you have the choice of action out of many options that may be before you. You choose based your preferences. Let us also remember that your efforts alone do not produce results for your actions. There is the ACT of GOD, the environment, circumstances at that point of time and your own background, health, attitude etc., cause the outcome. The result of effort may be as you expected, more than what you expected, less than what you expected or opposite to what you expected. Your knowledge that you are playing roles and you are not limited by time, space or objects comes handy to accept the result that comes with equanimity. Taking that the result of your efforts flow from various hidden factors too, apart from your efforts is
accepting the presence of the Giver of all that you have in this life, the Almighty in your life. That attitude is a must for peaceful living.
18. There is no place for Guilt or Hurt.
Stop grieving all the time of your life in GUILT and HURT. Guilt comes out of your own omissions and commissions in life. Hurt comes from others omissions and commissions.
Know the truth that you are in fact the Consciousness, a witness to all the roles you play. Then you are free of   being the actual doer of actions or enjoyer of their results, in strict sense of the term. You are in fact witness of all these events that the body, mind, complex goes through. Remember that we brought nothing when we came here. Food , air, this earth that you use, Sun, Moon, water, fire and so on, all that you need for your day to day life are given to you ,  for free. Be grateful to that Giver. Play these roles in keeping with the inborn Universal Values you are endowed with.
As a person, the body mind, sense complex plays many roles, but this I, consciousness, remains unaffected, the witness, never identifies with these roles. Knowing the true nature of I is Consciousness, Knowledge, not limited by space, time and objects, therefore I is ever the Ananda, Happiness and we need to reorient our idea of this life. This is the path for lasting happiness in life.
19. Look at life objectively.
You see a mountain and you are quite comfortable at the sight. So is the case when you are at the sight of a river bank, the Sun rise/ Sun set, the full Moon, a flower garden, a rose, jasmine or lily. Why? Such sight does not evoke the usual demanding person in you. Instead you take these for what these are and enjoy the experience.
What happens at home; you expect the members of the family to be what you want them to be.  In your mind their activities are pre-programmed. Any deviation gives rise to emotions of hurt, anger, etc. Often you blame yourself too for their failures, guilty.  This is true of any place, be it a market, work place, visit to or of   a relative or friend etc. More negative emotions like jealousy, pride, over-lordship etc., are also not uncommon. All these are due to our habit being demanding persons from all around for some reason or other. The reasons may be for their good, for your own pleasures or for any unknown reason- habitual. Yet you keep stirring up the demanding person in you by being subjective. This is the sure way to misery to you and all to those around you.
There is a way out of this singular problem in life. Learn to accept your father and mother as they are and stop wanting them to be different. You can never settle your account with parents; they are given to as they are. If there is anything basically needing correction in them, (which at best is only your opinion, from your stand point and it may be right or wrong) prays, prayer is also action; it will have its effects.
When you are stuck in life with situations warranting change, try your best with all good intensions. If you are able to succeed in changing, that is excellent. If not, don’t switch into negative emotions. Accept the same, without continuing to be a demanding person.  Also pray for them to Almighty for their good. Prayer also is action.  Pray also for giving you the discretion to know what you can change and what you cannot.
20. Living Intelligently.
Expectation arising out from the demanding person is the main cause for disappointments and consequent sorrow. Further, being judgemental is the oft repeated path of all, destroying one’s peace and tranquillity. Free yourself of the wrong habit of expectation, and accept the results as coming from the Almighty because of the various hidden factors for any result, then you gain the ever eluding PEACE OF MIND, the mighty source of happiness in life.
Avoid that habit of being the demanding person and that is to be objective in life. Live in the knowledge that this universe itself gets its existence from YOU, the consciousness and not the other way viz., you are not dependent on this universe. Objectivity is not passive acceptance of persons and situations. It is based on the truth of I and also keeping in mind that Almighty is always a factor in one’s life. Not invoking Almighty while you need help is not intelligent living. It amounts to be like the proverbial stone on the way side carrying the loads of every other wayfarer, crying foul.
21. Thumb Rule for living in Happiness:
Live a life of least disturbance to others. This saves you from GUILT that you keep getting every now and then.
Live a life of least disturbed by others. You are then free of coming into situation which gives you HURT day in day out. This needs more understanding of your true self.
Is it possible?
By knowing that all sorrows in life come from total identification of you with body, mind, sense complex, that finite entity, limited by time, space and objects  
AND by the knowledge of this TRUTH that you are from the very beginning of this life the Self-evident Consciousness, giving existence to everything in this universe, from your body, mind, complex  to the whole universe
You know that complete, uninvolved, not limited by time, space, and objects, thus INFINTE, the very Cause of this universe.
22. Universal Oneness.
Now let us count how many I, s are there in this universe. One may say there are as many as the population on this earth and if any, in other planets. Everyone I is Consciousness, which is not limited by time, space, or objects. If each I, limits the other I, say in space, it negates the very truth of consciousness that it is not limited by space. We saw that space, in fact exits in consciousness. That leads to the conclusion that there can be only one I. It is the same I, consciousness irrespective of body, mind, sense complex. The I of you, the I of me, or of anyone else is the same I, one and the only one.  In the vision of that GIVER, all of us, irrespective of nations on this earth or planets outside, are one and the same, self-evident, consciousness, eternal without any difference what so ever. Whatever differences seen are only manmade. If only this truth sinks in all, how great the life on this earth will be!                       
23.Epilogue.
The knowledge you gained out of this exposure is though complete up to the level that truth of I is, Awareness, Consciousness and not body, mind, sense complex, this is like knowing the tip of the iceberg. To get the rest of it, one needs to pursue this with interest and commitment by listening to those who are well versed in this knowledge and capable of teaching the same to those wanting to know.

