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“The key to Happiness lies in learning to still the mind, learning to let go and learning to just keep walking, to just keep flowing with Life.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“No matter what you are going through, spend a few minutes each day to be grateful for who you still have, and for what you still have, in your Life.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Equanimity is the state when you are unmoved. When all states seem the same: Joy and sorrow, victory and defeat, success and failure, gain and loss; neither a high, nor a low â€� none of these states can then affect your equilibrium. There will surely be a momentary blip when any event occurs that causes an emotional response. Metaphorically, it is like what happens when you throw a stone into a placid lake. There will be ripples, a few waves may be generated, but the lake’s water will soon go back to being calm and peaceful. This unmoved state, equanimity, can be attained only through training your mind. You can and must train your mind, just as you train your body. When your mind is in your control, you are unmoved. Only when you are unmoved do you really experience true Happiness.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Most of what we think will make us happy never really gives us lasting Happiness. Material things, rewards, fame, recognition, money and having a circle of ‘yesâ€� folks (those who are hanging around you only because they believe they can benefit from you)…these can all make you happy, but only momentarily. They only give you fleeting moments of Happiness. Too much of these, in fact, can leave you feeling drained or suffocated or incomplete. That’s when you start searching for true Happiness. And true Happiness lies only in celebrating what is, in the now. You find it by dropping all your craving, the wants, the desires. It lies in living each moment fully, in gratitude for what you have, with people who complete you, who make you come alive!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“No matter what you are going through, the process of Life is beautiful. It may be challenging, painful and, at times, agonizingly slow. Or it may flow freely, generously, bringing you all that you want. But, unfailingly, Life never ceases to amaze or surprise. It is this inscrutable quality of Life that makes the process beautiful. When you accept the process of Life for what it is, for the way it is, unquestioningly, you see its beauty. That’s how you learn to be happy despite the circumstances.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Anything can happen in Life. Absolutely anything. When you try to approach a challenging situation in your Life with logic, and try to reason why things are the way they are, you will often not find the answers you are looking for. That’s when you will awaken to the inscrutability and suchness of Life. And it is in accepting the suchness of Life that you discover inner peace and Happiness.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Reflecting on how you want to be remembered after you are gone, is a good way to make informed and intelligent choices about how you want to live the rest of your Life.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Let others think, say or do as they please. If you obsess over others, or over what they think of or say about you, remember, you may have no time to live your Life. And, of course, you will be terribly, terribly unhappy!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Both science and spirituality are integral to the process of Life. Science helps you to question, seek answers, explore the unknown, examine data and find reason; it enhances knowledge. Spirituality helps you to question, seek answers, explore the unknown, embrace experiences and awaken; it removes ignorance. Both are complementary aha-inducing ways of bringing meaning to an otherwise, apparently, meaningless Life â€� because you came with nothing and you will go away with nothing!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“The free will versus destiny debate will rage on. But actually there need not be a debate. You see, there is certainly an inscrutable quality to Life. You may call it destiny. But despite Life’s inscrutable nature, you still have to make choices. And that is free will. So, the choices that you make, because of or despite the circumstances that are beyond your imagination and control, are undoubtedly important. Bottom line: There is a beautiful interplay between free will and destiny all the time. Together, they write the screenplay of your Life.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Just because things are grave, it doesn’t mean it’s all over for you. To get through a torrid time, allow yourself to be led by the magic and beauty of grace. Simply surrender, trusting the process of Life.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“2 + 2 doesn’t always add up to 4 in Life. Integrity and hard work, for instance, don’t always deliver (worldly) success no matter how talented you are. Which is why faith and patience are critical on the journey. So, trust the process of Life. And be patient. Over time, you will learn to love the Life that you have. And, eventually, what you want will flow to you, on its own.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“When you live in a complete let go, you are letting grace lead you, to guide you. It will never let you down.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Growing older is inevitable. But growing wiser is a personal â€� and intelligent â€� choice.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“When you hit a dead end in Life, you will feel clueless and helpless. Hold that feeling for a while. But don’t allow that feeling to hold you hostage. Soon, work on overcoming the shock of the setback, turn around and keep walking. The essence of intelligent living lies in continuing to walk. No matter what happens, don’t allow yourself to be pinned down for too long. Just keep walking. When you keep flowing with Life, the path always unfolds. And Life takes you to where you belong, where you must eventually arrive.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Grief has a lasting, and often transformational, impact. It pervades every pore in your body and settles in your soul. You may surely find Happiness over time. But it will be a very different experience being happy again after you have experienced what grief is. What grief does is that it makes you understand contentment as the truest form of Happiness. And that’s what Happiness really is â€� it lies in living each moment fully, gratefully, with what you have, with what is.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“What you have with you is what you need right now. Life has given you everything â€� and everyone â€� that you need. Clearly your wants have not been fulfilled. But Life’s taken care of your every need. It is in wanting what you don’t have that you grieve. It is in wanting your Life to be different from what it is now that you suffer. The choice to be non-suffering and to celebrate what you have is always with you. Exercise that choice and you will always be happy.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Courage is certainly not the absence of fear. The ability to look fear in the eye, to stand up to what scares you, is courage. So, being able to face Life’s upheavals, without giving up, without becoming bitter, is courage. Being able to withstand pain, while choosing to not suffer from it, is courage. Choosing to immerse yourself in what you love doing, when darkness engulfs you, is courage. To let go, and to flow with Life, is courage. Being useful, even when you can’t be successful in a worldly sense, is courage. To live a Life of love, compassion, dignity and cheer, despite constant pain, despite enduring constraints, is courage. To laugh at yourself, at your situation, and at Life, is courage! To be happy, to be non-worrying, non-frustrated and non-suffering, despite the circumstances, is courage.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“There are three steps to follow on a daily basis to go through and last a tough, challenging, phase in Life:
