1 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The body’s earthly time
Is passing away.
The soul’s Heavenly time
Is blossoming and blossoming
And blossoming
At the Feet of the Lord Beloved Supreme.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 November 1999, 8:47 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 80 lbs. (78 reps)

1 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
What I desperately need
Is an aspiration-heart
And not a commotion-mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 November 1999, 9:07 a.m. Before doing one hundred one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (50 right, 50 left)

1 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My joy knows no bounds
That my inner life’s progress-river
Is running fast, very fast.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 November 1999, 9:19 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 400 lbs.)

1 November 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My patience-heart,
You are an unparalleled server
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 November 1999, 9:24 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

1 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I am triumphantly enjoying
The ashes of my ego’s unmistakable
And permanent death.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 November 1999, 9:31 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

1 November 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O my gratitude-heart,
Do not delay.
Do establish your soulful friendship
With sleepless Eternity.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 November 1999, 9:44 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

1 November 1999 (VII)

Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart,
Cry and cry and cry!
You and I
Were born to cry for God.
My mind,
Smile and smile and smile!
You and I
Were born to smile at God.
My life,
Surrender and surrender and surrender!
You and I
Were born to surrender to God’s Will.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 November 1999, 10:08 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

2 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must challenge fear
Fearlessly
And conquer it
Unmistakably.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 November 1999 9:22 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

2 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my Lord Beloved Supreme
Smilingly, lovingly, blessingfully
And compassionately
Occupy every space
In my Heaven-climbing aspiration-heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 November 1999, 9:34 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

2 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Alas, it seems that my mind’s
Self-indulgence
Will never be aware of
My God-effulgence-heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 November 1999, 9:38 a.m. Before doing one hundred one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (50 right, 50 left)

3 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My spiritual life must entirely depend
Upon my unconditional God-obedience.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 November 1999, 1:00 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

3 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Pride can parade
Only through our division-minds
And never, never, never
Through our oneness-hearts.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 November 1999, 1:13 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

3 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Yours is the Smile
That immediately answers
Every sorrow of my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 November 1999, 1:19 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

3 November 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
To make the fastest progress
In my spiritual life,
I must enliven my aspiration-heart
And dedication-life
With tremendous eagerness, enthusiasm
And energy.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 November 1999, 1:20 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

3 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Each prayer is an indispensable step
Towards humanity’s progress-delight.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 November 1999, 1:28 a.m. Before doing one hundred one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (50 right, 50 left)

4 November 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I serve my Master-Lord, I serve.
Never my heart and I swerve.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/4 November 1999, 8:57 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs.
with each arm simultaneously. (104 reps)/

4 November 1999 (VII)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord Supreme I contact
Long, long before I act.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

4 November 1999, 9:19 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

4 November 1999 (VIII)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
What I desperately need
Is a God-surrender-heart
And not
A world-computer-mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

4 November 1999, 9:25 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

4 November 1999 (IX)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today, to my greatest joy,
I have completely unlocked
My heart-door
To my Master-Lord.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

4 November 1999, 9:27 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

4 November 1999 (X)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God’s full manifestation-dream
Breathes in every blossom.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

4 November 1999, 9:34 a.m. Before doing one hundred one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (50 right, 50 left)

6 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My freedom without peace
Is impossible.
My peace without my surrender
To God’s Will
Is impossible.
My surrender to God’s Will
Without God’s infinite Compassion
Is impossible.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 November 1999, 6:34 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

6 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
For the transformation of human nature
And for the perfection of human life,
This world needs peaceful hearts
And not powerful heads.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 November 1999, 6:46 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

6 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God’s Compassion-Eye
And
God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Envelop the entire earth.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 November 1999, 6:48 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

6 November 1999 (IV)

6 November 1999, 6:51 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
With my heart’s love, devotion
And surrender-flower
I shall today prayerfully
And soulfully encircle
The Lotus-Feet
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God’s Eye plays with our smiles,
God’s Heart plays with our tears
And
God plays with our satisfaction-hearts,
Satisfaction-minds, satisfaction-vitals
And satisfaction-bodies
Only when they live
In their divine consciousness.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 November 1999, 6:58 a.m. Before doing one hundred one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (50 right, 50 left)

8 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My life has to be rooted and grounded
In my sleepless love of God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 November 1999, 7:39 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

