My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 1

Author's introduction

Every day, with folded hands, I give these prayers for you, for humanity. I do this not for myself. I do it for all my spiritual children. I do not think about what I am going to say on any particular day. I just throw myself into the Universal Consciousness and identify myself with this person or that person. It is like plucking a flower from a garden. The flower that I like most, I take. I see that one particular prayer is most appropriate for that person on that day. Tomorrow I will identify with someone else. It is all oneness, oneness, oneness. Where my spiritual children are, I also am there. If you take me to hell, even there I will go, but with the hope that one day I will be able to bring you to Heaven. — Sri Chinmoy

30 September 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I do not know what I am doing,

But I do know that You know

What You are doing

In and through me

For Your own Manifestation-Light

Here on earth

And for Your own Satisfaction-Delight

There in Heaven.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

30 September 1998, 4:53 a.m. Before lifting 127 lbs with each arm once.

1 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

When I cry for You,

The Beauty of Your Eye

Embraces my heart.

When I smile at You,

The Fragrance of Your Heart

Pilots my life-boat

To Your own Golden Shore

Of the ever-transcending Beyond.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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1 October 1998, 2:33 a.m. Before lifting 83 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

1 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My prayer to God tells me

How far away my mind is

From God.

My meditation on God tells me

How close my heart is

To God.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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1 October 1998, 8:40 a.m. Before lifting 140 lbs with each arm twice.

2 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May my self-giving

Remain ever-increasing

To see Your creation smiling

And Your Heartbeats dancing.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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2 October 1998, 3:02 a.m. Before lifting 150 lbs with each arm once.

2 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Your Compassion-Eye

Spoke a Nectar-Word

To my aspiration-heart

And changed my life entirely.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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2 October 1998, 7:08 p.m. Before lifting 160 lbs with each arm twice.

3 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May I prayerfully breathe in Love

From Your Heart

And soulfully breathe out peace

To all my brothers and sisters

Of the world.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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3 October 1998, 4:27 a.m. Before lifting 93 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

5 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

O God-faith-heart-telescope,

I love you, I love you, I love you.

O God-doubt-mind-microscope,

I detest you, I detest you, I detest you.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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5 October 1998, 1:31 a.m. Before lifting 180 lbs with each arm three times.

5 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

O greatness-mind,

You are a part-time God-worshipper.

O goodness-heart,

You are a full-time God-worshipper,

God-lover, God-server

And God-fulfiller

Here on earth and there in Heaven.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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5 October 1998, 1:42 a.m. Before lifting 100 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

5 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My mind tells God that it wants to be

A great leader of mankind.

God says to my mind,

“My son, wait, wait.

When the time arrives,

I shall inform you.”

My heart tells God that it wishes to be

A humble server of mankind.

God says to my heart,

“My child, My child, come!

Come and sit with Me

On My Golden Throne;

Embrace Me, embrace Me,

I am all yours.

I have so many things, My child,

For you to do for Me.

You may begin here and now.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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5 October 1998, 1:50 a.m. Before lifting 131 lbs fifty times. (25 right, 25 left)

6 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May my heart love You

Exactly the way my soul loves You.

May my life need You

Exactly the way my heart needs You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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6 October 1998, 7:00 a.m. Before lifting 190 lbs with each arm once.

6 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May my past life

Not remain in me as a thorn.

May my present life

Be the beauty of my heart.

May my future life

Be the fragrance of my soul.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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6 October 1998, 7:10 a.m. Before lifting 110 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

6 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Do stop my mind’s

Wild interruptions

When You and I enjoy

Our heart-to-heart

Power-conversations.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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6 October 1998, 7:20 a.m. Before lifting 137 lbs fifty times. (25 right, 25 left)

6 October 1998 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My dear Supreme, My Lord Supreme,

My Beloved Supreme,

My Absolute Lord Beloved Supreme,

To You I bow,

To You I bow.

My prayer

Is my God-search.

My meditation

Is my God-discovery.

My prayer

Is my God-love-infancy-cry.

My meditation

Is my God-oneness-intimacy-smile.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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6 October 1998, 8:27 p.m. Before lifting 200 lbs nine times. (5 right, 4 left)

10 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Do transform my heart, my mind,

My vital and my body

In the Compassion-Flames

Of Your Love-Sun.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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10 October 1998, 3:57 a.m. Before lifting 210 lbs with left arm eight times.

10 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

O humanity’s mind,

Love God, love God, love God.

If you love God,

You will never run the risk

Of entering into the darkness-abyss.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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10 October 1998, 4:07 a.m. Before unsuccessfully attempting to lift 120 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

10 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Out of Your infinite Bounty,

You have freed my soul

From all weaknesses.