1. Be expectationless.
2. Soak in bhakti � devotion, offer yourself and everything that you do to a higher energy.
3. Deep dive into what you love doing � your bliss, your purpose or even just your work. If your current circumstances prevent you from doing this, choose the next best activity, whatever else you can do, in this realm to practice immersion.
There is no order to following these steps. Just do them daily. Let them consume your waking hours. Celebrate the inner peace and joy that you experience.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“The cosmic design is truly the master. Worship the design. Over time, with experience, and from lessons learnt from lived experiences, you will understand and appreciate that the design has no flaws.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Letting go is the only way to inner peace. Let go and flow with Life. Trust the process. What is meant to happen alone will happen. No matter what you think, do, pray or wish.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Drop the 'why' and ‘why meâ€� questions. Stop asking ‘whyâ€� and ‘why meâ€� in the context of your Life situation. Then you will not suffer. The pain will be intense. But you will not suffer. You cannot avoid pain, but you can choose not to suffer. Suffering comes from asking 'whyâ€�, ‘why me'. Suffering always magnifies the pain. Choosing to be non-suffering does not take away the pain. But it helps immensely in coping with the pain.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“If your faith makes you feel inadequate, re-examine your relationship with your faith. Are you full of faith or are you fearful?”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“In the context of your adult children, the only question you need to ask yourself is this: Have you have taught them sound values? If you have, be grateful for having been able to do that. If there is an opportunity, and they ask for your help, support their adult journeys to the best of your ability. Beyond that, let go, let go, let go...!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Being expectationless simply means going with the flow of Life. Accepting whatever comes your way and making the best of any situation.
Flowing with Life is not merely surviving. It is thriving. Flowing is the natural process of Life. You flow, just like a river flows. It is the path of least resistance. It is celebratory. It makes you come alive!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“In any situation, acceptance is always the first step to inner peace. And if you can't fix what you wish to fix, then acceptance is the only step, the only way to be happy despite the circumstances.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Letting go is not being defeatist. It is not giving up on Life. Letting go is giving in to Life. It is going with the flow of Life.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Three factors are important to live Life well. Time. Health. Money. Chances are that you may often have two of those factors within your reach. Rarely, on occasion, you will have all three. Yet people often postpone living their lives well waiting for all three factors to fall in place. It makes better sense to go live your Life when you have two out of the three factors within your reach! Particularly, when you have time and health, and perhaps some money. Because when you don't have health/age on your side, you can't do anything even if you have a lot of time and money!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“No amount of kicking around or being angry with Life, with your environment or with your world, can change your current reality. It is always what it is. If you don’t like how things are, first accept them for what they are. Then, efficiently, resolutely, take charge, channelize your anger, and work on changing what you dislike. That’s the only way to make your Life better. That’s the only way to Happiness.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“When you let go of all that is causing you pain and distress, you let go of your unhappiness too. Sometimes, it may be people who make you unhappy. So move away from such people. At other times, it may be the choices that you have made that make you unhappy. So let go of the past â€� it is over, you can’t undo it. There may also be situations where you cannot fix the core issue that is causing all your pain and agony. When you can’t fix a problem yourself, let go of your desire to fix it. When you let go, when you uncling from whatever it is that is holding you hostage, you set yourself free. When you let go, you actually let Happiness in!”
― AVIS Viswanathan