My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 3

5 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must always remain

Inside my temple-heart

To become

A supremely choice instrument

Of Yours.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

5 February 1999, 4:44 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-eight times with one arm. (27 right, 31 left)

5 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I am praying to You

Not for a shorter destination-road,

But for two bright eyes

And

Two stronger legs.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

5 February 1999.

6 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My heart, my God-seeker-heart,

My God-dreamer-heart, my God-lover-heart,

True, you have a few unfortunate critics,

But certainly you have no equal,

And you do not have even one worthy rival.

My heart, my heart, my heart!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
6 February 1999, 4:28 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 110 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

6 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your unconditional Grace

Has made my sleeplessly self-giving heart

A God-discovery-delight.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

6 February 1999, 4:54 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. twelve times with one arm. (5 right, 5 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

8 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I know, I know, I know,

My physical ability, my vital ability

And my mental ability

Entirely depend on

My spiritual dependability,

And my spiritual dependability

Is all Your unconditional Compassion.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

8 February 1999, 6:09 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-three times with one arm. (27 right, 26 left)

8 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I shall not give up, I shall not give up!

I shall continue, I shall continue!

No matter how many times I have failed,

I shall continue.

Regret is worthless, regret is useless,

Regret is totally futile.

I shall keep on!

I must reach my destination, I must!

My goal is beckoning me.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

8 February 1999, 6:24 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

9 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The ambition of my vital and my mind

To become another Julius Caesar

Or Napoleon or Akbar

Compels You to swim in the sea

Of sorrows.

The aspiration of my heart

To become a sleeplessly self-giving

Child of Yours

Inspires You to swim in the sea

Of ecstasy.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
9 February 1999, 5:28 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-one times with one arm. (25 right, 26 left)

9 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must not choose joys.

I must not choose sorrows.

I must choose You,

Only You, only You, only You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
9 February 1999, 5:40 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. twelve times with one arm. (5 right, 5 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

9 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I shall no more compel You

To play the role of a fool

In me, through me and for me.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

9 February 1999, 5:48 a.m. Before lifting 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 260 lbs.)

9 February 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My heart’s gratitude-offering to You

Is my immediate experience

Of Heaven’s Delight.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

9 February 1999, 5:51 a.m. Before using double-arm machine.

10 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

What I need is resolute faith

To love more sincerely

The Heart of God the Creator

And to serve most devotedly

The Feet of God the creation.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

10 February 1999, 6:37 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-one times with one arm. (25 right, 26 left)

10 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My world-opinion is the thickness

Of my mind’s stupidity-night.

My world-union is the brightness

Of my heart’s wisdom-light.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
10 February 1999, 6:48 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. twelve times with one arm. (5 right, 5 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

10 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must love You more,

I must value You more,

If I desperately need to arrive

At Your Golden Shore.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
10 February 1999, 6:54 a.m. Before lifting 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 260 lbs.)

10 February 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My mind,

Today you must go out of your way

To love the world, to serve the world

And to become

The beauty and the fragrance

Of the world.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
10 February 1999, 6:57 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

15 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life become

An ever-blossoming God-gratitude-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
15 February 1999, 3:30 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

15 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The rose-beginning of the day

Is not my mind’s emptiness-fantasy,

But my heart’s fulness-ecstasy.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 February 1999, 3:42 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. sixty-three times with one arm. (29 right, 34 left)

15 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You want each and every human being

To be a God-manifestation-hero-warrior.

How I wish we could fulfil

Your blessingful Command

Lovingly, cheerfully, unreservedly

And unconditionally!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
15 February 1999, 3:54 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. thirteen times with one arm. (6 right, 5 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

15 February 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My mind, my mind, my mind,

It matters not how much you know.

For me to have joy and peace,

It only matters to what extent

You are ready, willing and eager

To unlearn.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
15 February 1999, 4:01 a.m. Before lifting 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 260 lbs.)

