My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 16

1 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May I be a heart-cry in my inner life

For You

And may I be a life-smile in my outer life

For You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 September 2000, 10:18 a.m. Before doing 600-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

3 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

A real God-seeker’s life

Is

A God-manifestation-fulfilment-promise.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 September 2000, 7:30 a.m. Before doing 600-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

3 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Only inside a self-giving heart

Is the home of peace.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 September 2000, 7:51 a.m. Before doing 800-lb. dumbbell bench press.

3 September 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Only when I sincerely

Love and serve the world

Do You allow my life to blossom

In Your own Heart-Garden.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 September 2000, 7:40 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

4 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life, my heart

And my breath

Be made of my God-gratitude-tears.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 September 2000, 10:51 p.m. Before doing 610-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

5 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

When my mind prays to You

And when my mind thinks of You

Most sincerely,

It sees ignorance-darkness-night-abyss

Nowhere.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 September 2000, 5:55 p.m. Before doing 610-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

5 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I am so fortunate that every day

Your Compassion-Eye-Flame-Waves

Feed my heart unconditionally.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 September 2000, 6:06 p.m. Before doing 800-lb. dumbbell bench press.

5 September 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My cheerfulness pleases You.

My soulfulness pleases You

Abundantly more.

My selflessness pleases You

Infinitely more.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 September 2000, 6:23 p.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

8 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Every day God enjoys watching

His Compassion-Eye

And my aspiration-heart

Playing together.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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8 September 2000, 9:13 a.m. Before doing 620-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

8 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My prayer-life teaches me

How to realise God.

My meditation-heart teaches me

How to manifest God

On earth.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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8 September 2000, 9:22 a.m. Before doing 800-lb. dumbbell bench press.

8 September 2000 (III)

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My weightlifting is my prayer-life

To inspire my sisters and brothers

Of the entire world.

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8 September 2000, 11:07 a.m. A prayerful message for television.

8 September 2000 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

When I soulfully pray,

I see myself seated

Inside God’s Dream-Boat

And God Himself is piloting the Boat.

When I sleeplessly meditate,

I see myself singing and smiling

At God’s Reality-Shore.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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8 September 2000, 9:36 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

8 September 2000 (V)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart always live

In the rainbow-beauty

Of glowing hopes.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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8 September 2000, 8:32 p.m. Before doing 630-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

8 September 2000 (VI)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life always live

In the mountain-height

Of lightning-promises.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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8 September 2000, 8:44 p.m. Before doing 820-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

9 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

O seeker,

Your God-Compassion-doubt

Is

Your spirituality’s immediate death.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 September 2000, 6:14 a.m. Before doing 640-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

9 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The Smiles of Your Compassion-Eye

Have liberated me from my mind’s

Bondage-ignorance-night-abyss.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 September 2000, 6:23 a.m. Before doing 840-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

9 September 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must conquer my mind’s frustrations.

I must conquer my heart’s depressions.

I must conquer my life’s failures.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 September 2000, 6:39 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift.

10 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I do not want You to be on my side.

I want my very existence on earth

To be always on Your side.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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10 September 2000, 6:43 a.m. Before doing 650-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

10 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May each morning be for me

A golden God-yearning, God-loving,

God-serving and God-manifesting

Opportunity.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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10 September 2000, 6:49 a.m. Before doing 850-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

10 September 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

How far my mind is away from God,

God alone knows.

But how far my heart is away from God,

Not only God knows but I also know.

The distance is most astonishingly

Negligible.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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10 September 2000, 7:01 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

12 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

When the human in me ascends,

You smile and smile and smile.

When the divine in me descends,

You cry and cry and cry.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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12 September 2000, 11:16 p.m. Before doing 660-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

12 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Will it ever happen

That I shall think of You

Before You think of me?

Will it ever happen

That I shall love You

Before You love me?

“My child, I shall help you.

When you succeed,

I shall be infinitely happier

Than you can ever imagine.”

