My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 17

12 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

The God of Silence

Is blooming now

Inside my heart.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

12 December 2004, 4:18 a.m. Xiamen, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Janani Mirar 2. Sri Aurobindo

12 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

The God of Silence

Has fully blossomed now

Inside my heart.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

13 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

What do I need?

I need a sleeplessly

God-crying heart.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

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13 December 2004, 4:10 a.m. Xiamen, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Hiya pakhi 2. Sundara madhumoy

13 December 2004 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

In the small hours of the morning

I take the surrender-express train

To arrive at my Destination.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

15 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

I have locked my aspiration-eyes

On Your Compassion-Eyes.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

15 December 2004, 3:48 a.m. Xiamen, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Nrityer tale tale tumi aso 2. Chalo chalo chalo chalo

15 December 2004 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You have already accepted my heart.

Please, please now accept me

And my all.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

16 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You are telling me

That my unconditional, sleepless

And breathless love for You

Is the beauty of my heart.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

16 December 2004, 3:45 a.m. Xiamen, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Alpa kathar manush ami alpa katha koy

2. Nidra bihin sangi bihin amar kanna chali ami eka

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin – first day): Bishwa janani amar janani joy hok taba joy

16 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You are telling me

That my unconditional, sleepless

And breathless surrender

To Your Will

Is the fragrance of my soul.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

16 December 2004 (III)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

I need only one thing from You:

Your Compassion-Breath

At every moment of my life.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

16 December 2004, 11:23 p.m. Xiamen, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Ami bholanath srishtir tras

2. Ami bhalobasi sudur desher Japaner antar

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): I came to Your Lotus Feet

16 December 2004 (IV)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You are telling me,

“My child, how is it that

My Friendship is not enough for you?

Why do you need human friendship?”

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

18 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

To approach You with devotion

Is to swim in Your Ecstasy-Sea.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

18 December 2004, 3:43 a.m. Xiamen, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Eso eso mor jiban majhare

2. Hiyar duar khulte giye

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Hao aguan hao aguan

18 December 2004 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You are telling me that

You brought me into the world

Only to act for You —

Inwardly, outwardly,

Consciously and self-givingly.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

20 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

O seeker, the sunlit path

Is right in front of you.

Delay not, delay not!

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

20 December 2004, 4:38 a.m. Xiamen, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Kali ma amar Kali ma amar

2. Hasite hasite duhate amare

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Jedike phirai ankhi

20 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

Silence, silence, silence!

Silence is God’s most sacred Name.

Silence, silence, silence!

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

22 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

Each seeker receives

A special dream from You:

How to realise You.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

22 December 2004, 6:19 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Bangalir gan abangali aji

2. Surjya thakur chanda mama

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Tomai dite rishta chite

22 December 2004 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

The outer strength attacks the enemy.

The inner strength,

Which is infinitely stronger

Than the outer strength, suffers.

The inner strength has no enemy.

The inner strength is all love —

Love for God the Father,

Love for God the Mother,

Love for God the Creator,

Love for God the creation.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

23 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

I pray to You to keep me

As a Compassion-beggar of Yours

Forever and forever.

My Supreme, You are telling me,

“My child, if you are not going to be

My Victory-fighter,

My Victory-proclaimer

And My Mission-on-earth-fulfiller,

Then who will be,

Who will be, My child?”

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

23 December 2004, 6:09 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Amar jiban amar maran

2. Pranam janate karibona deri

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Jatri chale jatri chale

23 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

My Supreme,

I have a most sincere question.

I shall be so grateful to You

If You answer my question.

“What is your question, My child?”

My Supreme, how long do I have to stay

In this weightlifting world?

“My child, I answer only

Your sensible questions!”

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

25 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You have given my soul the capacity

To thrive on inner challenges.

You have given my eyes the capacity

To thrive on outer challenges.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

/25 December 2004, 4:03 a.m. Qingdao, China. Non-lifting day.

Songs:

1. Khule dao ankhi khule dao hiya

Sri Chinmoy played “The Invocation” on his synthesizer and read aloud in Sanskrit from the first chapter of the Bhagavad Gita.

2. Ogo bholanath ogo mahadev

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Akarane prabhu chitte tomar

25 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You want me to catch,

You want me to hold

And You want me to keep

The bird of silence.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

26 December 2004 (I)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

I pray to the God

Known and knowable.

I meditate on the God

Unknown and unknowable.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

26 December 2004, 5:24 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Mandire mandire

2. Age nahi bale jadi ghare ele

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Bharater kabi bharater rishi

26 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

My occult power says:

“I can and I do.”

My spiritual power says:

“You only have and you only are.”

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

27 December 2004 (1)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

O my mind, rest assured,

You will never die of overwork!

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

27 December 2004, 4:20 a.m. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Come, come, come, come

2. Hiyar duar khulte giye

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Paper bojha bahan kare

27 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You do not count

How many years I have in my life,

But You do count

How many lives I have in my years.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

28 December 2004 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

I love God-newness.