16 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Do tell me when I will be able

To need You desperately

The way a drowning man

Needs to catch a breath!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
16 February 1999, 5:42 a.m. Before using double-arm machine.

16 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I need peace, I need peace,

I need peace.

Today I must put an end

To all my frustrations, irritations

And exasperations.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

16 February 1999, 6:04 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. twelve times with one arm. (5 right, 5 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

16 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My soul has zero tolerance

For God-disobedience-seekers.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
16 February 1999, 6:10 a.m. Before lifting 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 260 lbs.)

20 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today I must win

My love-devotion-surrender-trophy

From You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

20 February 1999, 7:39 a.m. Before using double-arm machine.

20 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must run faster than the fastest

To my beckoning Goal

To fulfil my Lord’s express Desire.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

20 February 1999, 7:57 a.m. Before lifting 210 lbs. twelve times with one arm. (5 right, 5 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

20 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please tell me what You want from me.

I shall immediately give it to You.

“My child, I need only one thing from you:

Your surrender-blossom-smile.”

My Supreme, my surrender-blossom-smile

Is all Yours.

I place it at Your Feet.

Do make me Your own, very own.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

20 February 1999, 8:04 a.m. Before lifting 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 280 lbs.)

21 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Out of Your infinite Bounty,

Do bless me with a God-adoration-mind,

A God-devotion-heart

And a God-worship-breath.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
21 February 1999, 7:49 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position. (four repetitions)

21 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I am avidly devouring

The golden dust of Your Feet.

My Supreme, please, please

Promise to me

That You will blessingfully feed

My life’s devotion-tree

Whenever it is needed.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 February 1999, 8:05 a.m. Before lifting 210 lbs. sixty-five times with one arm. (30 right, 33 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

21 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Every day, in the small hours

Of the morning,

I devotedly send You an express telegram

With a prayerful gratitude-message-cry.

My Supreme, do You ever read

My express telegrams?

“My child, not only do I read them,

But I love them and I treasure them.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 February 1999, 8:16 a.m. Before lifting 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 280 lbs.)

22 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please tell me how I can be

A choice instrument of Yours.

“My child, just try to be

A constant, sleepless server

Of Mine.

You can be not only a choice

But the choicest instrument of Mine

If you can become

My sleepless eagerness-server.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
22 February 1999, 7:08 a.m. Before using double-arm machine.

22 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

There was a time when I used to dream

Of having a world of my own.

But now, my Supreme, I wish to live

Most devotedly in Your own World,

And nowhere else.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

22 February 1999, 7:32 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. forty-seven times with one arm. (21 right, 24 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

22 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please bless me and my heart

With a confidence-umbrella

So that we can easily walk

Through our mind’s doubt-storms.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
22 February 1999, 7:43 a.m. Before lifting 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 280 lbs.)

22 February 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You allow me to breathe with You

Simultaneously

Only when my life

Is sleepless self-giving.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
22 February 1999, 7:46 p.m. Before using double-arm machine. New record: 140 lbs. with each arm separately from a seated position.

23 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My God-oneness-life

Entirely depends on

My heart’s God-devotion-tears.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 February 1999, 8:31 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. one hundred and three times with one arm. (50 right, 51 left in three sets, plus once each arm to maximum extension)

23 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The eye that sees beauty

In every human being

And in every creation of God’s

Is, indeed, a very special pride of God.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
23 February 1999, 8:42 a.m. Before lifting 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 280 lbs.)

23 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

O my aspiring heart, smile, smile, smile!

If you smile,

You will be able to transform

All the obstacles that the doubting mind

Is creating for you.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 February 1999, 8:55 p.m. Before using double-arm machine.

24 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I shall make all my golden dreams

Come true

By sleeplessly serving God the creation.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 February 1999, 9:29 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

24 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May I cry for You every day,

Every hour, every minute

And every second

With my heart’s pure sincerity-tears.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
24 February 1999, 9:41 a.m. Before lifting 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 300 lbs.) Equal to personal best set on 13 June 1988 at age 56.

