breathe. feel. love. is a collection of poetry from the various pitstops in life’s journey. A collection of 80+ poems in English, Hindi, and Marathi, the writings are categorized into three namesake sections: breathe, feel, and love. To expect ourselves to process every aspect of our emotions is a tall order. If you have encountered an emotion that was novel or difficult to express, you may find that thought or two expressed here.
Meditation on the breath is a meditation on the spirit, on the consciousness itself. In many spiritual traditions, the same word is used to describe breath and spirit. (Atman in Hinduism and Buddhism, Ruach in Judaism, Pneuma in ancient Greek religion, and Spiritus in ancient Roman religion). Poems in this section highlight the glimpses of mindful living amidst the day-to-day hustle, delving into the topics of self-exploration, perceptions, desires, gratitude, and non-duality.
- Wake Up
- Figureless
- What defines us?
- One With the Divine
- Don’t
- आयुष्यात आणखी काय हवंय?
- ख़्वाहिश
- इन्तेहाँ
- Voyage
- The Present
- An Unbound Happiness
- Neti Neti
- Desire
- What You Seek Is Seeking You
- Gratitude
- Vipassanā (विपश्यन)
- The “Distorted” World
- When a Branch Turns Into a Root
- गराडा
- Advaita
Maya Angelou (1928-2014), an African- American poet, once said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” This section is the most diverse of the three, drawing inspiration from people, places, and contemporary events that evoked hard to forget feelings.
- हिफाजत
- Starve
- वफ़ा
- बेइख्तियार
- Free
- हँसी
- Who you are
- बेजुबान
- सुकून
- सोहबत
- वजह
- मुठी
- तक़दीर
- बोझ
- घाँव
- शिकायतें
- Dance
- Distance
- हकीक़त
- गांठ
- अकेलापन
- Oblivion
- दस्तक
- अजनबी
- थोड़ा जी लेने दे
- Ornament
- Let My Country Awake, May Be
- अजनबियत
- In the Dead of the Night
- Destiny
- मजदूर
- The Anomalies
- कैदी
- Petrichor
- Dear Yosemite
- झोका
- लम्हे
- कहानी
- The Green Light on the Dock
- Just Keep Ploughing
- A Birthday Rhyme
- बळी
- Ask Me Not to Rest in Peace
- A Wish
- As You Sail Away
- A Shared Dream
What is true love? Eckhart Tolle says, “True love is transcendental. Without recognition of the formless within yourself, there can be no true transcendental love. If you cannot recognize the formless in yourself, you cannot recognize yourself in the other. The recognition of the other as yourself in essence – not the form – is true love…There may be substitutes, things that are called “love” but are not true love.” This section explores many different colors of love, from the true love built on essence to its substitutes based on form.
- बरसात
- तू मेरा कोई ना होके भी कुछ लागे
- कत्ल
- कसूर
- हस्ती
- बिस्मिल
- The Heart Will Break
- जीजान
- क्या खोया, क्या पाया?
- पल
- बेनाम
- दूरी
- You and Me
- शिवाई
- हर हर महादेव
- कदाचित…
- Baji
- बाजी
- अर्थ
- अंतर
- For Thy Grace, the Flair, and the Charm
- The Valentine of Rome
- The Bleeding Self
- The Silent Words
- The Soulmate
- The Wind and the Flower
- Never Break a Mom’s Heart
- वाट