8 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must first have sleepless
And breathless love for You.
Only then can I have
Abiding faith in You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 November 1999, 7:47 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

8 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Out of Your infinite Bounty,
Every day You allow me
To have a lovely and lively
Conversation with You
At least for an hour.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 November 1999, 7:52 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

8 November 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my heart’s new hopes
And my soul’s new promises
Replace my mind’s old doubts
And old fears.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 November 1999, 7:56 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

8 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
At every moment each seeker has to be
Extremely alert.
At any moment his spiritual life
Can descend into steep decline.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 November 1999, Before doing one hundred and five one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (53 right, 52 left)

8 November 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
In my spiritual life,
I shall have to be
A dauntless runner
With determined and measured strides
To arrive at my Destination.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 November 1999, 8:37 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

14 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not want me to be
A God-preacher.
He wants me to be
A God-dreamer.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 November 1999, 8:36 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

14 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not want me to be
A God-scholar.
He wants me to be
A God-lover.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 November 1999, 8:45 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

14 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not want me to be
A God-author.
He wants me to be
A God-learner.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 November 1999, 8:52 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 500 lbs.)

14 November 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not want me to be
A God-drummer. He wants me to be
A God-flutist.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 November 1999, 8:55 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

14 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not want me to be
A world-renouncer.
He wants me to be
A God-server.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/14 November 1999, 9:03 a.m. Before doing sixty-four one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (32 right, 32 left)

14 November 1999 (VI)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not want me to be
A world-mind-computer.
He wants me to be
A world-heart-commuter.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 November 1999, 9:27 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 800 lbs.

15 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O ignorance-night-sleep,
Not a temporary
But a permanent break
I am taking from you.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 November 1999, 7:57 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

15 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart’s unconditional surrender
To God’s Will
Is the full blossom of my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 November 1999, 8:06 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 400 lbs.)

15 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling me
That I have chatted enough
With You.
Now I must start chanting
Your Name.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 November 1999, 8:11 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

15 November 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Long before I sought,
My Beloved’s Lotus-Feet
Had caught my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 November 1999, 8:14 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

15 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are asking my mind’s readiness,
My life’s willingness
And my heart’s eagerness
To hurry up,
And You are also asking
My doubting and suspecting mind
To slow down and stop forever.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 November 1999, 8:21 a.m. Before doing fifty one-arm pushes with 400 lbs. (25 right, 25 left)

26 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The life-expectancy
Of a God-lover
Is unlimited.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Beloved Lord Supreme,
You are spoiling me
With Your Indulgence-Abundance.
“My child,
I cannot help it.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My eagerness-heart
Shall never retire
From God-service.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 November 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Is there anybody on earth
Who does not suffer from
Insecurity-cancer?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My soul is begging my wild mind
To give God
At least a temporary pass.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

29 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My 700 pounds, I salute you,
I love you and I need you
To manifest the Will
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

29 November 1999, 4:17 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times. (Total: 700 lbs.) New record.

30 November 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My sleepless faithfulness
And
My breathless devotedness
Have brought Your blessingful Presence
To me
Faster than the fastest.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 November 1999, 8:52 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

30 November 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do give me the capacity
Not only to love and serve
But also to become inseparably one with
The troubled world.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 November 1999, 9:01 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

30 November 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are Your Compassion-Eye,
You are Your Forgiveness-Heart.
I am my surrender-life,
I am my gratitude-breath.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 November 1999, 9:05 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 600 lbs.)

30 November 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The only wisdom-light I need
Is this:
My sleepless love
For Your Compassion-flooded Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 November 1999, 9:11 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 700 lbs.)

30 November 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Mine is a life
That is sleeplessly eager
For God’s full Examination.
Mine is a heart
That is breathlessly eager
For God’s full Satisfaction.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 November 1999, 9:21 a.m. Before doing forty-six one-arm pushes with 500 lbs.

