My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 6

1 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please bless me

With a new heart, new mind,

New vital, new body

And new life.

I shall not allow my new heart,

New mind, new vital, new body

And new life

To drown in expectation-ocean.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 June 1999, 6:38 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

1 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today we shall all invite You

To come and watch

Our world-oneness-exhibit-art.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 June 1999, 6:48 a.m.

1 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May my ever-blossoming faith-heart

Always remain inaccessible

To my doubting mind.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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1 June 1999, 7:07 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-seven times with one arm. (28 right, 29 left)

2 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My God-obedience must never be

Fearful and regretful.

My God-obedience has to be always

Prayerful, soulful, cheerful

And peaceful.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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2 June 1999, 7:22 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

2 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Without Your Compassion-Eye,

Your Protection-Feet

And Your Forgiveness-Heart,

My life is artificial, superficial,

Meaningless and useless.

My Supreme, with Your Compassion-Eye,

Your Protection-Feet

And Your Forgiveness-Heart,

My life is beautiful, prayerful,

Meaningful and fruitful.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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2 June 1999, 7:36 a.m.

3 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Yesterday I was a most devoted slave

Of the desire-world.

Today, out of Your infinite Bounty,

You have made me a choice child

Of Your Heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 June 1999, 6:29 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

3 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Do turn my life into

A sleeplessly hungry heart

At Your Lotus-Feet.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 June 1999, 6:40 a.m.

3 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I was born to be

A lover of Your Dreams

And a server of Your Realities.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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3 June 1999, 7:12 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-seven times with one arm. (28 right, 29 left)

4 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I shall never give up,

I shall never give up!

I must continue,

I must continue!

I know my Goal is ahead,

And I am destined to reach my Goal.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 June 1999, 8:43 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

4 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today I must increase

My mind’s simplicity,

My heart’s sincerity,

My life’s purity

And my God-necessity

In incredible measure.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 June 1999, 8:53 a.m.

4 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May Your Victory supreme

Be proclaimed

By my soul, my heart, my mind,

My vital and my body

At every moment

Lovingly, soulfully and self-givingly.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 June 1999, 9:15 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. five times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

4 June 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

No matter how badly

Everything goes wrong in my life,

My soul and I shall smile.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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4 June 1999, 9:25 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-one times with one arm. (25 right, 26 left)

15 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The human law

Is very, very painful.

The divine Grace

Is extremely, extremely beautiful,

Fruitful and blissful.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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15 June 1999, 8:25 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

Note: This was Sri Chinmoy’s first day of lifting since June 4th, when he left New York to visit his brother Mantu in India. He returned on June 11th.

15 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The earthly arrival of a soul

Is an experience-beauty.

The Heavenly departure of a soul

Is a realisation-fragrance.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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15 June 1999, 8:29 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

15 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The human birth

Is an unknown journey.

The divine death

Is an unknowable Goal.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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15 June 1999, 8:45 a.m.

15 June 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The human in us

Cries and cries and cries

Because it does not know

Who God is

And where God is.

Who is God?

He who is at once

Knowable and unknowable.

Where is God?

God is everywhere,

But in a seeker’s aspiration-heart

He is infinitely more visible.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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15 June 1999, 9:07 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

15 June 1999 (V)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My God is not

In my Heavenly Home.

My God is only

In my aspiration-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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15 June 1999, 9:10 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (26 right, 26 left)

17 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

O my heart-breaking disappointments,

Today I shall deal with you,

Today I shall fight against you,

Today I shall conquer you!

If I do not conquer you,

How can I ever have

A God-appointment?

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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17 June 1999, 8:41 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

17 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must keep

All my God-fulfilment-promises,

I must!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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17 June 1999, 8:58 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

17 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

From today on I shall live

Only by Your Standards

And not by man-made standards.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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17 June 1999, 9:05 a.m.Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (25 right, 27 left)

17 June 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today my heart, my mind and my life

Have very special prayers for You.

Please fulfil their soulful prayers.

My heart is begging You

To protect me.

My mind is begging You

To guide me.

My life is begging You

To lead me.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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17 June 1999, 9:17 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

19 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My heart’s ever-blossoming

Faith in You

Is my life’s most precious treasure.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 June 1999, 8:32 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

19 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The songs

Of my God-devotion-heart

Are my only real friends.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 June 1999, 8:41 a.m.

19 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Do give me

The light of patience

And the delight of patience.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 June 1999, 9:00 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

19 June 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I must value my life’s

God-love, God-devotion

And God-surrender-exercises

Infinitely more

Than anything else.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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19 June 1999, 9:07 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-three times with one arm. (26 right, 27 left)

21 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The dark bitterness of the mind

Has to be conquered by

The bright sweetness of the heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 June 1999, 9:17 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

21 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The bright sweetness of the heart

Has to be increased

In infinite measure by

The immortal forgiveness of the soul.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 June 1999, 9:25 a.m.

21 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May I live far beyond the domain

Of success and failure-life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 June 1999, 9:48 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. four times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

21 June 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You are telling me

That You are with me and for me.

