1 October 1999(I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You want me to grow
Into Your highest Excellence.
But how can I?
“My child,
Certainly you can.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8:37 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

1 October 1999(II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Love divine
Is Your Compassion-Strength
In my arms.
Peace divine
Is Your Satisfaction-Light
Inside my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 October 1999, 8:46 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

1 October 1999(III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only the unconditional God-obedience
Knows the surest and shortest way
To God’s Heaven-Palace.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 October 1999, 8:54 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

1 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You want me to keep
My heart-eye open
Sleeplessly, soulfully
And self-givingly
To Your all-guiding Will.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 October 1999, 9:09 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty-two times. (32 right, 30 left)

1 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My past is nothing but dust.
I shall satisfy You
Here and now,
Totally, unreservedly
And unconditionally
In Your own Way.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 October 1999,9:30 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (95 reps)

2 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life-boat
Today and every day
Ply between
Your Compassion-Eye-Beauty-Shore
And
Your Forgiveness-Heart-Fragrance-Shore.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 October 1999, 9:30 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 900 lbs.

2 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My sleepless heart
Has taken the aspiration-road
To arrive at God’s
Transcendental Heights.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 October 1999, 9:46 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

2 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My God-gratitude-heart
Has given me
A God-Beatitude-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 October 1999, 10:01 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

2 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When I offer You my aspiration,
You make my road to Your Palace short.
When I offer You my gratitude,
You make it shorter.
When I offer You my surrender,
You make it shortest.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 October 1999, 10:12 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

2 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your Compassion-Eye,
Your Forgiveness-Heart
And
Your Protection-Feet
Come to me together
Every day
Running at full speed.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 October 1999, 10:17 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously three times. (Total: 600 lbs.) 700th Prayer.

2 October 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
If I do not become a God-dreamer,
God-lover and God-server first,
How can I become a God-pleaser?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 October 1999, 10:30 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty-five times. (33 right, 32 left)

2 October 1999 (VII)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
This morning
I had a very, very long
Walk with You.
You simply said to me
Only one thing:
“Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 October 1999, 11:50 p.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

5 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
This morning
You and I had a very long
Private talk.
During our marathon conversation
We shed ceaseless tears
Of mutual affection, love, sweetness
And oneness.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 October 1999, 9:24 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

5 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Cry, cry, cry, my heart,
Cry, cry!
Only then will you be able
To fly
In Infinity’s Freedom-Sky.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 October 1999, 9:30 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty-eight times. (33 right, 35 left)

5 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my mind every day
Sing only peace-songs.
May my heart every day
Sing only gratitude-songs.
May my life every day
Sing only surrender-songs.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 October 1999, 9:42 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

5 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
To win each and every inner race,
My Supreme,
I need only Your Grace.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 October 1999, 10:06 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

6 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
This morning
Unconditionally You have shown me
The measureless depth
Of Your Compassion-Eye.
Do accept the tears
Of my gratitude-heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 October 1999, 8:01 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

6 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am most devotedly seeing
Your Protection-Arms
Around my aspiration-love-
Devotion-surrender-heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 October 1999, 8:07 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty-five times. (31 right, 34 left)

6 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I pray to the Feet
Of the unknown God.
I meditate on the Heart
Of the knowable God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 October 1999, 8:21 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

6 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I have prayerfully and soulfully
Established
My heart, my mind, my vital,
My body and my life
Upon my God-realisation-foundation.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 October 1999, 8:29 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

6 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The mind’s freedom-march —
No, no, no!
The heart’s devotion-walk —
Yes, yes, yes!
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 October 1999, 8:35 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 600 lbs.)

6 October 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I have thrown
My body, my vital, my mind
And my heart
Into Your Compassion-Forgiveness-Arms.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 October 1999, 8:54 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 80 lbs. (72 reps)

9 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O my inspiration-mind,
O my aspiration-heart,
O my dedication-life,
O my gratitude-breath,
Where are you hiding?
Where?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 October 1999, 8:41 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

9 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My doubting mind is known
As a volcano
In the inner world of my spirituality.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 October 1999, 8:47 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty times. (30 right, 30 left)

9 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My suspicious mind is known
As an earthquake
In the inner world of my spirituality.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 October 1999, 9:01 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously three times. (Total: 400 lbs.)

9 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My jealous mind is known
As a famine
In the inner world of my spirituality.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 October 1999, 9:07 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

9 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O my doubting mind,
O my suspicious mind,
O my jealous mind,
You immediately need
The blooms and the blossoms
Of a oneness-heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 October 1999, 9:10 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 600 lbs.)

11 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Life is afraid of seeing
The face of death.
Death is afraid of seeing
The immortality of the soul.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 October 1999, 12:55 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 96 lbs. (18 reps)

11 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are commanding me
Only to listen to my aspiring heart
And never to my doubting mind.
I shall prayerfully,
Soulfully and unconditionally
Listen to Your Command.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 October 1999, 1:22 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

11 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only the unconditional seekers
Are invited by You
To enjoy the ambrosial feast
Of Your Heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 October 1999, 1:39 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously three times. (Total: 400 lbs.)