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Saturday 28 May 2016

Revised Pension Table of Pre-2016 Pensioners based on 7th CPC Report

Revised Pension Table of Pre-2016 Pensioners based on 7th CPC Report
Written By Admin on December 7, 2015 | Monday, December 07, 2015
REVISED PENSION TABLE OF PRE 2016 PENSIONERS W.E.F. 01.01.2016 (expected date of implementation) 

(BASED ON THE 7TH CPC REPORT CHAPTER 10.1 Pension and Related Benefits of Civilian Employees AND 5.1 Pay Structure (Civilian Employees) PAY MATRIX FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES)




PB & GP
PB-1 & GP 1800
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
3665
LEVEL OF VII CPC
1
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
Up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
9419
11303
12245
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
9000
10800
11700
1
9250
11100
12025
2
9550
11460
12415
3
9850
11820
12805
4
10150
12180
13195
5
10450
12540
13585
6
10750
12900
13975
7
11050
13260
14365
8
11400
13680
14820
9
11750
14100
15275
10
12100
14520
15730
11
12450
14940
16185
12
12800
15360
16640
13
13200
15840
17160
14
13600
16320
17680
15
14000
16800
18200
PB & GP
PB-1 & GP 1900
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
3890
LEVEL OF VII CPC
2
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
Up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
9997
11997
12996
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
9950
11940
12935
1
10250
12300
13325
2
10550
12660
13715
3
10850
13020
14105
4
11200
13440
14560
5
11550
13860
15015
6
11900
14280
15470
7
12250
14700
15925
8
12600
15120
16380
9
13000
15600
16900
10
13400
16080
17420
11
13800
16560
17940
12
14200
17040
18460
13
14650
17580
19045
14
15100
18120
19630
15
15550
18660
20215
PB & GP
PB-1 & GP 2400
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
4920
LEVEL OF VII CPC
4
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
12644
15173
16438
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
12750
15300
16575
1
13150
15780
17095
2
13550
16260
17615
3
13950
16740
18135
4
14350
17220
18655
5
14750
17700
19175
6
15250
18300
19825
7
15700
18840
20410
8
16150
19380
20995
9
16650
19980
21645
10
17150
20580
22295
11
17650
21180
22945
12
18200
21840
23660
13
18750
22500
24375
14
19300
23160
25090
15
19900
23880
25870
PB & GP
PB-1 & GP-2800
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
5585
LEVEL OF VII CPC
5
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
14353
17224
18659
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
14600
17520
18980
1
15050
18060
19565
2
15500
18600
20150
3
15950
19140
20735
4
16450
19740
21385
5
16950
20340
22035
6
17450
20940
22685
7
17950
21540
23335
8
18500
22200
24050
9
19050
22860
24765
10
19600
23520
25480
11
20200
24240
26260
12
20800
24960
27040
13
21400
25680
27820
14
22050
26460
28665
15
22700
27240
29510
PB & GP
PB-2 & GP-4200
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
6750
LEVEL OF VII CPC
6
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
17348
20817
22552
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
17700
21240
23010
1
18250
21900
23725
2
18800
22560
24440
3
19350
23220
25155
4
19950
23940
25935
5
20550
24660
26715
6
21150
25380
27495
7
21800
26160
28340
8
22450
26940
29185
9
23100
27720
30030
10
23800
28560
30940
11
24500
29400
31850
12
25250
30300
32825
13
26000
31200
33800
14
26800
32160
34840
15
27600
33120
35880
PB & GP
PB-2 & GP-4600
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
9230
LEVEL OF VII CPC
7
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
23721
27062
30837
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
22450
26940
29185
1
23100
27720
30030
2
23800
28560
30940
3
24500
29400
31850
4
25250
30300
32825
5
26000
31200
33800
6
26800
32160
34840
7
27600
33120
35880
8
28450
34140
36985
9
29300
35160
38090
10
30200
36240
39260
11
31100
37320
40430
12
32050
38460
41665
13
33000
39600
42900
14
34000
40800
44200
15
35000
42000
45500
PB & GP
PB-2 & GP-4800
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
9375
LEVEL OF VII CPC
8
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
24094
27005
31322
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
23800
28560
30940
1
24500
29400
31850
2
25250
30300
32825
3
26000
31200
