5 February 1999

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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 five<html><a href="#fn1" id="fnref1">¹</a></html> of the 200-lb. double-arm series.

28 March 1999

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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.