My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 5

1 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May all my God-dreams

Blossom

In my aspiring heart-garden.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 May 1999, 7:33 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

1 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please give me

Sincerity and intensity

In my prayers

So that when I pray to You,

All my worries and anxieties

Disappear

In the infinite vastness of the sky.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 May 1999, 7:41 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

1 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My joy knows no bounds

To see Your Golden Chariot

On my world-oneness-heart-path.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 May 1999, 7:56 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

3 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my gratitude-heart-flight

Every day transcend itself

Most surprisingly.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 May 1999, 6:08 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

3 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please tell me how I can fly

Far beyond

My life’s problem-mountains.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 May 1999, 6:20 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 240 lbs. with each arm separately.

3 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May I become every morning

A new gratitude-heart-flower

And place myself

At Your Golden Feet.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 May 1999, 6:37 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. seven times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.) New record.

4 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please bless my heart

With a new name.

“My child, your heart’s new name

Will be:

The purity of silver tears.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 May 1999, 6:02 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

4 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please, do bless my mind

With a new name.

“My child, your mind’s new name

Will be:

The purity of golden smiles.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 May 1999, 6:10 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 240 lbs. with each arm separately.

4 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please, open my heart-door

Wide

With the Light

Of Your Compassion-Eye.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 May 1999, 6:27 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. fifty-six times with one arm. (27 right, 27 left plus once each arm to maximum extension)

4 May 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please, open my mind-door

Wide

With the Light

Of Your Forgiveness-Heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 May 1999, 6:41 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. four times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

5 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please tell me

If I should consult You

Every time

Before I do anything.

“My sweet child,

If you truly love Me,

If you truly need Me,

If you truly value My Advice

And

If you consider yourself

To be a true child of My Heart,

Then it is not only necessary,

But also obligatory.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 May 1999, 6:34 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

5 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You have a very special Love

For the God-dreamer in me.

You have a very, very special Love

For the God-seeker in me.

You have a very, very, very special Love

For the God-lover in me.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 May 1999, 6:44 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 240 lbs. with each arm separately.

5 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must sincerely admit

That I am a member

Of God’s inner circle

Not because my aspiration-hunger

Is very deep,

But because God’s Compassion-Meal

Is unconditional.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 May 1999, 7:01 a.m. Before lifting 280 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 560 lbs.) New record.

7 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart’s silver songs

Carry me

To the highest height of Heaven

And place me

At Your Compassion-Feet.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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7 May 1999, 4:13 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

7 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My heart and I are all gratitude to You

For taking us to live at a new place,

Which is extremely far away

From the negativity-neighbourhood.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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7 May 1999, 4:24 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 240 lbs. with each arm separately.

7 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My morning prayers give my mind

The beauty of newness.

My morning prayers give my heart

The fragrance of fulness.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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7 May 1999, 4:43 a.m.

9 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart be a most beautiful

Morning sunrise-smile.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 May 1999, 7:12 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

9 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life be a most peaceful

Evening sunset-song.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 May 1999, 7:22 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 240 lbs. with each arm separately.

9 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I shall not mind

If my life’s outer glories

Fade away like the stars.

But please, please, my Supreme,

Keep my heart’s inner songs

Inside Your Heart

To serve You, to please You

And to fulfil You in Your own Way.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 May 1999, 7:38 a.m.

10 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today I must conquer

My God-manifestation-

Unwillingness-mind.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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10 May 1999, 3:54 a.m. Before lifting 280 lbs. fifty-eight times with one arm. (26 right, 26 left plus three times each arm to maximum extension)

10 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Do give me the capacity

To vehemently reject

My desire-life-slavery.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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10 May 1999, 3:54 a.m.

11 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My desire is for

The immediate extinction

Of my desire-life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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11 May 1999, 8:18 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

11 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My aspiration is for

Constant God-satisfaction

In my dedication-life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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11 May 1999, 8:27 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 240 lbs. with each arm separately.