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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12 September 2000, 11:29 p.m. Before doing 860-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

13 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My sleepless and breathless

God-gratitude-tears

Are infinitely sweeter and purer

Than anything else.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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13 September 2000, 8:45 a.m. Before doing 660-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

13 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My mind, there is only one way

To have happiness,

And that way is to surrender

To God’s Will

All the time.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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13 September 2000, 8:54 a.m. Before doing 860-lb. dumbbell bench press.

14 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

God will never allow a true seeker

To escape His Will.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 September 2000, 8:39 a.m. Before doing 670-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

14 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My mind,

Not thick attachment-fog,

But blue detachment-sky!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 September 2000, 8:50 a.m. Before doing 870-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

14 September 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The divine beauty of life

Depends on the purity of the mind.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 September 2000, 9:03 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

15 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my mind be silenced

By my soul’s ecstasy-breath.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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15 September 2000, 1:21 a.m. Before doing 680-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

15 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life be liberated

By my soul’s ecstasy-embrace.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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15 September 2000, 1:32 a.m. Before doing 880-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

16 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must aspire first,

Before I love God.

I must love God first,

Before I serve God.

I must serve God first,

Before I manifest God.

This is the only way

I can please God in His own Way.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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16 September 2000, 12:08 a.m. Before doing 700-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

16 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

God’s Compassion-Eye

Thrills my heart.

God’s Forgiveness-Feet

Thrill my heart abundantly more.

The Nectar-dust of God’s Feet

Thrills my heart infinitely more.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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16 September 2000, 12:27 a.m. Before doing 900-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

20 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Whenever I do anything unconditionally

For You,

I take You by surprise.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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20 September 2000, 6:35 p.m. Before doing 710-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

20 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

God tells me never to underestimate

The power of surrender.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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20 September 2000, 6:49 p.m. Before doing 910-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

20 September 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

God’s Silence-Smile

Is always eager to teach me.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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20 September 2000, 7:06 p.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

21 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

When I help the soul,

I reach a new goal.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 September 2000, 2:17 p.m. Before doing 720-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

21 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

A confusion-mind destroys

A golden dream of humankind.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 September 2000, 2:31 p.m. Before doing 920-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

22 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Compassion-Eye awakens me.

Your Forgiveness-Heart feeds me.

Your Protection-Feet illumine me

And my all.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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22 September 2000, 10:02 a.m. Before doing 730-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

22 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My God-aspiration has no finish line.

My God-realisation has no finish line.

My God-revelation has no finish line.

My God-manifestation has no finish line.

My Supreme,

You have given me the Message

Of sleepless and breathless

Self-transcendence.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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22 September 2000, 10:12 a.m. Before doing 930-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

25 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Every day I need an indomitable will

To succeed in my outer life

And to proceed in my inner life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 September 2000, 9:28 a.m. Before doing 740-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

25 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my heart and my life,

Like my soul-bird,

Fly in Infinity’s Sky,

Singing the Victory-Songs

Of my Lord Absolute Beloved Supreme.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 September 2000, 9:41 a.m. Before doing 940-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

26 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my life be a constant

Inspiration-service to humanity.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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26 September 2000, 9:50 a.m. Before doing 740-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

28 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May I have a new name: Grace,

And this name will be all Yours.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 September 2000, 8:51 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

28 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Grace, Your Grace, Your Grace!

An iota of Your Grace

Can make my heart beautiful

And my life fruitful.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 September 2000, 9:03 a.m. Before doing 950-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

28 September 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your unconditional Grace

Is my heart’s only hope for goodness

And my life’s only promise for greatness.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 September 2000, 9:15 a.m. Before doing 750-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

29 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

In the worlds of God-realisation

And God-manifestation,

Time never runs out.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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29 September 2000, 6:05 p.m. Before doing 760-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

29 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

It is an extremely difficult task

For the mind to learn even one

God-surrender-song.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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29 September 2000, 6:12 p.m. Before doing 960-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

30 September 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Compassion is boundless.

Your Forgiveness is boundless.