26 February 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I feed my intense God-hunger

With my streaming

Devotion-heart-tears.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

26 February 1999, 8:01 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 130 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

26 February 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I am extremely grateful to You

For telling me

That my climbing heart-cries

Gladden Your Heart immensely.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
26 February 1999, 8:20 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

26 February 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

To place myself at Your Lotus-Feet

My tearful heart cries and cries

And my soulful eyes smile and smile.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

26 February 1999, 8:33 a.m. Before lifting 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 300 lbs.)

15 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I know, I know,

If I do not feed my God-hunger

With my devotion-heart,

Then my spiritual life will,

Without fail,

End in vain.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
15 March 1999, 5:02 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position. (after returning from an 11-day trip to France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa)

15 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My Lord happily and immediately hires

The God-readiness, God-willingness

And God-eagerness-server.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 March 1999, 5:21 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

15 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May all human beings live

Smiling, singing and dancing

Their Heavenly oneness-life

Here on earth.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
15 March 1999, 5:37 a.m. Before lifting 155 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 310 lbs.) New record.

16 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I have come to realise

That in my spiritual life

My enthusiasm without my soulfulness

Is incomplete.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
16 March 1999, 6:03 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with one arm. (multiple repetitions plus once each arm to maximum extension)

16 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My Lord’s Newness-Dream

Is my life’s progress-reality.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
16 March 1999, 6:19 a.m. Before lifting 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 320 lbs.) New record.

16 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Only one thing is indispensable

In my spiritual life

For God-realisation:

My obedience to my Master’s will,

My obedience to my Master’s will.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

16 March 1999, 6:52 a.m. Before using double-arm machine.

17 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

When I am a humility-mind,

A sincerity-heart

And a purity-life,

I fly and fly and fly

In Infinity’s Delight-Sky.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

17 March 1999, 5:10 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

17 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Forgiveness-Heart has changed

My inner life of aspiration

Completely.

Your Compassion-Eye has changed

My outer life of dedication

Amazingly.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
17 March 1999, 5:26 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

17 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I have discovered my God-oneness

In my heart’s devotion-tears.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
17 March 1999, 5:45 a.m. Before lifting 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously for the second time. (Total: 320 lbs.)

18 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My heart’s faith does not need God

To come and stand before me

When I pray and meditate,

But my mind’s doubt not only expects

But also demands His Appearance.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 March 1999, 6:04 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with each arm. (25 right, 25 left in three sets, plus once each arm to maximum extension)

18 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My life will be flooded

With peace and bliss

Only when I say and do

Everything

With Your Kindness-Permission.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 March 1999, 5:52 a.m. Before using double-arm machine.

18 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Only because of Your Heart’s

All-fulfilling Blessing-Grace,

Today I am my life’s

Smiling face.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
18 March 1999, 6:22 a.m. Before lifting 170 lbs. with both arms simultaneously (Total: 340 lbs.) New record.

19 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

In my spiritual life,

My unconditional surrender

To Your Will

Far surpasses everything else

In beauty and divinity.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

19 March 1999, 6:02 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position. New record.

19 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

There was a time

When I had countless desires

For You to fulfil.

Now, my Supreme,

I have only one desire,

Only one,

And that desire is to sit

At Your Compassion-Feet

For the rest of my life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

19 March 1999, 6:18 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with each arm. (25 right, 25 left in three sets plus once each arm to maximum extension)

19 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My dear Supreme, my sweet Supreme,

My Lord Supreme, my Beloved Supreme,

My Absolute Supreme,

Your Compassion-Eye

Has taken away my empty mind,

My empty heart

And my empty life.

Now my mind can smile,

My heart can sing

And my life can dance.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
19 March 1999, 6:38 a.m. Before lifting 170 lbs. (13 lbs. over bodyweight) with both arms simultaneously for the second time. (Total: 340 lbs.)