Therefore, I must not be afraid of

Saying what I am supposed to say,

Doing what I am supposed to do

And becoming

What I am supposed to become.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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21 June 1999, 9:51 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-five times with one arm. (28 right, 27 left)

22 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your Compassion-Smiles

Are the fulfilment

Of all my heart-dreams.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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22 June 1999, 7:01 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

22 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Your express Commands

Are the fulfilment

Of all my life-desires.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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22 June 1999, 7:08 a.m. Before using standing double-arm machine up to 210 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 250 lbs. with each arm separately.

22 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today I am making a solemn promise

To You

That my heart, my mind, my vital

And my body

Will not keep You waiting

Any more.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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22 June 1999, 7:20 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. four times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

22 June 1999 (IV)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

May each and every prayer of mine

Be more sincere, more pure, more soulful

And more self-giving

Than the previous one.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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22 June 1999, 7:31 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-six times with one arm. (27 right, 29 left)

23 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My soul was born

To be Your dreamer,

My heart was born

To be Your lover,

My mind, my vital and my body were born

To be Your servers,

And my life was born

To be Your messenger.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 June 1999, 7:24 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

23 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You come and go,

You come and go,

You come and go.

But this time when You come, I shall,

On the strength of my heart-tears,

Not allow You to go.

I shall keep You permanently

Inside my heart, my mind, my vital

And my body

Without fail!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 June 1999, 7:35 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

23 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I shall deeply value

Even a blade of grass

If it helps me increase

My love for You,

My devotion to You

And my surrender to You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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23 June 1999, 7:47 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-six times with one arm. (29 right, 27 left)

24 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

From now on

I shall soulfully pray to You

For my heart’s progress

And no more pitifully cry to You

For my life’s success.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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24 June 1999, 4:28 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

24 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Please, please save me from my mind.

My mind every day, every hour,

Every minute, every second

Forces me to run with it

Wherever it goes.

I am already so tired,

Extremely tired!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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24 June 1999, 4:35 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. four times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

24 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I have come to realise

That my mind’s humility

Comes from my heart’s

Indomitable will-power.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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24 June 1999, 4:46 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-two times with one arm. (26 right, 26 left)

25 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Somebody has to reach

The Transcendental Beyond.

What is wrong with me?

What is wrong with my heart,

My mind, my vital and my body?

Let me try.

Let us try together

To reach the Transcendental Beyond.

We must succeed, we must!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 June 1999, 7:42 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

25 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Somebody has to make

His love, devotion and surrender

Unconditional.

What is wrong with me?

What is wrong with my heart,

My mind, my vital and my body?

I shall try.

We shall try together

To become unconditional.

We must succeed, we must!

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 June 1999, 7:52 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

25 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I am telling the whole world

What my faith in You

Is doing now.

My faith in You is laughing

At my mind’s stupid and feeble,

Feeble and stupid

Boasting.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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25 June 1999, 8:04 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-six times with one arm. (27 right, 29 left)

26 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My soul’s God-blessed and God-given

Peace

Is immensely increasing

The beauty of my outer life

And the fragrance of my inner life.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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26 June 1999, 7:34 a.m. 14th Weightlifting Anniversary. Before using seated double-arm machine.

26 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Today I must challenge

The strength of my life’s

Bondage-chains

With my soul’s indomitable will.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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26 June 1999, 7:41 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

26 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Out of Your infinite Bounty,

Centuries ago You blessed me

With the God-realisation

That far transcended

Heaven’s Summits.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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26 June 1999, 7:57 a.m. Before lifting 300 lbs. fifty-four times with one arm. (28 right, 26 left)

28 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

My life’s God-surrender-songs

Are the most favourite songs

Of my aspiration-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 June 1999, 7:38 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously.

28 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

From life to death,

From death to life

I travel,

Carrying the message

Of Your universal Victory.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 June 1999, 7:46 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

28 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Every morning during my meditation,

You play Your Compassion-Flute

For my aspiration-heart

And You play Your Concern-Violin

For my dedication-life.

My Supreme, I am all gratitude to You.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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28 June 1999, 8:01 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. fifty-eight times with one arm. (29 right, 29 left)

30 June 1999

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I wish to regain

My happiness-heart.

Do allow me to sit at Your Feet

And pray and meditate

Day and night

To regain my childhood happiness-heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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30 June 1999, 8:42 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously and 190 lbs. with each arm separately.

30 June 1999 (II)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

You are telling me

That if I start laughing,

Then You will start smashing

One by one

All my problems.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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30 June 1999, 8:52 a.m. Before lifting 250 lbs. three times with both arms simultaneously. (Total: 500 lbs.)

30 June 1999 (III)

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

I need only two things

In this life:

I need the Beauty

Of Your Compassion-Eye;

I need the Fragrance

Of Your Forgiveness-Heart.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

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30 June 1999, 9:04 a.m. Before lifting 350 lbs. with one arm.

Editor's preface to first edition

These morning prayers were offered by Sri Chinmoy during his weightlifting sessions at his home in New York in June 1999.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 6, Agni Press, 1999
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/mp_6