184 Quotes by AVIS Viswanathan

You are unlikely to find the perfect Life that you want. Even so, you can live fully with what you have, with what you have been given. And you do that by looking Life squarely in the eye, by facing it and by accepting what is, by learning to be happy despite the circumstances.

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.

Each time you start complaining about your Life, pause to consider that, precisely at this given moment, someone out there is more challenged, more deprived and more unloved than you are. You will then miraculously witness your urge to complain quietly melting away!

When you realize how grateful you are for what you have, you will stop complaining about what you don’t have!

No experience ever is a waste in Life. In the end, everything always adds up – absolutely everything.

Both talent and trials are Life's ways of making us who we must be. When going through a complex, inscrutable, challenge, don’t we often lament that we are being unfairly tested by Life? Don’t we wonder why we have to go through sh*t, despite being talented, intelligent and ethical? You see, talent is what we are endowed with. And our trials are non-negotiable. They are what we are meant to – and must – go through. So, accept what is and flow with Life…

Following your Bliss is part inspiration and part application. The inspiration is always spiritual, it silently draws you into its fold. But the application requires human choice and effort. Simply, you have to have the thirst and the discipline to work on quenching that thirst!

Ahimsa is as relevant today, particularly to our inner well-being, as it was to Gandhi or during his time. Ahimsa is not about non-violent action. It is about non-violent thought in the first place. A lot of the negativity in us comes from how much anger we are carrying in us – for the people and situations around us. Just stopping to curse errant people on the street is a good starting point to embracing ahimsa. Practice it. It works big time!

Train your mind to be in the present…and you have unlocked the secret to being happy despite your circumstances.