Can You not do the same

For my heart, mind, vital and body?

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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10 October 1998, 4:17 a.m. Before lifting 120 lbs fifty times with left arm only.

15 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Many, many difficulties I have

In every aspect of my life.

That does not mean

That I shall doubt You

Or I shall doubt myself.

No, I shall just take shelter

Under Your Protection-Canopy,

And with the help

Of Your Compassion-flooded Eye,

I shall conquer all my difficulties

Within and without.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 October 1998, 3:27 a.m. Before lifting 220 lbs with each arm five times.

15 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

You are far beyond my clasp,

Yet You have chosen

To be within my easy clasp.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I do not dare to claim You,

Yet You have chosen me to claim You

As my own, very own.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 October 1998, 3:40 a.m. Before unsuccessfully attempting to lift 120 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

15 October 1998 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

There is only one real failure in my life,

And that failure is

When I do not come to You

Lovingly, cheerfully and self-givingly.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 October 1998, 3:53 a.m. Before lifting 120 lbs fifty times. (25 right, 25 left)

16 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May the doubting mind of the world

Accept the all-illumining Light

Of the world’s Inner Pilot,

And that Inner Pilot is You

And You

And nobody else.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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16 October 1998, 8:18 a.m. Before lifting 230 lbs with each arm four times.

18 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Every morning You stand before me

With Your infinite Compassion-Light.

Alas, alas, I do not know how

To receive Your Light.

Please, my Lord,

Since You take the trouble

Of coming to me every morning

With Your infinite Light,

Will You not teach me how to receive

Even an iota of Your Light

To transform my nature

And fulfil You inside my life?

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 October 1998, 10:40 a.m. Before lifting 240 lbs with each arm four times.

18 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My Beloved Supreme,

Only when Your unconditional Grace

Descends,

My heart, my life

And everything that I have and am

Can ascend.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 October 1998, 10:50 a.m. Before unsuccessfully attempting to lift 120 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

18 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My happiness is the creation

Of Your Feet.

My happiness is the inspiration

Of Your Eye.

My happiness is the manifestation

Of Your Life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

[After completing the lifts:]

My Lord, I have made a new record. Your unconditional Grace has enabled me to make a new record in my bodyweight lift.

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18 October 1998, 10:55 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times (50 right, 50 left in 2 sets) for a new record of 2 mins 45.07 secs.

20 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

The closer my heart and I come to You,

The harder my mind and vital strike You.

Why? Why? Why?

Why do You not stop my mind and vital

From this wild insolence-behaviour?

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

20 October 1998, 4:01 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs with each arm four times.

20 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

You are telling me that it is Your task

To hide my mind’s ignorance-night,

And it is my task to bring to the fore

My heart’s wisdom-light.

My Supreme, I am all gratitude to You,

All gratitude to You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

20 October 1998, 4:17 a.m. Before unsuccessfully attempting to lift 120 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

20 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My soul has placed its victory-crown

At Your Lotus-Feet

Lovingly, prayerfully and self-givingly.

May my heart, mind, vital and body

Do exactly the same.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

[After completing the lift:]

My Supreme, at long last I have done it, with Your boundless Grace. It is not my capacity, it is Your Compassion that has enabled me to lift up 120 pounds. It is Your Compassion, Your Compassion, Your Compassion and not my capacity.

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20 October 1998, 11:25 p.m. Before successfully lifting 120 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

21 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Do give me what You have:

Your Infinity’s Compassion-Power,

And do receive from me what I am:

My mortality’s surrender-strength.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 October 1998, 8:02 p.m. Before lifting 250 lbs with each arm four times.

21 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Please do not allow me to pray to You

For the removal of my sufferings.

Please allow me to pray to You

Only to conquer all my sufferings.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 October 1998, 8:11 p.m. Before lifting 125 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

23 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May this be my last prayerful promise:

I shall never, never, never

Lose faith in You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 October 1998, 5:15 a.m. Before lifting 270 lbs with each arm four times.

23 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

The world cannot see You,

But You can see the world.

May this Blessing

Be enough for the world.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 October 1998, 5:23 a.m. Before lifting 130 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

23 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

We do not realise

That in order to be perfect

In our outer life,

We must be perfect

In our inner heart first.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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23 October 1998, 5:29 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times (50 right, 50 left) for a new record of 2 mins 40 secs.

24 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Voices I hear, inner and outer,

That lead me nowhere.

Yours is the only Voice,

My Lord Supreme,

That is carrying me

To Your Golden Shore.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 October 1998, 7:10 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

24 October 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Please tell me when I am going to learn

That I am nothing,

I can do nothing.