5 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My devotion-heart
And my surrender-life
Lovingly, happily and proudly
Live together.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 December 1999, 9:11 a.m. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

5 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I practise and treasure patience,
For patience
Is an invaluable gift of God
To humanity.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 December 1999, 9:24 a.m. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously eight times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

5 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
At every moment
We must declare war
On uncomely and undivine thoughts,
For they are extremely, extremely
Destructive.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/5 December 1999, 9:38 a.m. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before doing fifty one-arm pushes with 500 lbs.
(25 right, 25 left)/

6 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The mind-walker hesitantly walks
Towards the Destination,
But, alas, the Destination remains
A far cry.
The heart-runner runs fast, very fast,
Towards the Destination
And reaches the Destination
To please God in His own Way.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 December 1999, 8:57 a.m. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

6 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
At the end of every day
May my life become
A God-fulfilled promise.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/6 December 1999, 9:08 a.m. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

6 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my mind be freed
From constant
Thought-interruption-torture.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 December 1999, 9:20 a.m. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before doing sixty-four one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (29 right, 35 left)

8 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
How beautiful, how peaceful
And how blissful
Is the silence of my heart’s
Meditation-room.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 December 1999, 8:14 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

8 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Our mind’s frustration-sighs
Are
Our life’s God-denials.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 December 1999, 8:32 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

8 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must think of God’s
Frustration-Heart first.
Then I should look at God’s
Compassion-Eye.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 December 1999, 8:44 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before doing one-arm pushes with 500 lbs.

9 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May every heart be cradled
By boundless faith.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 December 1999, 6:37 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

9 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I talk sleeplessly.
You talk so little.
Why? Why? Why?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 December 1999, 6:44 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously twice. (Total: 700 lbs.)

9 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am telling the truth
That my heart is as beautiful
As Your Eye.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/9 December 1999, 6:51 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before doing one-arm pushes with 500 lbs.

13 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The problem of problems
For my poor Lord Beloved Supreme
Is my mind’s unwillingness.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 December 1999, 8:13 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine.

13 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling me
That we all must develop
Inner muscles of iron.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/13 December 1999, 8:20 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

13 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I shall not allow You
To overstrain
Your Compassion-Eye for me.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 December 1999, 8:27 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before doing seventy one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (29 right, 41 left)

13 December 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord Beloved Supreme,
I shall no more
Permit Your Heart
To bleed
For my abominable misdeeds.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 December 1999, 8:30 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

14 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Invariably
Every heart-plus needs
A mind-minus first.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 December 1999, 6:29 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine.

14 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I desperately need help
From You.
I really want to escape
From my mind-prison.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 December 1999, 6:45 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

14 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do You really love me?
Do You really care for me?
If so, do scold me most powerfully
Every day.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 December 1999, 6:53 a.m. Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Before doing fifty one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (25 right, 25 left)

15 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A God-disobedience-life
Is
A happiness-heart-killer.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 December 1999, 7:30 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

15 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
For years and years and years
I shall have to climb
To reach my transcendental heights.
Please do not allow me to miss
Even a second.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 December 1999, 7:42 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

15 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling
All the God-seekers and God-lovers
That, for them, there is no such thing
As a passing infatuation
With worldliness.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 December 1999, 7:52 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before doing sixty-three one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (29 right, 34 left)

16 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must love God the Creator
And serve God the creation
Simultaneously
If I want to please God completely
In His own Way.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 December 1999, 7:47 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

16 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My soul-enlightenment-Maker
Is
My heart-attachment-breaker.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 December 1999, 8:01 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 700 lbs.)

16 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling me
That in our spiritual life
All our heart-ultramarathons
Are sponsored by God Himself.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 December 1999, 8:06 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before doing sixty-eight one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (30 right, 38 left)

17 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Each day is a golden opportunity
For the blossoming of my self-offering
To God’s Will.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

17 December 1999, 7:17 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

17 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My aspiring heart radiates
Abundant peace and bliss
Only when my mind
Is completely desireless.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

17 December 1999, 7:22 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 100 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

17 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May each day the tears and smiles
Of my heart
Develop a deeper, stronger and greater
God-hunger.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/17 December 1999, 7:37 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

17 December 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every day
My mind concentrates to succeed,
My heart meditates to proceed
And
My soul contemplates to feed.
Whom? God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

17 December 1999, 7:43 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before doing sixty-one one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (28 right, 33 left)

20 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My God-surrender-life
Accepts
No desire-invitations.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 December 1999, 6:10 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

20 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When I do not do well spiritually,
Your Compassion-Eye cries and cries
And
Your Tolerance-Heart sighs and sighs.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 December 1999, 6:21 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times. (Total: 700 lbs.)

