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it's you who relieves me of my stress from the whole w... MIRA CIELE S. BUSANGILAN Never dream about lesser things, because you deserve the best! DR. VINOD B. NAIR When the number of people in a group go above the critical mass,
their original qualities and behavi... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Listen to others! But not only with your ears...but with your brain and heart as well! DR. VINOD B. NAIR If you want me to be a
Hindu like you, we are in for a big trouble! DR. VINOD B. NAIR We are born free. We die free. Why the hell don't we live free? DR. VINOD B. NAIR The biggest problem with God is that... He is invisible!
He forgot the adage... Visibility brings Cr... DR. VINOD B. NAIR You should learn to hang your expectations upside down. This will keep you from getting hurt! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Never appear to be the best till you are sure that you can do it without others. If you make this mi... DR. VINOD B. NAIR You can't teach anyone anything!
Unfortunately they have to learn in a hard way! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Rewrite all rules in your life which are not going to hurt others! There must be better options than... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Like you shift the gears of your car, you must learn to shift the gears of your life.
Sometimes you ... DR. VINOD B. NAIR What defines the humanity?
The ideals or the practice? DR. VINOD B. NAIR It is interesting to introspect whether medicine is a science or art. I think it’s an art based in... DR. VINOD B. NAIR My perception is my reality, strength and weakness! All I need to do is correct it if when required! DR. VINOD B. NAIR We always change the facts rather than our opinions and perspectives! DR. VINOD B. NAIR It is worth proving yourself... but only to yourself! DR. VINOD B. NAIR No deer ever gave himself to a lion, because deer felt pity with lions's hunger! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Ability to question your own perceptions is a rare but great virtue. DR. VINOD B. NAIR Learn the art of communicating with yourself, because it is going to decide your real future! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Someone today asked me a wild question!
Whom should one love ideally?
My answer was even wilder!
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It encompasses everything! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Life is all about expectations, perceptions and the actual experience! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Bad people thrive on the darkness of our mind! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Help people to rise in love! You will be a magnet! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Look within for the first opportunity to change you.
Look around for the next opportunity to change ... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Belief and faith are the only things which take one forward in life! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Life is all about hope...!
Don't lose it, even after you die!! DR. VINOD B. NAIR No passion should be strong or long enough to kill you!
Everything they say about it is bullshit!
It... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Change is most often a choice we never exercise! DR. VINOD B. NAIR We are always haunted by our own perceptions about life...
Once you have the ability to handle those... DR. VINOD B. NAIR The only thing which guides me every moment is my own ethics.
Laws only scare me. If I can overcome ... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Your real lordliness is shown in your dignified demeanour! DR. VINOD B. NAIR All of us need our daily dose of lies to live on! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Happiness & sadness is like shadows & scorching sun! Many times we can choose where we stand! DR. VINOD B. NAIR GOD is only for believers!
Others are capable of helping themselves! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Do not wait for all signals to turn green...
Before you start off the journey called life! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Life is the biggest and most complicated drama I have ever seen!
Unfortunately there is not even a d... DR. VINOD B. NAIR The beautiful aspect of life is that you can always have a choice in most situations!
The present yo... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Every other person in this world is an alien to me, when it comes to my thoughts! DR. VINOD B. NAIR People first glorify whatever they do…
Then they expect others to approve it...
Still worse, they ... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Being passionate but remaining unemotional is essential to flawless observation and pure awareness! DR. VINOD B. NAIR None of us are more important than rest of us! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Your ability to handle ambiguity in real life situations will give you the extra edge to win! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Be careful when you post in social media....
Its like yelling from your roof top!
It can injure many... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Never look for an ideal knight in this world! Find a suitable one. Crown him and Live Queen SIZE! DR. VINOD B. NAIR The keys to your life are always with you....
But only problem is that they are hidden...
If you are... DR. VINOD B. NAIR The ego prevents the intellect from learning!
A curse unique to human species! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Death is always in our hands...
But we always try to defer it by our choice!
And rarely do we succee... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Always test yourself against your own past! This is a mind game!
If you play this game well, only th... DR. VINOD B. NAIR The day I realise who I am... my journey will end! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Realization that you don't have an answer, it self is the beginning.
But many of us think we are the... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Camaraderie and trust are best built by working together in difficult times! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Extended affluence brings down the faith in God....
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They enjoy love! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Many of the easy solutions we see in this world are just mirages!
When we get closer, we realize the... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Spirituality is never for masses!
It is for individuals!
For masses we have religions! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Bias is the deadliest enemy of an intelligent mind DR. VINOD B. NAIR Spirituality, religion and its proponents are supposed to throw light into our lives. But the intens... DR. VINOD B. NAIR What we have is collective foolishness, rather than collective wisdom! DR. VINOD B. NAIR The only person you need to tolerate is your own spouse and that too in a limited way. There is no r... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Death is never the answer to any problem! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Your perception is your reality.
My perception is my reality.
But the real truth is something else! DR. VINOD B. NAIR We should only commend or condemn an act of someone, not the person as such; because everyone impres... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Marriage is the most unnatural behaviour, we humans are forced to follow currently! DR. VINOD B. NAIR Theory of Choice:
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