Everything is done in and through me

By You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 October 1998, 7:19 a.m. Before lifting 130 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

24 October 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Although the world does not love me,

The world does not need me,

My Supreme,

I want to love the world,

I want to need the world.

If I can love the world

And if I can need the world,

Then I shall be able to blossom

In my heart-garden

With the purity of a lotus

And the beauty of a rose.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 October 1998, 7:28 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

24 October 1998 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

No dream of mine will ever be lost,

For I know that Your choice Hour

Will fulfil all my soulful dreams.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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24 October 1998, 11:37 p.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

24 October 1998 (V)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

O pleasures and pains,

You are not of me.

Therefore, how do you dare

To claim me as your own,

Very own?

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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24 October 1998, 11:45 p.m. Before lifting 130 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

27 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My prayer waits for Your Arrival.

My meditation opens my life-door

For You.

My contemplation begs You to occupy

My heart-seat.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

27 October 1998, 7:26 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

28 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

No more ingratitude in my thoughts.

No more ingratitude in my words.

No more ingratitude in my actions.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

28 October 1998, 2:11 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

30 October 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I am fulfilling three supreme Commands

Of Yours:

I am loving my prayer-life.

I am loving my temple-heart.

I am loving my shrine-breath.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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30 October 1998, 6:24 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

1 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Marathon I run, marathon I run,

Marathon —

To be the smile of Your Infinity’s Dawn.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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1 November 1998, 6:20 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times. (The morning of the New York City Marathon.)

2 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May Your Light dispel my mind’s

Darkness number one: ignorance.

May Your Oneness dispel my life’s

Weakness number one: ingratitude.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

2 November 1998, 6:19 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm five times.

3 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Where is my ultimate victory?

My victory is inside

My heart’s God-gratitude-tears;

My victory is inside

My life’s God-surrender-smiles.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

3 November 1998, 5:02 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

4 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Every day I pray to You

Only for one thing:

May today be the last day

Of my desire-life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

4 November 1998, 4:02 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

6 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My Lord Beloved Supreme,

Do break me into millions of pieces

Before, long before,

My ego plans to break me.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

6 November 1998, 4:23 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

7 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May my life-boat ply

Between my singleness-mind

And

My oneness-heart

Every day.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

7 November 1998, 4:03 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

8 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My heart’s inner conviction-power

Is my life’s outer manifestation-delight.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

8 November 1998, 5:37 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

9 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

The material poverty of the human life

Pitifully cries.

The spiritual poverty of the human heart

Profusely bleeds.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

9 November 1998, 4:24 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

9 November 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

How can a true peace-dreamer

Be a stranger to me?

No, he is my friend,

He is my brother,

He is my oneness-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

9 November 1998, 4:32 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm two times.

9 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I am extremely, extremely, extremely

Grateful to You,

For You have chosen my heart

To be Your keynote speaker

All the time,

And not my confusing

And confused mind —

Never!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

9 November 1998, 4:40 a.m. Before lifting 140 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

9 November 1998 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My mind teaches me

How to forget You easily.

My heart teaches me

How to get You immediately.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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9 November 1998, 4:48 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

15 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

God, when I call You

My Lord Supreme,

I happily run faster than the fastest.

God, when I call You

My Lord Beloved Supreme,

I proudly fly higher than the highest.

God, when I call You

My Lord Beloved Absolute Supreme,

I self-givingly dive

Deeper than the deepest.

God, when I just call You

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

We immediately claim each other

For Eternity

In the heart of Your Infinity’s Home.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 November 1998, 1:58 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

15 November 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My heart-door is wide open.

Please do not stay outside like a dream,

But do come in and become a reality

In my life-breath.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 November 1998, 2:09 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

15 November 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My mind did not help me at all

To realise You.

My heart helped me in every way

To realise You.

And now my heart is the only one

That is helping me

And will forever help me

To manifest You completely

Here on earth.

Therefore, I have found my true friend

In my heart,

And my heart has found a true friend

In my life.

And my heart, my life and I

Know that there is only one Friend

To please,

And that Friend is You, my Lord —

You, with Your Compassion-Eye,

You, with Your Forgiveness-Heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 November 1998, 2:18 a.m. Before lifting 140 lbs with each arm simultaneously two times.

15 November 1998 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I am not perfectly happy

When I love You.

I am not perfectly happy

When I serve You.

I am not perfectly happy

When I make my complete surrender

To Your Will.

I am completely happy

Only when I sleeplessly

And breathlessly claim You

As my own, very own.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 November 1998, 2:25 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

15 November 1998 (V)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My mind wants to enjoy

Itself only.

