My Blessingful and Pride-Flooded Dedication to the Indomitable Runners of the 3100-mile Self-Transcendence Race, 2006

1.

```

I know

How to run and run

And run.

My Lord Supreme

Knows

How to love me

With His

Blessing-Pride.

```

Sri Chinmoy June 21st, 2006

2.

```

I run the world’s

Longest Race

To dine with God’s

Boundless Grace.

```

Sri Chinmoy June 22nd, 2006

3.

```

History’s

Longest Run-Race

Is God’s

Smile-blossomed Face.

```

Sri Chinmoy June 23rd, 2006

4.

```

The world’s

Longest distance-runners

Are God’s

Heart-treasured

Children.

```

Sri Chinmoy

June 24th, 2006

5.

```

Each

Longest distance-runner

Is a very special

Affection-wave of

God.

```

Sri Chinmoy

June 25th, 2006

6.

```

The real Name

Of God is Blessing.

The real Name

Of God’s Heart

Is Love.

The real Name

Of God’s Life

Is Concern.

```

Sri Chinmoy June 26th, 2006

7.

```

When

We talk to God,

We show our greatness.

When

God talks to us,

He gives us His Goodness.

```

Sri Chinmoy June 27th, 2006

8.

```

Earth-servers

Are

God’s Heart-Climbers.

```

Sri Chinmoy

June 28th, 2006

9.

```

Each

Self-giving thought

Is a

Rainbow-Beauty.

```

Sri Chinmoy June 29th, 2006

10.

```

God’s Eye

Is God’s

Sleepless Compassion

For

His aspiring children.

God’s Heart

Is God's

Breathless Concern

For

His serving children.

```

Sri Chinmoy

June 30th, 2006

11.

```

Each

Longest distance-runner

Is

God’s special

Prize-winner.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 1st, 2006

12.

```

Prayer is our

Mountain-climbing

Pride.

Meditation

Is our

Fountain-enjoying

Heart.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 2nd, 2006

13.

```

A

God-rising life

Is a

God-shining

Heart.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 3rd, 2006

14.

```

My

God-dependence

Is the Beauty

Of my life.

My

God-dependence

Is the Fragrance

Of my heart.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 4th, 2006

15.

```

Running dedication

Knows no enjoying

Vacation.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 5th, 2006

16.

```

To-day

My mind is

Utterly absent

Of self-doubt.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 6th, 2006

17.

```

I

Wish to have

A new name:

God-dedication-heartbeat.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 7th, 2006

18.

```

My life-boat plies

Between

My God-invocation-heart

And

My God-dedication-life.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 8th, 2006

19.

```

My only Paradise

Is my

God-aspiration-heart-garden.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 9th, 2006

20.

```

Every day

I feed on my Lord’s

Compassion-Eye-Beauty.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 10th, 2006

21.

```

My Earth

Tells me:

”I can.”

My Heaven

Tells me:

”I am.”

```

Sri Chinmoy July 11th, 2006

22.

```

Earth-mind

Proudly thunders.

Heaven-heart

Sweetly whispers.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 12th, 2006

23.

```

I need

A new heart

To love God more.

I need

A new life

To need God more.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 13th, 2006

24.

```

Each

New day

Is flooded

With

Rainbow-opportunities.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 14th, 2006

25.

```

The world’s

Longest distance runner

Has at once won

God’s Compassion-Eye

And

God’s Protection-Heart.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 15th, 2006

26.

```

My mind wants

God’s Power-Tower.

My heart needs

God’s Peace-Sea.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 16th, 2006

27.

```

I do not

Measure God’s

Blessingful gifts.

I only treasure

Them.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 17th, 2006

28.

```

God prepares

The souls for the earth.

God prepares

The hearts for the Heaven.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 18th, 2006

29.

```

God’s Heart

Is our Progress-thrill.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 19th, 2006

30.

```

My Lord

Amplifies and amplifies

My heart-cries.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 20th, 2006

31.

```

My

Success depends

On my God-loving

Thoughts.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 21st, 2006

32.

```

My

Progress

Depends upon

My God-surrendering

Will.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 22nd, 2006

33.

```

My

Surrender-heart

Becomes

God the Smile.

My

Surrender-life

Becomes

God the Pride.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 23rd, 2006

34.

```

My

Sleepless God-faith-vigil

Is indispensable.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 24th, 2006

35.

```

My heart is desperate

For God’s Compassion.

I am desperate

For God’s instruction.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 25th, 2006

36.

```

My soul

Is the Earth-discoverer.

My heart

Is the Heaven-discoverer.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 26th, 2006

37.

```

My heart lives on

God’s Compassion-tears.

I live on

God’s Forgiveness-Smiles.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 27th, 2006

38.

```

God

Loves my mind’s

Emptiness.

God

Loves my heart’s

Sweetness.

God

Loves my life’s

Fulness.

```

Sri Chinmoy

July 28th, 2006

39.

```

God’s

Compassion-Eye

Strengthens

My heart.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 29th, 2006

40.

```

God’s

Justice-Eye

Purifies my

Mind.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 30th, 2006

42.

```

God

Playfully tries

To hide from

Our eyes.

But His Heart

Prevents.

```

Sri Chinmoy July 31st, 2006

43.

```

A

God-faith-seed

Becomes slowly

But unmistakably

A God-treasure-tree.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

1st, 2006/

44.

```

God’s Heaven-Music

Thrills

My heart every

Morning.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

2nd, 2006/

45.

```

My

Silence-heart

Is God’s microphone.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

3rd, 2006/

46.

```

When

My heart cries,

God’s Heart-Door

Opens up immediately.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

4th, 2006/

47.

```

Each

God-loving thought

Is as fresh as

A breath of dawn.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

5th, 2006/

48.

```

Come what may,

I shall run and

Run and end my

Pilgrim-Journey

At my Lord’s

Feet.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

6th, 2006/

49.

```

God

Feeds my hopes.

God

Feeds my promises.

Alas, when

Will I be able to feed God’s

Heart and His Feet,

When?!

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

7th, 2006/

50.

```

May my outer

Life succeed.

May my inner

Life proceed.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

8th, 2006/

51.

```

To work

Devotedly

Is to walk very

Fast towards

God.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

9th, 2006/

52.

```

To-day’s

Victory

We celebrate

Only to invoke

A new

Goal.

```

Sri Chinmoy

/Aug.

10th, 2006/

Editor's preface

During the summer of, 2006, the annual Sri Chinmoy 3,100-mile Self-Transcendence Race took place in Jamaica, Queens.

The fifteen runners participating in this event, which is the longest footrace in the world, circled a city block whose circumference is just under one mile.

Sri Chinmoy visited the race several times every day to offer the runners his encouragement, support, concern and love.

From June 21st until the last runner finished on August 10th, he also offered them a daily prayer.

These beautiful and deeply meaningful prayers were distributed to each runner and also posted on the bulletin board at the counting station.

The runners and helpers all derived boundless inspiration from Sri Chinmoy's morning prayers.

The 51 prayers are reproduced in this book in Sri Chinmoy's original handwriting.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Blessingful and Pride-Flooded Dedication to the Indomitable Runners of the 3100-mile Self-Transcendence Race, 2006, Agni Press, 2006
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