“Everything that's happening to you, to me, to us, is part of an inscrutable Master Plan. And that grand design is not flawed! Everything is the way it should be and is going exactly per that Plan! And today is always better than yesterday. At least your ability to deal with what you are faced with has improved with one more day's effort of dealing with it.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaLet GoGo With The Flow Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“A year can really, truly, be filled with Happiness! No matter what you are faced with, if you don’t complicate your Life with human ideas – if you don’t bring up your expectations, if you don’t analyze what you want and what you deserve and instead humbly accept what you are given – you will be happy!” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe Happynesswala Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“When all your efforts at trying to get what you want are exhausted, if you choose to walk away calmly, without grief and frustration, then what you want will flow to you, on its own, if it is meant for you. There is great power in letting go and moving on. It is only when you have let go, of desire itself, that you can receive what is truly meant for you! No one – and nothing – can take away what is meant for you and no one – and nothing – can get you what is not meant for you! Understand this truth about Life – and you will live happily ever after.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaLet GoMove On Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“If you reflect on Life, it has no meaning. You came with nothing. And you will go with nothing. In this time, you will acquire knowledge and experience…you may get fame and wealth…you will build relationships…and blah and blah and blah…but nothing – and no one – is going with you, when it is time for you to leave. So, is Life meaningless? Perhaps, yes. But there’s another view too. The only option each of us has, since we don’t choose to be born, is to bring meaning to the Life that we have been given. Simply, what you do is more important than what you acquire and own in your lifetime. Therefore, make what you do – to make this world a better place for the generations to follow – the singular focus of your journey while enjoying every moment of it. This is how you bring meaning to an apparently meaningless Life!” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaLife CoachLife Coaching Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Oh! But training the mind isn’t easy…” Surely, Life is not easy. Getting through this lifetime is never easy. So, training the mind is not going to be achieved without dedication and diligence. But just as the body can be trained, the mind too can be taught how to live in the present moment. You see, the mind thrives only when it is stuck in the dead past or when it races into the unborn future. In those two states it is constantly spewing thoughts of anger, grief, guilt, anxiety, worry, fear and stress. But when trained to live in the now, the mind is powerless. That is how you learn to be non-worrying, non-frustrated, non-suffering, to be happy! You can either train your mind, and employ equanimity and happiness to deal with Life’s upheavals, or you can continue to cite the ‘it-is-not-easy’ excuse and be unhappy! Your call!” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityMeditationAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaEquanimity Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Are you living an unhappy Life while trying to make everyone around you happy? You want to make an unconventional personal – career or relationship – choice but you refuse to, because you are considering how your family will feel about it. Or you are keeping a job only to earn-a-living so you can meet the wants of those around you. Or you are not expressing yourself honestly in a relationship because you don’t want to hurt the other person. Whatever be your context, if you are choosing to be unhappy, only so that someone else is happy, well, then, you have lost the plot! How you are feeling alone impacts your happiness. Your feeling unhappy and being a martyr means you are squandering the Life that you have been given. Life is not a popularity contest. Being unhappy while wanting to be ‘nice’ is a poor choice you make.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityUnhappinessAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe Happynesswala Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“When you are driven by Purpose, focus on living that Purpose every single day. Why are doing what you are doing is more important than what you have achieved, where you have reached. Yes, the human mind will play games with you. It will make you feel inadequate. It will make you imagine that the progress you make is not enough given the enormity of what you have set out to do. But believe in the Power of One…in your individual ability to impact the Life of another individual…one day at a time. How have I lived my day today? Have I lived by the why of what I do? Have I taken my vehicle forward in the direction in which I am headed? These are the only questions that need to be asked and the only ones that matter! Keep the focus, keep it basic, keep it purposeful…when you have Integrity of Purpose, all else will always follow!” HappinessLife LessonsPurposeSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaIntegrity Of Purpose Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Your mind’s first response to a problem situation is to deny its very existence. But being in denial mode simply means that you don’t see the problem although it exists; which means the problem is hurting you, but you don’t recognize it. When you finally acknowledge the presence of the problem, you hate it. You want it to go away. And when it doesn’t, you are over-anxious to solve it. But some problems defy human intelligence and logical solutions. They stay on, they frustrate you and leave you feeling miserable. The simple, intelligent approach to dealing with problems is to first accept them, rather than deny their existence, and then go to work on solving them. Realize that denying the presence of a problem does not mean the problem does not exist. Every problem has arrived with a specific Purpose – to teach you invaluable Life lessons, to make you stronger, wiser and happy!” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAcceptanceResilienceAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe Happynesswala Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Take it as it comes. Always. The beauty of Life lies in its unpredictability. Its starkness may be difficult to stomach at times but it is what it is. The only way to deal with reality is to embrace it and to go with the flow. You may plan, envision and strategize but ultimately Life alone has its way, its say. You must merely submit to that way and go with the flow. When you hate what is, it causes grief, anger, stress and suffering. But when you take it as it comes, Life is simpler even if it is not any easier!” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaGo With The Flow Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Nothing belongs to us. Everything and everyone will be gone someday – including you and me! Clinging on to people, material possessions, stances and opinions is a total waste of energy and precious time. If we review our lives closely, deeply, we will find that all our insecurities, our strife, our suffering, comes from whatever we are clinging on to. The moment you let go of whatever is possessing you, consuming you – a habit or a position or an object or a person or a relationship – you are liberated. You are free. It is only when you are free that you can experience Life – and its magic and beauty – fully…and live happily!” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaImpermanence Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Just as you would build and use stamina to be a champion sportsperson, you need to deploy Resilience to face challenging Life situations. Resilience is like the Bluetooth feature on your smartphone. You need to activate it to use it. And you activate, you deploy, the Resilience from within you by anchoring in Faith – by trusting the process of Life. So, no matter what you are dealing with, don’t run away from Life; turn around and face your fears. Know that you have the staying power in you to get through Life. Know that if you have a problem, you will also have the means, the mechanism, to deal with the problem even if you can’t always solve it immediately!” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityResilienceAvis ViswanathanAvis On HappynessThe Happynesswala Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Religion is a human invention. It is a device with which a few people control the masses, employing fear and divisiveness. Allowing ourselves to be divided on the lines of religion is being outright stupid. Because judging and alienating – hating – another human being causes, above all, your own suffering.” GodHappinessLife LessonsReligionSpiritualityFearAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe Happynesswala Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Life, at the end of the day, is a simple mindgame. This means, essentially, that you learn to control your thoughts, that you learn to be non-worrying, non-frustrated and non-suffering. Then, no matter what you are going through, you live a better, fuller, happy Life.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaLife Coaching Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Your job is to set out on Life’s journey as a voyager, which you already have by having been born (an act that, well, happened beyond you!). Life’s job is to reach you to the shore, which it eventually will, but not before it has tossed you up and down and churned your insides several times over. So, don’t sweat over anything. It is simply not worth it! Remember: your Life’s happening exactly the way it must. Train your mind to be non-worrying, non-frustrated and non-suffering. Be happy! Let Life take over, you simply go with the flow…!” LifeLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalThe HappynesswalaLife CoachLife Coaching Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“There is no greater state to attain in Life than when you are able to recognize that you are merely an instrument for divinity to work through you, for your spiritual talent to flow through you.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityDivinityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessFollow Your BlissThe HappynesswalasThe Blisscatchers Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Surrendering to Life does not mean inaction. It means trusting Life’s cyclical process and going with the flow. It means making your best efforts every single day and remaining non-frustrated even when you don’t get the results that you expect.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualitySurrenderAvis ViswanathanDetachmentLet GoThe HappynesswalasFall Like Rose PetalVaani Avis On Happyness Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Craving to be celebrated by others will often leave you unhappy. Instead, celebrate yourself by immersing yourself in what you love doing. This holds the key to your Happiness.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaFollow Your BlissThe Bliss Catchers Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Human choices, actions, opinions and analyses – all these are always inadequate in the context of the larger cosmic design. Ultimately time is a great leveler. Time is all-powerful. Whoever you are, when it is your time to rule, you will. When it is your time to fall, you will. When it is your time to rise, you will rise – again. And when it is your time to go, you will have to go. Simply, you cannot negotiate with Life – or death. Embracing what is, doing what you can possibly do in a given situation and going with the flow of Life is Happiness.” HappinessTimeSpiritualityAvis ViswanathanFall Like A Rose PetalAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalasCosmic Design Author:AVIS Viswanathan
“Life’s pretty simple. If doing something makes you unhappy, and you can avoid it, don’t do it. And more often than you can imagine, most of the stuff that makes you unhappy is avoidable! And if you can’t avoid it, do it with full acceptance, without complaining about it. That’s a sure way to be happy despite the circumstances.” HappinessLife LessonsSpiritualityUnhappinessAvis ViswanathanAvis On HappynessThe HappynesswalaNon Complaining Author:AVIS Viswanathan