My heart wants to enjoy

Only You —

Your Compassion-Eye,

Your Forgiveness-Feet

And

Your Satisfaction-Heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 November 1998, 6:28 p.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

15 November 1998 (VI)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I am asking You to bless me

With satisfaction.

You are telling me that right now

What I need from You

Is instruction,

And not satisfaction.

Satisfaction will come in its own way

At the right time.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 November 1998, 6:37 p.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

15 November 1998 (VII)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I am so grateful to You for allowing me

To watch the hide-and-seek game

That is being played by my purity-mind

And my sweetness-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

15 November 1998, 6:43 p.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

16 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

According to my mind,

My perfection is suspicion.

According to my heart,

My perfection is hesitation.

According to my soul,

My perfection is satisfaction.

According to me,

My perfection is Compassion —

Your Compassion,

Your unreserved Compassion,

Your unconditional Compassion.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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16 November 1998, 6:52 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

16 November 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

You are asking me to tell

The whole world

That the aspiration-barrenness-sickness

Is definitely curable, curable, curable.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

16 November 1998, 7:02 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

16 November 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May my mind always remain

Wide awake, anxious and eager

To run towards You

To make You happy.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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16 November 1998, 7:06 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

16 November 1998 (IV)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

When I touched the God-realisation

Finish line,

You said to me, “My child,

I am extremely happy with you;

I am extremely proud of you.

But if you want Me to be

Infinitely more pleased with you

And infinitely more proud of you,

Then you must continue running

And reach the God-manifestation

Finish line.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

16 November 1998, 7:11 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

17 November 1998

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I know, I know, I know,

No volcano-mind-determination,

No success-life-glory.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

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17 November 1998, 6:06 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

17 November 1998 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I know, I know, I know,

No mountain-heart-aspiration,

No progress-life-happiness.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

17 November 1998, 6:14 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

17 November 1998 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Alas, why do we allow our body’s fear

And our mind’s doubt

To weaken our heart’s faith in You?

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

17 November 1998, 6:19 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

17 November 1998 (IV)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

What is the meaning of disobedience?

“My child, My child,

Disobedience means an unavoidable

Disaster-life.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

17 November 1998, 6:24 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

18 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I am happy

When You guide my heart.

I am more happy

When You govern my mind.

I am infinitely more happy

When You enslave my life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 November 1998, 6:33 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

18 November 1998 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I do not learn my age

From the earthly calendar.

I learn my age

From my life-surrender to the Will

Of Your Compassion-Eye.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 November 1998, 6:40 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

18 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I do not need and I do not want

An exciting mind and an exciting vital.

My Supreme, I need from You

Only an inspiring mind

And an energising vital.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 November 1998, 6:48 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

18 November 1998 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

An ocean-vast fact-knowledge

Cannot properly guide my life,

But an iota of wisdom-delight

Can guide my life properly,

And it is doing so.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

18 November 1998, 6:54 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

21 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Please, please promise to me

That You will never allow

My aspiration-lotus-heart

To wither.

“Never, My child, never!

Your aspiration-lotus-heart

Shall blossom and blossom and blossom.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 November 1998, 4:45 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm four times.

21 November 1998 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My Heaven

Is inside Your Compassion-Eye.

My Heaven’s Heaven

Is at Your Forgiveness-Feet.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 November 1998, 4:52 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

21 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Everything else can be separated,

But two things can never, never

Be separated:

Your Compassion-Eye

And

Your Forgiveness-Heart.

These two abide eternally together.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 November 1998, 4:57 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

21 November 1998 (IV)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

May my heart aspire

To Your complete Satisfaction.

May my life serve

To Your complete Satisfaction.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

21 November 1998, 5:03 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times (50 right, 50 left) for a new record of 2 mins 13 secs.

22 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I know, I know, I know,

Far above

All human punishment-laws

Is Your Forgiveness-Heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

22 November 1998, 5:21 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm twelve times. (in three sets)

22 November 1998 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

For me, the only way of living

Is my prayerful, soulful

And self-giving life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

22 November 1998, 5:28 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

22 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

With Your infinite Grace

I am discovering

My yesterday’s weaknesses

To uncover

My tomorrow’s strengths.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

22 November 1998, 5:34 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

22 November 1998 (IV)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Every day

I prayerfully and gratefully watch

My full God-manifestation-hope

Blossoming

At Your Compassion-flooded Feet.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

22 November 1998, 5:41 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times (50 right, 50 left) for a new record of 2 mins 6.36 secs.

23 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

You do not allow impossibility-plant

To grow in my life’s service-garden.

