1 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am safe, perfectly safe,
Only when I stay inside
My God-obedience-orbit.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 August 1999, 9:18 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

1 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May every second of my life
Be a rainbow-beauty, rainbow-joy
And rainbow-enthusiasm.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 August 1999, 9:26 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and four times with one arm. (53 right, 51 left)

2 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When I do something wrong,
Please, please scold me severely.
If You scold me severely,
Only then will I feel
That You truly love me
And Your Concern for me
Is genuine.
My Supreme, my Supreme,
Do scold me, do scold me.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 August 1999, 10:11 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

2 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my eyes look at You
Smilingly
And may my heart place itself
At Your Feet
Tearfully.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 August 1999, 10:18 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and eleven times with one arm. (55 right, 56 left)

3 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today do make my surrender
Complete, constant and sleepless
So that I can become
A supremely choice instrument
Of Yours.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 August 1999, 12:49 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (25 reps)

3 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling me
That the more concern I have
For humanity,
The more confidence You will have
In me.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 August 1999, 1:00 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

3 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Please, please always allow me
To succeed
In my self-giving life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 August 1999, 1:22 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

3 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I know, I know, I know
That nothing can be as pure,
As beautiful, as powerful
And as fruitful
As my heart’s aspiration-tears.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 August 1999, 1:32 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and nine times with one arm. (54 right, 55 left)

3 August 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O my mind, vital and body,
Please join my heart
In serving
The life of humanity.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 August 1999, 1:42 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 200 lbs. with each arm separately.

6 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Please, please accept
My heart’s gratitude-tears,
For today You have given me
The key
To open my heart-temple-door
To pray and meditate
Every morning and every evening.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 August 1999, 6:16 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

6 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I wish to cling only
To Your Protection-Feet.
I wish to cling only
To Your Compassion-Eye.
I wish to cling only
To Your Forgiveness-Heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 August 1999, 6:41 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 90 lbs. (10 reps)

6 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My soul, my heart and even my mind
Have only one dream:
A oneness-world-heart-blossoming
Dream.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

6 August 1999, 7:15 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs. (2 lifts)

10 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My desire-prayer goes to You
And comes back crying.
My aspiration-prayer goes to You
And stays with You
And smiles and smiles and smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 August 1999, 1:52 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

10 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
With my prayer-mind
I always try to please myself.
With my meditation-heart
I always long to please You
In Your own Way.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 August 1999. 2:00 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and three times with one arm. (49 right, 54 left)

10 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My prayers are my human life’s
Helpless cries.
My meditations are my divine life’s
Giant smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 August 1999, 2:21 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (22 reps)

10 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My prayer-tears
Make my mind divinely pure.
My meditation-smiles
Make my heart supremely self-giving.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 August 1999, 2:36 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

10 August 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When I pray soulfully,
You feed me.
When I meditate self-givingly,
You ask me to feed You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 August 1999, 8:22 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

11 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I have come to realise
That only a serene mind
Is a true God-necessity.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 August 1999, 9:09 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

11 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I have come to realise
That only a pure heart
Is an absolute God-necessity.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 August 1999, 9:18 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and eight times with one arm. (52 right, 56 left)

11 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
What I need is not
World-renunciation-hunger.
What I need is
World-acceptance-wisdom
To serve You and please You
In each and every human being.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 August 1999, 9:39 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

12 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Age is no barrier
To the enthusiasm-eagerness
God-worshipper, God-lover
And God-server.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 August 1999, 6:26 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

12 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Age pitifully cries and cries
When it foolishly and greedily
Lives for itself.
Age brightly and powerfully
Smiles and smiles
When it lives in God, with God
And for God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 August 1999, 6:44 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 90 lbs. (10 reps)

12 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Age without God
Is ignorance-night-accumulation.
Age with God, in God and for God
Is the harvest of wisdom-light.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 August 1999, 7:04 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and twenty times with one arm. (58 right, 62 left)

14 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Out of Your infinite Compassion,
You have blessed my gratitude-heart
With a rainbow-beauty-smile.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 August 1999, 6:26 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

14 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You start singing, dancing
And flying
The moment You see
My willingness-mind,
Eagerness-heart
And enthusiasm-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 August 1999, 6:35 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and twenty-two times with one arm. (53 right, 69 left)

14 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O my mind, it is true
That you have not pleased God.
But please make a brave, soulful
And prayerful attempt
To please God.
I am sure that you will succeed,
My mind,
You will succeed.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 August 1999, 6:47 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. seventeen times with one arm. (9 right, 8 left)

14 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When I reach the top,
I cannot stop
And I do not stop
Because I clearly see
A new goal beckoning me.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 August 1999, 7:04 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. New record.