21 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The mind does not want

To surrender to You.

Therefore, the mind cannot enjoy

The delight of oneness-freedom.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
21 March 1999, 7:45 a.m. Before using double-arm machine.

21 March 1999 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My implicit faith in You

Is the smile-beauty

Of my heart-garden.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 March 1999, 7:56 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

21 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The very start of a new adventure

Is giving me tremendous joy.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

[After the prayer:]

“I have never attempted 180 lbs. — never, never, never! So this will be my first attempt, and it is my new adventure.”

☙

21 March 1999, 8:10 a.m. Before lifting 180 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 360 lbs.) New record.

22 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I love You only, only, only.

I need You only, only, only.

“My child, come, come, come!

Come to Me.

You and I shall fly together

In My Heart’s Ecstasy-Sky.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

22 March 1999, 5:23 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

22 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You only ask me to do

What I must do.

My Supreme, I am telling You

That I shall do everything

You ask me to do

Immediately, happily, cheerfully,

Soulfully, self-givingly

And unconditionally.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
22 March 1999, 5:42 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm. (multiple repetitions plus once each arm to maximum extension)

22 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My dear Supreme, my sweet Supreme,

My Lord Supreme, my Beloved Supreme,

My Absolute Supreme,

My only, only Supreme,

Out of Your Heart’s infinite Bounty,

You are making my heart

A new dream of Your own Heart;

You are making my life

A new reality of Your own Vision-Eye.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

22 March 1999, 5:53 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously (Total: 400 lbs.) New record.

26 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My Supreme,

You are telling me

That my purity-heart

Is a very special child

Of Yours.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

26 March 1999, 2:45 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

26 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Each desire-fulfilment

Is immediately followed

By heavy taxes!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

26 March 1999, 3:00 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

26 March 1999 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please bless me

With some divine capacities

So You can put them to use

Smilingly, lovingly

And compassionately.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

26 March 1999, 3:12 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously (Total: 400 lbs.) Lift number five1 of the 200-lb. double-arm series.

MP 221,2. Interim lifts not videoed.↩

28 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Every day,

In the small hours of the morning,

I speedily run to my shrine

To measure my devotion-heart

And treasure Your Compassion-Eye.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

28 March 1999, 10:01 p.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

28 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Out of Your infinite Bounty,

You are asking me not to worry.

You will transform my mind-jungle

Into a rose-blossom garden

Before long.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

28 March 1999, 10:15 p.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

28 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You love me now,

But You will love me

Infinitely, infinitely, infinitely more

If I love You only

And if I do not beg You

To tell me who You truly are.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
28 March 1999, 10:30 p.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously (Total: 400 lbs.) Lift number seven.

31 March 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My prayer is my oneness

With Your Transcendental Eye.

My meditation is my fulness

Inside Your Universal Heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
31 March 1999, 7:59 a.m. Before using double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously from a seated position.

31 March 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I become the tower of strength

Only when I remain seated

At Your Compassion-Feet.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

31 March 1999, 8:12 a.m. Before using new standing double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

Note: This apparatus stacks the weights vertically overhead instead of horizontally along the dumbbell. The amount to be lifted can be varied using a selector pin.

31 March 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life’s unconditional surrender

To Your Will

Be as beautiful as my heart

And as fragrant as my soul.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙
31 March 1999, 8:24 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.) Lifts number eight, nine and ten.

Editor's preface to the first edition

These morning prayers were offered by Sri Chinmoy during his weightlifting sessions at his home in New York in February and March 1999.

Editor's note to cover photo

Sri Chinmoy lifts South African President Nelson Mandela overhead with one arm on 9 March 1999 at the President’s official residence in Johannesburg. President Mandela became the 2,000th person to be lifted as part of Sri Chinmoy’s “Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart” programme.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 3, Agni Press, 1999
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