33800
4
26800
32160
34840
5
27600
33120
35880
6
28450
34140
36985
7
29300
35160
38090
8
30200
36240
39260
9
31100
37320
40430
10
32050
38460
41665
11
33000
39600
42900
12
34000
40800
44200
13
35000
42000
45500
14
36050
43260
46865
15
37150
44580
48295
PB & GP
PB-2 & GP-5400
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
10140
LEVEL OF VII CPC
9
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
26060
31272
33878
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
26550
31860
34515
1
27350
32820
35555
2
28150
33780
36595
3
29000
34800
37700
4
29850
35820
38805
5
30750
36900
39975
6
31650
37980
41145
7
32600
39120
42380
8
33600
40320
43680
9
34600
41520
44980
10
35650
42780
46345
11
36700
44040
47710
12
37800
45360
49140
13
38950
46740
50635
14
40100
48120
52130
15
41300
49560
53690
PB & GP
PB-3 & GP-5400
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
11070
LEVEL OF VII CPC
10
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
26985
32382
35081
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
28050
33660
36465
1
28900
34680
37570
2
29750
35700
38675
3
30650
36780
39845
4
31550
37860
41015
5
32500
39000
42250
6
33500
40200
43550
7
34500
41400
44850
8
35550
42660
46215
9
36600
43920
47580
10
37700
45240
49010
11
38850
46620
50505
12
40000
48000
52000
13
41200
49440
53560
14
42450
50940
55185
15
43700
52440
56810
PB & GP
PB-3 & GP-6600
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
12600
LEVEL OF VII CPC
11
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
32382
38858
42097
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
33850
40620
44005
1
34850
41820
45305
2
35900
43080
46670
3
37000
44400
48100
4
38100
45720
49530
5
39250
47100
51025
6
40450
48540
52585
7
41650
49980
54145
8
42900
51480
55770
9
44200
53040
57460
10
45550
54660
59215
11
46900
56280
60970
12
48300
57960
62790
13
49750
59700
64675
14
51250
61500
66625
15
52800
63360
68640
PB & GP
PB-3 & GP-7600
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
14960
LEVEL OF VII CPC
12
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
38450
46140
49980
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
39400
47280
51220
1
40600
48720
52780
2
41800
50160
54340
3
43050
51660
55965
4
44350
53220
57655
5
45700
54840
59410
6
47050
56460
61165
7
48450
58140
62985
8
49900
59880
64870
9
51400
61680
66820
10
52950
63540
68835
11
54550
65460
70915
12
56200
67440
73060
13
57900
69480
75270
14
59650
71580
77545
15
61450
73740
79885
PB & GP
PB-4 & GP-8700
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
23050
LEVEL OF VII CPC
13
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
59239
71086
77010
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
59250
71100
77025
1
61050
73260
79365
2
62900
75480
81770
3
64800
77760
84240
4
66750
80100
86775
5
68750
82500
89375
6
70800
84960
92040
7
72900
87480
94770
8
75100
90120
97630
9
77350
92820
100555
10
79650
95580
103545
11
82050
98460
106665
12
84500
101400
109850
13
87050
104460
113165
14
89650
107580
116545
15
92350
110820
120055
PB & GP
PB-4 & GP-8900
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
24295
LEVEL OF VII CPC
13A
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
62438
74926
81170
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
65550
78660
85215
1
67500
81000
87750
2
69550
83460
90415
3
71650
85980
93145
4
73800
88560
95940
5
76000
91200
98800
6
78300
93960
101790
7
80650
96780
104845
8
83050
99660
107965
9
85550
102660
111215
10
88100
105720
114530
11
90750
108900
117975
12
93450
112140
121485
13
96250
115500
125125
14
99150
118980
128895
15
102100
122520
132730
PB & GP
PB-4 & GP-10000
MIN PENSION IN 6th CPC
27350
LEVEL OF VII CPC
14
New Pension in 7th CPC
AGE
up to 80
80-85
85-90
OPTION 1 REV MIN PENS with 2.57 Multiple
70290
84347
91376
OPTION 2 - REVISED PENSION WITH INCREMENTS @ 3% PA FOR NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED WHILE IN SERVICE
NUMBER OF INCREMENTS EARNED IN THAT LEVELWHILE IN SERVICE
0
72100
86520
93730
1
74250
89100
96525
2
76500
91800
99450
3
78800
94560
102440
4
81150
97380
105495
5
83600
100320
108680
6
86100
103320
111930
7
88700
106440
115310
8
91350
109620
118755
9
94100
112920
122330
10
96900
116280
125970
11
99800
119760
129740
12
102800
123360
133640
13
105900
127080
137670
14
109100
130920
141830
15