14 August 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am sure
That my heart’s peace-bird
Will not nest
In my mind’s dense forest.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 August 1999, 7:34 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

15 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only a God-gratitude-heart-seeker
With a sleeplessly
Unconditional surrender
Knows God’s Will
In its totality.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 August 1999, 7:33 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (21 reps)

15 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every sincere seeker
Has been blessed by You
With the capacity to please You
In Your own Way
Always.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 August 1999, 7:46 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

15 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my mind be a ceaseless search
For Your divine Will.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 August 1999 8:16 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

15 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my heart be a sleepless hunger
For Your supreme Will.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 August 1999, 8:21 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and nineteen times with one arm. (54 right, 65 left)

16 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I need absolute faith
In everything
That is created by You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 August 1999, 7:12 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and twenty-one times with one arm. (56 right, 65 left)

16 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I have received
Three inner educations from You:
An aspiration-heart,
A dedication-life
And
A surrender-breath.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 August 1999, 7:29 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

16 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My mind believes in You.
I am now happy with my mind.
My heart believes in You.
I am now happy with my heart.
My life believes in You.
I am now happy with my life.
My mind’s new awakening,
My heart’s new awakening,
My life’s new awakening
I now place at Your Lotus-Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 August 1999, 7:44 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. nineteen times with one arm. (7 right, 12 left)

16 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling me
Never to turn my spirituality
Into scientific research.
Spirituality is self-discovery.
Self-discovery is God-realisation.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 August 1999, 7:58 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

17 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
In my God-obedience
I see the smiling Eye
And the dancing Heart
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

17 August 1999, 8:23 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 90 lbs. (18 reps)

17 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
In my God-obedience I see and feel
The infinite affection
And infinite pride
Of both Heaven and earth.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

17 August 1999, 8:45 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

17 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Because of my God-obedience
You have made me
Your Satisfaction-Heart-Pride-
Banner-bearer.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

17 August 1999, 9:10 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

17 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Because of my God-obedience
You have blessed me with
A happiness-rainbow-heart-sky.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

17 August 1999, 9:20 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. nineteen times with one arm. (7 right, 12 left)

18 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must keep my aspiration-heart-flames
Constantly climbing
And ever-transcending.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 August 1999, 8:12 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

18 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life be
My heart-temple-beauty
And my soul-shrine-fragrance.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 August 1999, 8:20 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. sixteen times with one arm. (9 right, 7 left)

18 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must never be caught
By the desire-temptation-snare.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 August 1999, 8:26 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and eleven times with one arm. (55 right, 56 left)

18 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May I develop a ceaseless hunger
For Your Forgiveness-Smile.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 August 1999, 8:42 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

19 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I must revive
All my God-satisfaction-memories
Of the remote past.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 August 1999, 8:26 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 45 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (26 reps)

19 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do bless me with
A completely shattered
Pride-existence-life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 August 1999, 8:57 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

19 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must either destroy
Or give a determined chase to
All the ruthless and shameless doubts
That attack my poor mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 August 1999, 9:05 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. thirty-one times with one arm. (13 right, 18 left)

20 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The full awakening of my heart
Is the beauty
Of my aspiration-tears
And the fragrance
Of my dedication-smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 August 1999, 8:19 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. forty-eight times with one arm. (20 right, 28 left)

20 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The sweet awakening
Of my heart-lotus
Is the glorious blossoming
Of my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 August 1999, 8:30 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

20 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am my sleepless heart’s
Aspiration-awakening tear.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 August 1999, 8:40 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and eighteen times with one arm. (57 right, 61 left)

20 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am prayerfully and soulfully offering
The breath of my heart-awakening
To You
For Your full manifestation
Here on earth.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 August 1999, 9:03 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 200 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

20 August 1999 (V)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You have been waiting for centuries
For an iota of my heart’s awakening.
I promise I shall not delay You
Any longer.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 August 1999, 9:40 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

21 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart’s eagerness
Is an absolute necessity
To satisfy my Lord Beloved Supreme
In His own Way
At every moment.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 August 1999. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

21 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My eagerness-heart does not house
Even an iota
Of hesitation-negativity-mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 August 1999, 8:40 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. twenty-seven times with one arm. (14 right, 13 left)

21 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My sleepless and God-pleasing
Eagerness
Is my closest association with God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 August 1999. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

23 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I know, I know,
No pure heart-devotion,
No true God-satisfaction,
No, never!
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 August 1999, 8:01 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. thirty-one times with one arm. (16 right, 15 left)

23 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When my ego-vital is
The winner,
My confusion-mind becomes
The ruler.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 August 1999, 8:11 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

23 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My self-doubt immediately opens
The floodgates
Of my anxieties and worries.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 August 1999, 8:36 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 180 lbs. with each arm separately.