11 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only the tears of my heart
Can carry me and place me
At Your Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 October 1999, 1:40 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

11 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
From now on I shall never swerve
Even an inch
From Your Compassion-flooded Will.
This is my prayerful, soulful
And solemn promise to You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 October 1999, 1:42 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 600 lbs.)

12 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You teach me only when
I am ready.
Your Compassion teaches me
Even when I am not ready.
Your Forgiveness teaches me
All the time —
Alas, often in vain!
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 October 1999, 8:41 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 50 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (61 reps)

12 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am tired, extremely tired.
“My child, I am also extremely tired.
But we must carry on.
The world needs your life’s
Service-plants.
The world needs My Heart’s
Compassion-Skies.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 October 1999, 9:04 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

12 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My doubting mind,
I am challenging you here and now,
At this very moment,
At this very place.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 October 1999, 9:21 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

12 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Alas, my mind, my vital and I
Are vehemently vetoing
Your World-Vision-Plans.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 October 1999, 9:24 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty-four times. (31 right, 33 left)

13 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Although my body-weightloss-failure-bites
Are very sharp and very painful,
I am sure they are curable.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 October 1999, 6:52 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

13 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I measure my aspiration-heart
With my life’s dedication-scale.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 October 1999, 7:07 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

13 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my faith in You every day
Increase in infinite measure
So that my body, vital, mind and heart
Every day succeed and proceed
And sing the song
Of self-transcendence.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 October 1999, 7:14 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

13 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My sleepless and breathless
God-obedience
Shall carry me to God’s
Transcendental Excellence
At His choice Hour.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 October 1999, 7:17 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously three times. (Total: 600 lbs.)

13 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not know what to do —
Whether to cry or to laugh —
When I say
That mine is the only way
To realise God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 October 1999, 7:29 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty-seven times. (34 right, 33 left)

13 October 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only my self-doubt makes me feel
Lonely, weak, useless and miserable.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 October 1999, 7:50 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

14 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I see Your Compassion-Eye,
Your Forgiveness-Heart
And
Your Protection-Feet
Inside my heart’s silence-fragrance.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 October 1999, 9:46 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

14 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Even until yesterday
I was a self-enamoured trumpeter.
But from now on I shall only be
Your Compassion-inspired
Victory-trumpeter.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 October 1999, 9:53 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm sixty-six times. (31 right, 35 left)

14 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my heart and I every day
Please You
With our inner progress-journey.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 October 1999, 10:08 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

14 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life’s surrender
To God’s Will
Be the never-ending song
Of my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 October 1999, 10:30 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 80 lbs. (77 reps)

15 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today
Patience is sour,
But tomorrow
Patience will become sweet,
And the day after tomorrow
Patience will become
Sweetness-perfection.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 October 1999, 9:47 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

15 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Patience is an absolute necessity
In my inner life of aspiration
And
In my outer life of dedication.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 October 1999, 9:58 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

15 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I want to offer You
Three very special names:
Patience-Beauty,
Compassion-Fragrance,
Forgiveness-Garden.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 October 1999, 10:07 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

15 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your Patience-Will
Waits for me.
Your Compassion-Eye
Blesses me.
Your Forgiveness-Heart
Embraces me.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 October 1999, 10:08 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 600 lbs.)

15 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
It is Your infinite Patience
That enables me to achieve
Momentous progress
In my inner life of aspiration
And
Tremendous success
In my outer life of dedication.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 October 1999, 10:29 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (96 reps)

16 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Alas, what am I doing?
Am I not compelling Your Patience
To weep for me?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 October 1999, 9:24 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

16 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
All my prayers and meditations
Are under the shelter
Of my Beloved Lord’s
Compassion-Umbrella-Eye.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 October 1999, 9:31 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm fifty-two times. (26 right, 26 left)

16 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
From now on
I shall not waste
Even a fleeting second
With my self-doubts.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 October 1999, 9:57 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

18 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May every day my aspiration-heart
Feast upon
Your Compassion-flooded Eye.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 October 1999, 8:54 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

18 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The waves
Of Your Heart’s Compassion-Sea
Dance
The moment they see my heart’s
Tiny aspiration-flames.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 October 1999, 9:03 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

18 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May Your Compassion-Eye
Always keep me
In Your Protection-Arms.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 October 1999, 9:13 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

18 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today, without fail,
I must put an end
To my self-doubt-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 October 1999, 9:14 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 600 lbs.)

18 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today my aspiring heart
Is compelling me to compose
God-Victory-songs.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 October 1999, 9:22 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm one hundred and six times. (52 right, 54 left)

19 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
It is only when the tears of my heart
Place me at God’s Feet
That God accepts me unreservedly.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 October 1999, 7:04 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 150 lbs. with each arm separately.

19 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
All the angels of Heaven
Are extremely fond of
And proud of
My God-gratitude-heart-tears.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 October 1999, 7:20 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously twice. (Total: 400 lbs.)

