1 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I do not want to be blinded
By my success-life.
I want my life to be illumined
By my progress-heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

1 July 1999, 8:07 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

1 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
You are asking me
Not to discourage the world
And at the same time
Not to be discouraged by the world.
You are asking me
To encourage the world
And at the same time
To be encouraged by the world.
If I do this, then I shall please You
In Your own Way.
My Supreme, I shall fulfil
Your express Command.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

1 July 1999, 8:14 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

1 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I shall obey Your Eye
At every moment
To illumine my mind.
I shall obey Your Feet
At every moment
To liberate my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

1 July 1999, 8:27 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. fifty-seven times with one arm. (28 right, 29 left)

5 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My life’s sorrows tell me
That I can do nothing special
Here on earth.
My heart’s joys tell me
That anything inspiring,
Illumining and fulfilling
I can do if I want to.
My Supreme, my Lord Supreme,
My Beloved Supreme,
You tell me that I must do
Only one thing:
I must love each and every
Creation of Yours
Unreservedly and unconditionally.
My Supreme, only Your Wish,
Your Request, Your Command
I shall gladly and proudly fulfil.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

5 July 1999, 8:20 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

5 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
If I am not for You only,
Sleeplessly and breathlessly,
Then why am I here on earth?
No reason for me
Even to stay for a second!
My Supreme, do give me the capacity
To live only for You.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

5 July 1999, 8:33 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

5 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I must devotedly practise
More and more and more and more.
Only then shall I be able
To accomplish my goals.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

5 July 1999, 8:43 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. fifty-six times with one arm. (27 right, 29 left)

6 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Please, please awaken my heart.
Please, please brighten my smile.
Please, please enlighten my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

6 July 1999, 7:17 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

6 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I need inspiration every day
To feed my mind.
I need aspiration every hour
To feed my heart.
I need illumination every moment
To feed my soul.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

6 July 1999, 7:26 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

6 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Sincerity I need at every moment
In my mind
To please You only in Your own Way.
Purity I need at every moment
In my heart
To please You only in Your own Way.
Simplicity I need at every moment
In my life
To please You only in Your own Way.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

6 July 1999, 7:34 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. fifty-seven times with one arm. (29 right, 28 left)

7 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I shall keep only one thing
In my aspiring heart:
Hope.
Today I shall keep only one thing
In my serving life:
Promise.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

7 July 1999, 4:48 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

7 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
May my heart obey Your Eye.
May my life obey Your Heart.
May my breath obey Your Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

7 July 1999, 4:58 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously (Total: 500 lbs.)

7 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord Beloved Supreme,
I feel Your Presence inside my heart
Even when I do not
Pray and meditate.
But, my Lord Beloved Supreme,
Your Presence I feel inside my mind
Only when I do pray and meditate.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

7 July 1999, 5:07 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. fifty-four times with one arm. (25 right, 29 left)

8 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I must face all my life’s problems
With my mind’s determination,
My heart’s aspiration
And
My life’s dedication.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

8 July 1999, 7:48 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 35 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 80 lbs. with right arm.

8 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I am soulfully taking time
To appreciate and admire
Everything that I see
And
Everyone that I meet
On the way.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

8 July 1999, 8:05 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 900 lbs.

8 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I have looked far beyond the clouds,
And I wish to tell You
What I have discovered.
I have discovered
Tomorrow’s brightest sunshine.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

8 July 1999, 8:48 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

9 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Do give my heart the capacity
And opportunity
To completely surrender to Your Will.
Do cast aside
My world-supremacy-desiring mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

9 July 1999, 8:25 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

9 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
May my heart grow into
An ever-blossoming devotion
To worship
Your Golden Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

9 July 1999, 8:39 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

9 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I am extremely, extremely, extremely
Grateful to You
For giving me the opportunity
To decorate every day
A new heart-home for You.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

9 July 1999, 8:49 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. sixty times with one arm. (29 right, 31 left)

10 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I shall pray to You,
I shall meditate on You,
I shall love You
And I shall serve You
Even long after I have made
My surrender complete.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

10 July 1999, 8:16 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

10 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord Beloved Supreme,
My sleepless devotion to You
Is my mind’s newness,
My heart’s sweetness
And my life’s fulness.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

10 July 1999, 8:24 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

10 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
To realise You,
What I need is inner wealth:
Aspiration, and nothing else.
The outer wealth
Is infinitely worse than useless.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

10 July 1999, 8:35 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. fifty-four times with one arm. (27 right, 27 left)

10 July 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I am receiving
Your divine Message of beauty
And Your supreme Message of duty
From everything
That I am looking at.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

10 July 1999, 9:21 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

11 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
What we need is faith in our mind.
What we need is love in our heart.
Lo, God-realisation
Does not remain any more
An impossible task.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

11 July 1999, 8:34 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 85 lbs. with one arm.

11 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My Supreme, You are
My Lord Beloved Absolute Supreme.
This is my realisation,
And this realisation throughout Eternity
Shall remain with me.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