24 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life-boat every day
Ply time and again
Between
My mind’s God-obedience-shore
And my heart’s God-gratitude-shore.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

24 August 1999, 5:20 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 90 lbs. (15 reps)

24 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I shall not allow my mind to remain
Even one minute more
In the land of God-oblivion.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

24 August 1999, 5:46 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs.

24 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today, to my deepest joy
And greatest relief,
My mind said to God,
“My Lord,
Your Will is not only acceptable
And serviceable,
But also adorable and lovable.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

24 August 1999, 6:10 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. twice with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

25 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Instead of surrendering
To our ever-increasing
Shortcomings,
We must challenge them
And conquer them
Once and for all!
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 August 1999, 9:11 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

25 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Instead of powerfully
Chastising ourselves
For doing the wrong things,
We must divinely
Energise ourselves
To do the right things.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 August 1999, 9:21 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

25 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every day I must discover
New ways
To please You in Your own Way.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 August 1999, 9:28 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. twenty-seven times with one arm. (14 right, 13 left)

25 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do make me a child
Of today’s divine newness
And tomorrow’s supreme fulness.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 August 1999, 9:33 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and seven times with one arm. (53 right, 54 left)

26 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The newness-fulness-pioneer-discoverers
Are Your supremely chosen children.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 August 1999, 9:06 a.m. Before doing clean and press from the ground up to 50 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (41 reps) New record.

26 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Only those who self-givingly
And unconditionally
Try to please You
Succeed at Your choice Hour.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 August 1999, 9:50 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

26 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must not try to improve
The mind of the past.
I must only try to build
My heart-temple of the present.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 August 1999, 10:00 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. thirty-one times with one arm. (15 right, 16 left)

26 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
No hesitation-mind,
No suspicion-mind,
No God-doubt-mind
Will ever be able to arrive
At God’s Palace.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 August 1999, 10:14 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 200 lbs. with each arm separately.

28 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
What I prayerfully and soulfully
Do,
I powerfully and fruitfully
Become.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 August 1999, 7:58 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

28 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
At every moment I wish to be
Cheerfully and totally obedient
To Your Marching Orders.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 August 1999, 8:06 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. thirty-four times with one arm. (16 right, 18 left)

28 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
To the God-worshipper, God says,
“My child,
I have everything for you.”
To the God-lover, God says,
“My child,
You are everything to Me.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 August 1999, 8:14 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and four times with one arm. (52 right, 52 left)

28 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Alas, my mind does not believe
In God-surrender.
Therefore, it is saddled
With untold worries and anxieties.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 August 1999, 8:31 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

29 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your earliest and mightiest
Promise to humanity
Is this:
The finite mortal
Shall grow into
Infinity’s Immortality.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

29 August 1999, 8:24 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

29 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A soulful smile
Is a mind-purification-guarantee.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

29 August 1999, 8:33 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty times with one arm. (25 right, 25 left)

29 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord Beloved Supreme
Is extremely fond of my heart’s
Unconditional love, devotion
And surrender-whispers.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

29 August 1999, 8:42 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and nine times with one arm. (54 right, 55 left)

29 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
An iota of insecurity-mind
Can easily create
An ocean vast of unhappiness.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

29 August 1999, 8:59 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

30 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my mind be always
Dynamic and enthusiastic,
And may my heart be always
Pure and self-giving.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 August 1999, 8:24 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. thirty-three times with one arm. (16 right, 17 left)

30 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am so happy that I never miss
My God-obedience-classes.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 August 1999, 8:12 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. four times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

30 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do make me Your most perfect
Satisfaction-Smile-stamp.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 August 1999, 8:02 a.m.

Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

30 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
By Your infinite Grace
I am paving my progress-road
By sprinting,
And not by walking or running.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

30 August 1999, 8:56 a.m. Before using seated calf raise machine up to 1,000 lbs. (2 lifts)

31 August 1999

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my mind and I every day
Read my Lord’s Forgiveness-Book.
May my heart and I every day
Read my Lord’s Compassion-Book.
May my life and I every day
Read my Lord’s Will-Book.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

31 August 1999, 8:31 a.m. After doing clean and press from the ground up to 90 lbs. (21 reps)

31 August 1999 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are telling me
That my gratitude
Is my heart’s purest tear
And my life’s sweetest smile.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

31 August 1999, 8:43 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 540 lbs.)

31 August 1999 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must never go back.
My victory’s gong
Is my tomorrow’s song.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

31 August 1999, 8:53 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. forty-one times with one arm. (17 right, 24 left)

31 August 1999 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I would like my heart always to live
In the sweetness and openness
Of my tiny Indian village-life,
While my present life lives
In the newness and fulness
Of America’s New York.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

31 August 1999, 9:02 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. one hundred and three times with one arm. (47 right, 56 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 August 1999.