11 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Do give my heart

The most sincere hunger

To fulfil immediately

Every Wish of Yours.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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11 May 1999, 8:45 a.m.

12 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please bind me,

Bind me, bind me!

The more You bind me

With Your Compassion-Eye

And Forgiveness-Heart,

The sooner I will get

My liberation-life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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12 May 1999, 6:33 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

12 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please, kick my mind

As hard as possible

So that I can receive from You

The humility-virtue.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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12 May 1999, 6:40 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 240 lbs. with each arm separately.

12 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I shall never allow my life

To start the day

With my confusion-mind-clouds.

I shall every day

Start my life

With my faith-heart-illumination-sun.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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12 May 1999, 6:59 a.m.

13 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart be

Eternity’s

God-aspiration-cry.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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13 May 1999, 7:08 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

13 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life be

Infinity’s

God-manifestation-smile.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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13 May 1999, 7:21 a.m.

13 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My heart is swimming

In the sea of tears

Because my sister Lily

Is suffering so much.

She is helpless in India

And I am helpless here in America.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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13 May 1999, 7:54 a.m. Before lifting 280 lbs. seventy-eight times with one arm. (38 right, 40 left)

14 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today I am sending my soul’s joy,

My heart’s love and my life’s concern

Into the world unreservedly.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 May 1999, 7:16 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

14 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today I must illumine

My outer life-tree

With my inner heart’s purity.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 May 1999, 7:28 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-six times with one arm. (28 right, 28 left)

14 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I am extremely, extremely

Grateful to You

For allowing my life to be near You.

I am extremely, extremely

Grateful to You

For giving me the capacity

To live only for You,

Only for You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 May 1999, 7:45 a.m.

16 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please bless me

With an ever-blossoming

Gratitude-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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16 May 1999, 5:28 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

16 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please bless me

With a sleeplessly unconditional

World-service-life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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16 May 1999, 5:45 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with one arm sixty-one times. (29 right, 32 left)

16 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart love

Each and every human being

In the world

The way You love my heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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16 May 1999, 6:10 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 180 lbs. with each arm separately.

17 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Compassion-Eye

Is the only sweetness

In my aspiration-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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17 May 1999, 7:28 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

[The morning after the passing of Sri Chinmoy’s beloved sister Lily]

17 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Encouragement-Heart

Is the only fulness

In my dedication-life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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17 May 1999, 7:47 a.m.

18 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I have four special desires:

May I have a God-searching mind,

May I have a God-aspiring heart,

May I have a God-serving life,

May I be a God-manifesting seeker.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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18 May 1999, 7:06 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

18 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart sing

A sweetness-oneness-song with You.

May my life dance

A oneness-fulness-dance with You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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18 May 1999, 7:25 a.m.

18 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must come back to Your Feet,

To Your Lotus-Feet,

To Your Nectar-Feet.

I must come back immediately,

I must come back breathlessly,

I must come back unconditionally.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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18 May 1999, 7:39 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. sixty-four times with one arm. (32 right, 32 left)

19 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The human in me

Is the flickering of an eye.

The divine in me

Is Eternity’s aspiration,

Infinity’s vision

And

Immortality’s manifestation.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 May 1999, 5:51 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

19 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May each human life be

A divinely manifested

Dream of God.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 May 1999, 6:10 a.m.

19 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life reject

Once and for all

The slavery of endless desires.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 May 1999, 6:32 a.m. Before lifting 210 lbs. four times with one arm. (2 right, 2 left)

19 May 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My gratitude-heart has nothing to do

With fleeting time.

My gratitude-heart has everything to do

With Eternity.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 May 1999, 6:39 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

21 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I have climbed the mountain

In search of You,

But You are not to be found.

Where are You, my Supreme,

Where are You?

I have crossed the desert

In search of You,

But You are not to be found.

Where are You, my Supreme,

Where are You?

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 May 1999, 7:06 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 260 lbs. with each arm separately.