20 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My aspiration-heart-sky
Is the place
Of my rainbow-sunrise.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 December 1999, 6:30 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before doing fifty-two one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (26 right, 26 left)

21 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart is cheerfully, faithfully,
Devotedly and self-givingly
Following
Your moonlit Ecstasy-Steps.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

/21 December 1999, 6:41 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

21 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
In all our God-fulfilment-promise-races,
We must take proper and perfect starts.
If not,
We shall be disqualified.
What is a proper and perfect start?
Our heart’s intensity-cry for God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 December 1999, 7:44 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 700 lbs.)

21 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my heart, mind, vital,
Body and life
Never wane in enthusiasm,
Even for a fleeting second.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 December 1999, 7:52 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before doing fifty-five one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (27 right, 28 left)

22 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling me
That God-realisation
Is not monkey-banana-eating.
God-realisation
Is a self-giving God-lover’s
Seventy million times
Himaloy-climbing.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

22 December 1999, 7:11 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine.

22 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A true God-lover does not have to prove
To the world
That he is a God-lover.
God’s boundless Pride-Heart
Is his witness.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

22 December 1999, 7:23 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously twice. (Total: 700 lbs.)

23 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My mind says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
Face untold responsibilities.”
My heart says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
Embrace a new impossibility.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 December 1999, 4:55 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using bench press machine.

23 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My mind says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
A new frustration-attack.”
My heart says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
Feast on a new God-Dream.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 December 1999, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

23 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My mind says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
Your life is chained
To a huge bondage-rock.”
My heart says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
Your life has added
A new God-blossom-tree.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 December 1999, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before lifting 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously twice. (Total: 700 lbs.)

23 December 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My mind says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
Two colossal failures appear
From nowhere.”
My heart says to me:
“Accept a disciple —
Your life will receive
A choice satisfaction-award
From God Himself.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 December 1999, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before doing 59 one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (27 right, 32 left)

25 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Two giant question marks
Stand before me:
Do I love God only?
Will I be able to realise God
In this incarnation?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 December 1999, 6:30 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

25 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your Compassion-Eye fondly
And sleeplessly cradles
My unconditional surrender-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 December 1999, 6:47 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times. (Total: 800 lbs.) New record.

25 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only a fully awakened heart
And
A fully surrendered life
Can make the God-climbing progress.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 December 1999, Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-nine one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (28 right, 31 left)

25 December 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My highest Heaven
Is where
My God-devotion cries.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 December 1999, 7:11 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 100 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

27 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord Beloved Supreme,
You have taken me into
Your Confidence-Seraglio.
I must prove myself to be worthy.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 December 1999, 7:09 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

27 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My life has many goals,
But my life’s penultimate goal
Is Your transcendental Vision-Eye,
And my life’s ultimate goal
Is Your ever-blossoming
And ever-transcending Smile.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 December 1999, 7:23 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously twice. (Total: 800 lbs.)

27 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am not yet ready
Even to look at Your Feet,
But
You are already so eager
To embrace my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 December 1999, 7:37 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-nine one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (29 right, 30 left)

27 December 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Seated on my heart-tree’s
Highest, longest and largest branch,
You are singing and smiling,
You are smiling and singing.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 December 1999, 7:50 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 120 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

28 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your Concern-Eye drives me
From behind,
And Your Bliss-Heart beckons me
From afar.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 December 1999, 7:44 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

28 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My possession-hunger
Is a big minus-life.
My renunciation-meal
Is an infinitely bigger
Plus-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 December 1999, 7:56 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 800 lbs.)

28 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My mind’s cheerfulness-blessing
Is an invaluable gift for You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 December 1999, 8:06 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-six one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (27 right, 29 left)

28 December 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My restive mind and my aggressive vital
Ceaselessly beat war drums.
My blissful soul and my peaceful heart
Sleeplessly hear God’s Songs
Sung by God Himself.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 December 1999, 8:20 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 120 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

31 December 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I know, I know, I know,
There is no proper cure
For Your absence in my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

31 December 1999, 6:01 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine.

31 December 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every morning may I find myself
Fully awake
With a new God-manifestation-promise
On earth.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

31 December 1999, 6:13 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 800 lbs.)

31 December 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
In my life,
God walks only upon
My heart’s humility-carpet
And nowhere else.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

31 December 1999, 6:23 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-six one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (27 right, 29 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 November and during his visit to various cities in Brazil in December 1999.