Alas, yet I fail to love You

Wholeheartedly.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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30 September 2000, 9:43 p.m. Before doing 770-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

30 September 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Compassion-Eye

Awakens my heart.

Your Forgiveness-Heart

Fulfils my life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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30 September 2000, 9:56 p.m. Before doing 970-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

1 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Since everything has an end,

I am sure my desire-life

Also will come to an end.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 October 2000, 9:03 p.m. Before doing 780-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record.

1 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My mind says: punishment.

My heart says: enlightenment.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 October 2000, 9:13 p.m. Before doing 980-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record.

2 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My mind says to me:

God is only for Sunday worship.

My heart says to me:

God is not only for everyday worship,

But also for every hour, every minute

And every second worship.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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2 October 2000, 1:56 p.m. Before doing 800-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. New record and ultimate goal.

2 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

God wants my heart

To be His own Beauty’s angel.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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2 October 2000, 2:09 p.m. Before doing 1,000-lb. dumbbell bench press. New record and ultimate goal.

3 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my Lord Beloved Absolute Supreme

Always find me willing, eager

And self-giving.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 October 2000, 8:31 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

3 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Compassion and Concern

Have travelled far and long

To meet with an unconditionally

Surrendered seeker.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 October 2000, 10:40 a.m. Before doing 800-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

4 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My desire-mind leads me

To greatness-might.

My aspiration-heart leads me

To goodness-delight.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 October 2000, 7:21 p.m. Before doing 800-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

4 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Two things I really love:

My heart’s aspiration-height

And

My life’s dedication-delight.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 October 2000, 7:37 p.m. Before doing 1,000-lb. dumbbell bench press.

5 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You are telling me that

My prayers to You

Shall save my life

And my meditations on You

Shall fulfil my heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 October 2000, 7:33 p.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

5 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The human in me enjoys

Resting and sleeping.

The divine in me enjoys

Serving and manifesting.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 October 2000, 7:47 p.m. Before doing 1,000-lb. dumbbell bench press.

5 October 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Alas, my ego-mind cannot appreciate

My Lord’s Compassion-flooded Presence.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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5 October 2000, 8:01 p.m. Before doing 800-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

7 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You are telling me

That the devotion-tears

Of my gratitude-heart

Are extremely precious to You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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7 October 2000, 2:26 p.m. Before doing 800-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. 1,300th prayer.

7 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The beauty of my life

Lies in the God-worshipping tears

Of my heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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7 October 2000, 2:31 p.m. Before doing 1,000-lb. dumbbell bench press. 1,301st prayer.

9 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

With God-loving tears

I came into the world.

With God-serving smiles

I shall depart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 October 2000, 10:20 a.m. Before doing 800-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

9 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

A selfless action is immediately followed

By a sweet satisfaction.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 October 2000, 10:29 a.m. Before doing 1,000-lb. dumbbell bench press.

9 October 2000 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

A heart of depth

Is a life of height, light

And delight.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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9 October 2000, 10:54 a.m. Before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift three times.

14 October 2000 (I)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Alas, I have two serious problems:

My mind is dry;

My heart cannot cry.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 October 2000, 9:46 a.m. Before doing 800-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

14 October 2000 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Faith, more faith.

That means

Joy, more joy.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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14 October 2000, 10:04 a.m. Before doing 1,000-lb. dumbbell bench press.

14 October 2000 (III)1

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My physical weightlifting-journey ends,

But my spiritual God-crying-journey

Shall never end.

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MP:1306. 14 October 2000. Sri Chinmoy offered this final prayerful message as he concluded his weightlifting endeavours since resuming weightlifting on 29 September 1998. During this period of two years and fifteen days, he has offered 1,307 prayers.

Editor's preface to the first edition

These prayers were offered by Sri Chinmoy as part of his weightlifting sessions at his home in New York in September and October 2000.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 16, Agni Press, 2000
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