Weightlifting and inner poise
Among the spiritual qualities that I have, my inner poise is first and foremost. And this is the quality you can see in one of the pictures when I am lifting 3,000 pounds. There is no tension in this picture.When people believe that by spiritual power I have lifted 3,000 pounds, when it is all settled in the mind-world, then only I shall show this picture. Otherwise, people will not believe that I am lifting that much weight. Once they believe it, I will show the picture.
When Mahasamrat heard the news, he said, “I won’t believe it!” And then he said, “I have to believe it!”
24 January 1987
Sri Chinmoy, My weightlifting tears and smiles, part 3, Agni Press, 2004