Such is Your Compassion for me!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 November 1998, 6:01 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs with each arm twenty-nine times. (in four sets)

23 November 1998 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Do give me the strength of self-giving.

In self-giving alone lies

My peace of mind

And

My heart of fulfilment.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 November 1998, 6:07 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

23 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The mind

Secretly and openly enjoys

Scattering disobedience-thoughts.

The heart

Prayerfully and self-givingly enjoys

The beauty and fragrance of obedience.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 November 1998, 6:13 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

23 November 1998 (IV)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Smile, smile, smile,

So that my heart and I can feel

That You still love us.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Smile, smile, smile,

So that my life and I can know

That You still need us.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

23 November 1998, 6:18 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred and one times. (49 right, 52 left)

24 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Why is it

That You are more pleased with me

When I play with You

Than when I pray to You?

“My child, just because

When you play with Me

You are more sincere

Than when you pray to Me.

A very difficult question,

But a very simple answer!”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 November 1998, 5:15 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs eighty times. (40 right, 40 left in four sets)

24 November 1998 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

You want me to offer You

Pure devotion at every moment.

My Supreme, I am all ready.

My heart is ready,

My mind is ready,

My vital is ready

And

My body is ready

To offer You devotion

At every moment.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 November 1998, 5:23 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

24 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

My outer failure

Is my inner eye-opener.

My outer success

Is the beginning

Of my life’s new dream.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 November 1998, 5:31 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

24 November 1998 (IV)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

God-doubt is the most ruthless

Self-torture.

God-faith is Infinity’s

Self-rapture.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

24 November 1998, 5:37 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times (50 right, 50 left) for a new record of 1 min 32.07 secs.

25 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Please tell me how I can free myself

From my earth-bound limited self.

“My child, just go and stay

All the time

With your Heaven-free unlimited Self.

Your earth-bound limited self

Will not dare to follow you.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

25 November 1998, 4:59 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left in five sets)

25 November 1998 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I am extremely grateful to You

For telling me that

I need more sincerity

In my aspiration

And more faithfulness

In my devotion,

So that I can have a peaceful mind

And a blissful heart

Beyond measure.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

25 November 1998, 5:07 a.m. Before lifting 200 lbs with each arm once.

25 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

You are compassionately asking me

To correct and perfect

My unbelief and disbelief-mind,

So that I can be sleeplessly

And breathlessly happy.

My Supreme,

I shall fulfil Your kind Request.

I shall fulfil Your supreme Command.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

25 November 1998, 5:14 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

25 November 1998 (IV)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I must choose only one thing:

Your Forgiveness-Delight,

Even though I do not know

When I shall experience it.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

25 November 1998, 5:21 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs one hundred times. (50 right, 50 left)

27 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

The more faith I have in You,

The sooner You claim me

As Your own, very own.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

27 November 1998, 4:46 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs one hundred and four times (50 right, 50 left in five sets, plus two extra, higher lifts with each arm). The morning of Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting demonstration at York College, in which he performed thirty-three feats of strength.

27 November 1998 (II)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

When I say that

Each and every human being is my friend,

I tell a lie.

When I say that

I have many, many friends,

It is another lie.

But when I say that

I have only one Friend,

And that Friend

Is my Lord Beloved Supreme,

Then I tell the Absolute Truth.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

27 November 1998, 5:03 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs with each arm simultaneously.

27 November 1998 (III)

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I have perfect faith in my faith.

The faith that has brought me to You

Will place me at Your Feet

And will keep me at Your Feet

Forever and forever and forever.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

27 November 1998, 5:09 a.m. Before lifting 145 lbs ninety-seven times. (48 right, 49 left)

30 November 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Today marks

A new beginning of my life,

A new hope of my heart

And

A new promise of my soul.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

30 November 1998, 6:14 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs, one hundred times with two arms and one hundred times with one arm. (50 right, 50 left in five sets)

1 December 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

I do not need self-confidence.

I need only one thing:

Your Grace, Your Grace, Your Grace.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

1 December 1998, 4:42 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs, one hundred times with two arms and one hundred times with one arm. (50 right, 50 left in five sets)

2 December 1998

```

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Since You are my Source

Of Infinity’s Peace,

Infinity’s Light

And

Infinity’s Delight,

I must live inside my Source

And nowhere else, nowhere else.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

```

☙

2 December 1998, 8:31 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs, one hundred times with two arms and one hundred times with one arm. (50 right, 50 left in five sets)

Editor's preface to the first edition

The prayers in this volume were offered by Sri Chinmoy during his early-morning weightlifting workouts between 30 September 1998 and 2 December 1998 in New York.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 1, Agni Press, 1999
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/mp_1