Conversation with Mahasamrat

Sri Chinmoy: I read in one book, and I watched a documentary also, that when Canada’s strongest man, Louis Cyr, used to lift very heavy weights, they would place a piece of paper, just one sheet of a newspaper, under the weight. Then when he would lift the weight, they removed the sheet as the proof that he had successfully lifted that heavy weight. So my lifts also will be like that. We can put two or three sheets when I lift heavy weights, like 700 pounds.

Mahasamrat: There’s a lot of mystery about things such as that, Guru. Louis Cyr was such a strong individual. He, like you, in many instances, did lifts at that particular time that other people just could not comprehend. When other individuals were doing lifts along with him, he outdid everybody in every lift that they decided to do. And you’re unique in the fact that you do what you want to do, not what somebody else wants you to do. And I think you’re very smart in doing that.

Sri Chinmoy (after a video of his weightlifting is shown): See what your encouragement can do. I owe everything to you when it comes to weightlifting. This is what your encouragement can do. My goal was 700 pounds. I wanted to stop there. But God has his own Plan, and I practised and practised, and lifted the weight a little higher.

The two discussed the International Federation of Strength Athletes (IFSA Strongman) competition in Philadelphia in several weeks, where the four strongest American men will challenge the four strongest athletes from the rest of the world. The IFSA President had asked Sri Chinmoy to lift the athletes.