11 July 1999, 8:56 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 900 lbs.

11 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
There was a time when I was
A part-time God-seeker,
God-lover and God-server.
To my greatest joy, I have now become
A full-time God-seeker,
God-lover and God-server.
My Supreme, may my gratitude to You
Remain sleepless and breathless
Throughout Eternity.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

11 July 1999, 9:32 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. sixty-six times with one arm. (33 right, 33 left)

12 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Indeed, the smiles of my life
Are beautiful and inspiring,
But the tears of my heart
Are exquisite and perfect.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

12 July 1999, 8:36 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

12 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart, my faith and I
Shall be satisfied
Only after
You have illumined
Our unlit mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

12 July 1999, 8:48 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

12 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Your absolute Commands
Are my life’s
Only true fulfilment.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

12 July 1999, 8:59 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. fifty-seven times with one arm. (27 right, 30 left)

13 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
The very sight of Your Lotus-Feet
Thrills my soul, my heart,
My mind, my vital, my body
And my entire being.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

13 July 1999, 10:00 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 40 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

14 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Do inundate my entire life
With Your infinite Compassion
So that I can soften the sorrows
And decrease the sufferings
Of the world.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

14 July 1999, 6:55 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

14 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I am my heart’s deep sorrow.
I am still unable to concentrate
Every second of my life
On Your Will.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

14 July 1999, 7:07 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

14 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Today my heart would like
To introduce my mind to You,
But my mind is terribly afraid of You.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

14 July 1999, 7:21 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. seventy-two times with one arm. (36 right, 36 left)

14 July 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I know, I know,
You are not in my earthly house.
You are not in my Heavenly Home.
You are only in the tears
Of my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

14 July 1999, 9:09 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs. New record.

15 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My soul’s patience-light
Is the peace-dreamer
Of my mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

15 July 1999, 8:29 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

15 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My soul’s confidence-height
Is the peace-maker
Of my body, vital and mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

15 July 1999, 8:57 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 230 lbs. with each arm separately.

15 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Dire challenges from the outer world
Enter into my inner world.
My soul’s indomitable will-power says,
“Get out! Get out!
I have no time
To pay any attention to you.”
My Supreme, my Supreme!

15 July 1999, 9:12 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and nine times with one arm. (56 right, 53 left)

16 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
The moment I touch Your Lotus-Feet
Lovingly, prayerfully, soulfully,
Unreservedly and unconditionally,
My tiny heart-hut becomes
A larger than the largest
And mightier than the mightiest
Palace.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

16 July 1999, 9:09 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

16 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I am so fortunate.
The moment I was born,
Gratitude accompanied me.
Right from the very first breath
Of my life,
Gratitude has been living
Inside the very depth of my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

16 July 1999, 9:17 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

16 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I do not have the eyes
To see You,
But I do have the heart
To feel Your Presence
Inside my heart.
My soul is telling me
That is what You actually
Need from me and want from me.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

16 July 1999, 9:27 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and seven times with one arm. (52 right, 55 left)

17 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I shall have purity
In my thoughts,
I shall have beauty
In my speech
And I shall have sincerity
In my actions.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

17 July 1999, 8:50 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

17 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I shall wait devotedly
And unconditionally
To hear from You
What I am supposed to do
To please You only
In Your own Way.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

17 July 1999, 8:34 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

17 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My appreciation of You is good,
My admiration of You is better,
My adoration of You is best,
But my devotion for You
Is infinitely, infinitely better
Than my appreciation, my admiration
And my adoration.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

17 July 1999, 9:08 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 70 lbs. with one arm.

17 July 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Only my unconditional surrender
To Your Will
Will forever succeed.
Everyone else will fail me,
And I shall fail them as well.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

17 July 1999, 9:39 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 900 lbs.

19 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart shall keep dreaming,
My life shall keep smiling,
My soul shall keep promising
And
I shall keep fulfilling.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

19 July 1999, 7:21 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

19 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Do bless me and my life
With an indomitable spirit
Once more.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

19 July 1999, 7:35 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. four times with both arms simultaneously. (Total 500 lbs.)

19 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life be a life of duty.
May my mind be a mind of purity.
May my heart be a heart of beauty
And fragrance.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

19 July 1999, 7:50 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and nine times with one arm. (55 right, 54 left)

21 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Your sustaining Grace
Is saving me
From danger’s destructive face.
I am offering You
My prayerful and soulful
Gratitude-heart-tears.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

21 July 1999, 8:11 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

21 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Your surprising Grace
Is making me win
The heart-race.
I am offering You
My prayerful and soulful
Gratitude-heart-tears.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

21 July 1999, 8:20 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

21 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Your unending Grace
Is encouraging me to chase away
The darkest ignorance-night.
I am offering You
My prayerful and soulful
Gratitude-heart-tears.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

21 July 1999, 8:32 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. ninety-eight times with one arm. (48 right, 50 left)

22 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
When I am in my soul,
I clearly see and deeply feel
That all human beings
Are my divine oneness-brothers
And sisters.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

22 July 1999, 6:46 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

22 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
When I am in my heart,
I see and feel
That all human beings
Are my true friends.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

22 July 1999, 7:12 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 85 lbs. with one arm.

22 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
When I am in my body,
I am utter helplessness,
Ceaseless failure.
My capsizing life-boat sees no shore,
No tomorrow’s dawn.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

22 July 1999, 8:24 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 200 lbs. with each arm separately. New record.

23 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
No more the unaspiring mind!
No more the doubting mind!
No more the suspecting mind!
No more the judging mind!
No more! No more!
My Supreme, my Supreme!