NOTE: Based on the recommendations of 7th CPC vide Para 10.1.67 of its Report, an ALL-IN ONE table for pension has been prepared from where the likely pension can be determined easily.

· The table covers all the 5th CPC scales from S 4 to S 29 (except S 6) grouped in 4 PBs after 6th CPC. These have been assigned Levels 1 to 14 in the matrix table by 7th CPC.

· The table also gives pension for pensioners falling in 3 age groups i.e. upto 80 years and with additional pension @ 20% and 30% after the age of 80 and 85 respectively.

· Since the pension as per option 2 may take time, the pension as per option 1 (with a factor of 2.57) may be paid in the first instance as an interim measure.

· Pension as per option-1 is to be calculated on the basis of pension as fixed after 6th CPC. This being different for pensioners retiring from the same scale, the figures in the table under option -1 are according to the minimum revised basic pension as per DOP OM dated 30-7-2015. The Pension is to be finally fixed at the higher of the two Options.

· In some levels like levels 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, there is no common min revised pension as per 6th CPC (differing with each scale though GP is same). The table can accommodate only one figure. Therefore, in such cases lowest of the figure has been taken as representative of the respective level.

Compiled by  N.P . MOHAN C.E (Retd.) Railways & President RSCWS

Source: http://scm-bps.blogspot.in/2015/12/revised-pension-of-pre-2016-pensioners_6.html


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