19 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Please, please, please bless me
With ever-increasing God-aspiration,
God-dedication and God-manifestation-
Breaths.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 October 1999, 7:26 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm one hundred and nine times. (54 right, 55 left)

19 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When my soul asks my heart
To love God, serve God and manifest God,
My heart immediately says,
“Yes, I must and I shall.”

When my heart asks my mind
To love God, serve God and manifest God,
My mind immediately says,
“Must I? And why should I?”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 October 1999, 7:54 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 80 lbs. (73 reps)

19 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God the Mother always worries
About me and my safety.
God the Father always tells me,
“Hurry up, My child, hurry up!
You and I must start walking
Along Eternity’s Road.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 October 1999, 8:29 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

20 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart’s patience-light
Is my life’s wisdom-delight
In my God-fulfilment-task.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 October 1999, 9:18 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

20 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do direct my aspiration-heart
And dedication-life
Towards all Your Necessities
At every moment of my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 October 1999, 9:30 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

20 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my inner life love God-dreams
Sleeplessly.
May my outer life serve God-realities
Unconditionally.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 October 1999, 9:37 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

20 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must challenge all impossibilities
In my life,
For I am a God-chosen warrior.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 October 1999, 9:40 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

20 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life-breath be
The beauty and purity
Of a prayerful and soulful
Rose.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 October 1999, 9:49 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm one hundred and four times. (52 right, 52 left)

20 October 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The unillumined human in me
Is always a problem-seeker.
The illumined divine in me
Is always a problem-shooter.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 October 1999, 10:14 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (100 reps)

22 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
If I love You only,
Then I can never be tired
Of loving You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

22 October 1999, 9:15 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

22 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only in my purity-heart-garden
Do Your Satisfaction-Heart-Smiles
Fully blossom.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

22 October 1999, 9:22 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

22 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You do not want me to be
A cave-dweller-heart.
You do not want me to be
A palace-dweller-mind.
You want me only to be
A temple-dweller-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

22 October 1999, 9:28 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

22 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Gratitude is not an imagination-word
In my mind.
Gratitude is a reality-life
In my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

22 October 1999, 9:31 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

22 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
To me an ingratitude-mind-arrogance
Is the most frightening nightmare.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

22 October 1999, 9:48 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 80 lbs. (89 reps)

25 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord, today You are
Smilingly teaching me
How to write the songs
Of inspiration-buds.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 October 1999, 9:51 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

25 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord, today You are
Compassionately teaching me
How to write the songs
Of aspiration-flames.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 October 1999, 10:03 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

25 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord, today You are
Affectionately teaching me
How to write the songs
Of dedication-drops.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 October 1999, 10:07 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

25 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord, today You are
Proudly teaching me
How to write the songs
Of surrender-smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 October 1999, 10:11 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

25 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord, today You are
Self-givingly teaching me
How to write the songs
Of our hearts’ oneness-blossoms.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 October 1999, 10:14 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

25 October 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord, today You are
Most gloriously teaching me
How to write the songs
Of our souls’ ever-transcending
Newness, oneness and fulness-tree.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 October 1999, 10:35 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (104 reps)

26 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am a soulful worshipper
Of Your Protection-Feet.
You are a blessingful Admirer
Of my dedication-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 October 1999, 10:00 p.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

26 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am all gratitude to You,
For You have a very special
Secret and sacred Affection-Fondness
For my heart’s silence-tears.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 October 1999, 10:08 p.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

26 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I have many names,
But my most favourite name is
My heart’s sleepless
God-satisfaction-cry.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 October 1999, 10:14 p.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously (Total: 500 lbs.)

26 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart loves
Your beautiful Eye,
My life loves
Your blessingful Feet
And I love
Your Heart’s Forgiveness-Smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 October 1999, 10:18 p.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

26 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My life’s dedication-service
Is my heart’s fastest progress-run
Towards You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 October 1999, 10:26 p.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm one hundred and four times. (52 right, 52 left)

26 October 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not know whether or not
To enjoy a roaring laughter
When my mind says that it is
The only God-knower,
When my heart says that it is
The only God-lover
And when my life says that I am
The only God-fulfiller.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 October 1999, 10:45 p.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 80 lbs. (81 reps)

28 October 1999 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
We must realise
That our confession to God
Is our best lover
And not our worst torturer.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 October 1999, 6:33 p.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

28 October 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Finally I have ended
My self-doubt-torture-dance.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 October 1999, 6:49 p.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

28 October 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Alas, when will I realise the fact
That my ingratitude-thoughts
Ruthlessly hurt Your Ears?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 October 1999, 6:55 p.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

28 October 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Out of Your infinite Compassion,
You are telling me
That my heart’s God-gratitude-songs
Make Your Heart dance
With boundless joy.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 October 1999, 6:57 p.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

28 October 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My doubting mind
And God’s compassionate Eye
Challenge each other.
My God-loving heart
And God’s all-illumining Heart
Embrace each other.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 October 1999, 7:27 p.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (94 reps)

Editor's preface to the first edition

These morning prayers were offered by Sri Chinmoy during his weight-lifting sessions at his home in New York in October 1999.