My heart loves God-oneness.

My life loves God-fulness.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

28 December 2004, 6:24 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Sri Ramachandra adi Avatar

2. Krishna bhagaban Krishna bhagaban

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Debata eseche ruddha hiyar dare

28 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

Self-giving is absolutely necessary

To establish a close and personal

Connection with God.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

29 December 2004 (I)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

Please give me the capacity

To fix my prayerful eyes

On Your Golden Feet

All the time.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

/29 December 2004, 3:53 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 809 lbs.

Songs:

1. Namo namo namo Buddha deber

2. Sachimata dake Nimai Nimai

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Bharater kabi bharater rishi

29 December 2004 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You are telling me that

The depth of Your Forgiveness

And the height of my happiness

Are inseparable.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

31 December 2004 (I)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

A oneness-heart

Is

A rainbow God-manifested dream.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

31 December 2004, 5:49 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 1,006 lbs. (first day)

Songs:

1. Sri Ramakrishna Sri Ramakrishna joy hok taba joy

2. Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo kandari tumi bhava tarani

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Khunjechi khunjechi dekechi peyechi...mata Bhavani

31 December 2004 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

I am determined to emigrate

To the heart-gratitude-country

And settle there.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

1 January 2005 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

The New Year

Is the year of the

Mind-Astonishment,

Heart-Government

And

Life-Fulfilment.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

/1 January 2005, 6:18 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 1,006 lbs.

Songs:

1. Jatri chal jatri chal

2. Ghumer rani ghumer rani

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Bhitir ratrir habe samapti

1 January 2005 (II)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

The message of self-transcendence

My soul receives from You every day,

My heart receives from my soul every day

And I receive from my heart every day.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

2 January 2005 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

No length of time,

No strength of time,

Will ever dare to separate

My heart from Your Heart.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

2 January 2005, 3:58 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 1,006 lbs.

Songs:

1. Chinta jagate ami asohai

2. He Shiva Shankara namami Shankara

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin):

1. Abar asibo phire 2. Buddham saranam gachhami

2 January 2005 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

My hope is my Lord’s

Heaven-climber.

My promise is my Lord’s

Earth-supporter.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

3 January 2005 (I)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

I have travelled far and wide

And yet I have not seen

A seeker of soul-beauty.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

3 January 2005, 4:03 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 1,006 lbs.

Songs:

1. Bahudin dhare sei ek bhul

2. Kemane balibo kemane chalibo

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): E jibane kabhu nahi hate chahi

3 January 2005 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

Angels from Heaven come down

To see my God-gratitude-heart-tears.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

4 January 2005 (I)

```

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

You want my aspiration-heart

To be the richness

Of Your inner Life.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

4 January 2005, 4:05 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 1,006 lbs.

Songs:

1. Brindabane Brindabane kheli nachi

2. Khunjite chahigo tomar nayan

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Aghatir gati e dharar pati

4 January 2005 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

My eagerness-heart

Knows only one thing:

The full manifestation

Of Your Light here on earth.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

6 January 2005 (I)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

My hope ascends to Heaven

To enjoy Your Beauty.

My Supreme,

My Supreme!

```

☙

6 January 2005, 3:15 a.m. Qingdao, China. Seated double-dumbbell lift: 1,006 lbs.

Songs:

1. Bahudin dhare sei ek bhul

2. Kemane balibo kemane chalibo

The Eternal Beginner (Blue violin): Chinta jagate ami asohai

6 January 2005 (II)

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My Supreme,

My Supreme!

My promise descends to earth

To perform

My God-manifestation-duty.

My Supreme,

My Supreme! ```

Editor's preface to the first edition

During Sri Chinmoy’s trip to China — where he visited eight cities between 24 November 2004 and 15 February 2005 — he would often practise his heavy weightlifting in his hotel room in the small hours of the morning. He concentrated on the seated double-dumbbell lift — beginning with 809 pounds and advancing to 1,006 pounds on 31 December.

At these practice sessions, Sri Chinmoy evolved a pattern of prayers, singing, lifting and meditation. He also included a segment which he called “The Eternal Beginner.” Here he played a song on his blue violin. Many times these songs had been composed by him during his trip.

For the first two weeks, Sri Chinmoy concluded each practice session with a humorous joke. But he later mentioned that he found it hard to come down from his meditative state in order to enter into the sweet, joking consciousness and, after 31 December, he told jokes during the evening functions with his disciples.

On the days when Sri Chinmoy’s equipment had not arrived from the previous location, or when he was not feeling well, he often continued the same pattern of prayers, singing, meditation and blue violin.

Each day, during the regular morning prayers with his disciples, Sri Chinmoy would replay the video of his soulful workout, pausing frequently so that they could repeat the prayers and sing each song after him. These precious moments became a highlight of the Christmas trip for all who were present.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 17, Agni Press, 2005
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