23 July 1999, 8:39 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

23 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
What I desperately needed
I now sleeplessly and sacredly have:
A heart of silence.
And to You, my Supreme, I offer
My breathless gratitude.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

23 July 1999, 8:47 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

23 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
The more I offer myself to humanity,
The closer You come to me
And the more certain I am
Of Your Presence in my heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

23 July 1999, 8:56 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with one arm.

24 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
A true God-lover
Does not have to see miracles
To realise God.
No, no, no!
He only needs God’s urgent Grace
To realise God.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

24 July 1999, 7:56 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

24 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Those who are eager to watch
Miracle-performances
Are either consciously
Or unconsciously
God’s Omnipresence-Power-doubters.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

24 July 1999, 8:06 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

24 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Those who do not believe
In Your infinite Compassion-Light
And Your infinite Forgiveness-Delight
Have not yet reached
The human life-consciousness-level.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

24 July 1999, 8:34 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

24 July 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Self-doubters are self-torturers
And self-destroyers.
God-doubters can bring
Unspeakable disgrace
To the ever-compassionate
Mother Earth.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

24 July 1999, 9:15 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

26 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Your Compassion is
My mind’s illumination.
Your Compassion is
My life’s liberation.
Your Compassion is
My heart’s God-realisation.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

26 July 1999, 1:31 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

26 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
My prayers, my meditations,
My aspiration and my dedication —
Everything that I have
And everything that I am —
Grows only in Your
Forgiveness-Heart-Garden.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

26 July 1999, 1:42 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

26 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Do bless my mind
With humility-light.
Do bless my life
With patience-delight.
Do bless my heart
With satisfaction-perfection.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

26 July 1999, 2:00 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. ninety-nine times with one arm. (50 right, 49 left)

27 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Please, please give me
A childlike heart
Full of simplicity, sincerity
And purity
To follow You wherever You go.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

27 July 1999, 1:08 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 200 lbs. with each arm separately.

27 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Please, please never allow me
To act like an unaspiring human being
Who is all the time rushing
And rushing and rushing
With no destination.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

27 July 1999, 1:22 a.m. Before lifting 260 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 520 lbs.)

27 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I have seen the head and face
Of greatness.
I am not at all satisfied.
My Supreme, my Supreme,
I wish to feel the heart and breath
Of goodness
To be fully satisfied.
My Supreme, please fulfil
My long-cherished desire.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

27 July 1999, 1:31 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and two times with one arm. (50 right, 52 left)

27 July 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I must meditate and meditate
And meditate
Either to illumine my mind
Or to conquer the disasters
That my mind creates.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

27 July 1999, 1:45 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

27 July 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
A purity-flooded heart
Knows no obstructions,
Knows no ignorance-night.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

27 July 1999, 2:02 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine.

28 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life become
A happiness-flower
With abundant beauty and fragrance
To worship You around the clock.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

28 July 1999, 7:18 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

28 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I wish to have a private interview.
I would like to know from You
How I can please You
Infinitely more.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

28 July 1999, 7:24 a.m. Before lifting 260 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 520 lbs.)

28 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
I am so grateful to You
For allowing me to hear
The Nectar-Voice
Of Your omnipotent Will.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

28 July 1999, 7:34 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and five times with one arm. (52 right, 53 left)

30 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
May my soul’s divinity-light
Permeate each and every action
Of my daily life.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

30 July 1999, 8:43 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 85 lbs. with one arm.

30 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
As long as I have You
As my Friend, only Friend,
I do not have to pay any attention
To hostile enemies.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

30 July 1999, 9:12 a.m. Before lifting 260 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 520 lbs.)

31 July 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme!
Do remove the thick veil
Of misunderstanding
Between me and my dear ones.
Misunderstanding is the most serious
And painful experience that we get.
Therefore, please, please remove
The thick veil of misunderstanding.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

31 July 1999, 8:59 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

31 July 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life be made of
My heart’s streaming tears
And my soul’s soaring smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

31 July 1999, 10:05 a.m. Before lifting 260 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 520 lbs.)

31 July 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme!
May willingness be
My mind’s constant companion.
May eagerness be
My heart’s constant companion.
May surrender to Your Will be
My life’s sleepless companion.
My Supreme, my Supreme!

31 July 1999, 10:15 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and three times with one arm. (51 right, 52 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 July 1999.