21 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I do not believe in my ability

At all.

I believe only in

My God-dependability.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 May 1999, 7:24 a.m.

23 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my surrender to Your Will

Be without even an iota

Of expectation.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 May 1999, 6:18 a.m.

23 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May I offer to You

My failure-life

Exactly the same way I offer

My success-life —

Happily, happily, happily.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 May 1999, 6:42 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (26 right, 26 left)

23 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Every breath

Of my gratitude-heart

May I offer to You consciously.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 May 1999, 6:00 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

23 May 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I know, I know,

For the God-obedience-seeker

God’s Heart-Door

Always remains wide open.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 May 1999, 8:48 p.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

23 May 1999 (V)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

If I feel Your Presence inside my heart,

Nothing else do I need,

Either from this world

Or from any other world.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 May 1999, 9:00 p.m.

23 May 1999 (VI)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

A moment without my God-oneness

Is the worst possible crisis

In my life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 May 1999, 9:21 p.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-six times with one arm. (28 right, 28 left)

23 May 1999 (VII)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my love for You

Grow into

An ever-increasing hunger.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 May 1999, 9:26 p.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

25 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart-shrine-candle

Steadily glow,

And may I sleeplessly aspire.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 May 1999, 6:07 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

25 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please be the real and only

Owner and leader

Of my life, my heart and my breath.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 May 1999, 6:28 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with one arm sixty times. (29 right, 31 left)

25 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

When my life is without

God-devotion,

My heart becomes a sea of tears.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 May 1999, 6:39 a.m.

25 May 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Do give me the capacity

To sail my heart’s aspiration-boat

Much faster

Towards the Golden Shore.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 May 1999, 6:59 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

26 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May You desire my soul, my heart,

My mind, my vital, my body,

Everything that I have

And everything that I am

Every day

Only for Your personal use.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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26 May 1999, 7:29 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

26 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Do give me a soul of forgiveness,

A heart of compassion

And a life of tolerance

And patience.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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26 May 1999, 7:57 a.m.

27 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must immediately stop

My ceaseless desire-hunger,

I must.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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27 May 1999, 7:35 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

27 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Each time I sing my heart-songs

Prayerfully and soulfully,

I am allowed to go to Heaven

And enjoy Heaven’s Bliss.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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27 May 1999, 7:40 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

27 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My fortitude-heart

Must triumphantly fight

Against my life’s failures.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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27 May 1999, 8:08 a.m.

28 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

To forget You is to fail

In the examination

Of my life’s very existence on earth.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 May 1999, 6:48 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

28 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must awaken the divine lion

That is sleeping inside my heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 May 1999, 6:55 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

28 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May Your supreme Will,

May Your absolute Will

Work faster than the fastest

In and through my life

For Your full manifestation

Here on earth.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 May 1999, 7:11 a.m.

28 May 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The deeper

My God-discovery is,

The higher

Is God’s Pride in me.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 May 1999, 7:32 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with one arm fifty-three times. (27 right, 26 left)

29 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must live my life in such a way

That everyone can receive You

Inside my heart-garden.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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29 May 1999, 7:25 a.m.

31 May 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

What a fool I am!

I try to test Your Will

Instead of tasting and devouring

Your Will.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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31 May 1999, 5:45 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

31 May 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You are telling me that my way

Has to be the way of aspiration

And dedication,

Not the way of resignation

And renunciation.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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31 May 1999, 5:50 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

31 May 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The 20th Century and the world

Gave each other the message

Of desire-enjoyment.

The 21st Century and the world

Will give each other the message

Of aspiration-enlightenment.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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31 May 1999, 6:09 a.m.

31 May 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

When my life becomes

A desire-beggar,

I would like You to immediately be

A denial-emperor.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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31 May 1999, 6:29 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with one arm fifty-four times. (27 right, 27 left)

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 May 1999.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 5, Agni Press, 1999
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/mp_5