1 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every day, for everything,
My heart loves to quote God
Because He is the only reliable,
Irrefutable and inevitable Source.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 January 2000, 8:04 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with each arm simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

1 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God gladly accepts
My sleep-necessity,
But
He vehemently rejects
My sleep-luxury.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 January 2000, 8:22 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 800 lbs.)

1 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Like my soul,
May my heart, my mind, my vital
And my body
Be inexorably drawn towards God.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 January 2000, 8:31 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-seven one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (28 right, 29 left)

1 January 2000 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My cheerful surrender-life
Has a free access
To God’s Heart-Kingdom.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

1 January 2000, 8:45 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 100 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

2 January 2000 (I)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When will You feed me
With Your Nectar-Delight?
“My child, I shall feed you
With My Nectar-Delight
Only when I see
That you have freed yourself
From all earth-bound desires.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 January 2000, 8:05 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously and 160 lbs. with each arm separately.

2 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I dream and dream
Of a fully God-blossomed
And God-manifested world.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 January 2000, 8:19 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times (Total: 800 lbs.)

2 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
We have many divine virtues.
Our God-obedience-virtue
Is, indeed, unparalleled.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

2 January 2000, 8:29 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-seven one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (28 right, 29 left)

3 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Each human being is rich
Not only in God-realisation-possibilities
But also
In God-realisation-inevitabilities.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 January 2000, 8:38 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously and 170 lbs. with each arm separately.

3 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I have turned my desire-life
Towards Your
Blessingful and blissful Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 January 2000, 8:54 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 800 lbs.)

3 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not answer
Some of our prayers
Precisely because
His infinite Love for us
Is absolutely genuine.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 January 2000, 9:05 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-six one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (26 right, 30 left)

5 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
When I am in the company
Of my heart’s tears,
I fly and fly with them
Until I have reached God’s Feet
And have taken shelter.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 January 2000, 9:48 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

5 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must develop
An irresistible attraction
For everything that You love —
Such as compassion, forgiveness, harmony,
Peace and bliss.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 January 2000, 9:59 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 800 lbs.)

5 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
An unconditional surrender-life-route
Is chosen for me
By You
And nobody else.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 January 2000, 10:12 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before doing fifty-seven one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (28 right, 29 left)

5 January 2000 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every morning God inspires me,
Encourages me and helps me
To reach a higher height
In my meditation.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 January 2000, 10:35 a.m. Curitiba, Brazil. Before using bench press machine (standing position)

7 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Like the phoenix,
I must rise from the ashes
Of my destruction-desire-life
To the light
Of my transcendental heights.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

7 January 2000, 8:53 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

7 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Please bless me
With abundant capacities
So that my spiritual children
Do not make daily complaints to You
Against me.
They are telling You that
They are unsought, unasked, unassisted,
Unappreciated, unadmired, unloved
And even unnoticed by me.
I wish to put an end
To this slogan of theirs.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

7 January 2000, 9:07 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously twice. (Total: 800 lbs.)

8 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The dreamer in me
Is God’s Newness-Eye.
The dream-fulfiller
Is God’s Sweetness-Heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 January 2000, 5:47 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

8 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Out of Your infinite Bounty,
You are replacing
My disappointment-tears
With Your Enlightenment-Smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 January 2000, 5:58 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 800 lbs.)

8 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
An eagerness-stride of my heart
Is
A progress-mile of my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 January 2000, 6:08 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before doing sixty-one one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (30 right, 31 left)

9 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God wants the tears of my heart
To accompany His Heart.
God wants the smiles of my soul
To accompany His Eye.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 January 2000, 8:28 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

9 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A fearlessness-life
Lives only
In a vastness and oneness-heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 January 2000, 8:51 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before doing fifty-five one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (26 right, 29 left)

9 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Many are God-dreamers,
A few are God-seekers and servers,
But very, very few are true God-lovers.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 January 2000, 9:03 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

9 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A tragic end
Is another name
For God-disobedience.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

9 January 2000, 9:20 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 100 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

11 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Enthusiasm is second to none.
Enthusiasm means all done.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 January 2000, 8:46 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

11 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Enthusiasm, enthusiasm, enthusiasm!
You have freed my life
From my mind-chasm.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 January 2000, 8:58 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before doing fifty one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (25 right, 25 left)

11 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Enthusiasm is
My soul’s mightiest roar.
Enthusiasm is
My life’s brightest shore.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

11 January 2000, 9:05 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times (Total: 800 lbs.)

13 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Forgiveness-delight can never be
Totally exhausted.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 January 2000, 7:33 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

13 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your Compassion-Eye starts;
Your Forgiveness-Heart completes.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 January 2000, 7:45 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before doing sixty-two one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (27 right, 35 left)

13 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My forgiveness most surprisingly
Increases
My God-wisdom-depth.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

13 January 2000, 7:59 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times (Total: 800 lbs.)

14 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Alas, quite often our mind-inventions
Are founded upon
Our evil intentions.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 January 2000, 8:11 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

14 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every morning You command me
To walk with You for an hour
With my heart’s beauty
And my soul’s fragrance.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 January 2000, 8:26 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before doing fifty-seven one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (28 right, 29 left)

14 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my heart be as beautiful,
Charming, illumining
And perfect
As a smile born in Heaven.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 January 2000, 8:39 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously twice. (Total: 800 lbs.)

14 January 2000 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I cried for You,
But nothing happened.
I smiled at You,
But nothing happened.
When I cried with You,
When I smiled with You,
Everything happened —
Inspiring, aspiring, illumining
And fulfilling.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 January 2000, 8:53 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 110 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

15 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
You are calling me.
Alas, my ears do not want to listen
To You.
They do not want me to hear
Your Blessing-Message.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 January 2000, 8:53 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

15 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
How fortunate I am!
Every morning You cradle my heart
With a Smile of Your Heart’s Beauty.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

15 January 2000, 9:05 a.m. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Before doing fifty-three one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (26 right, 27 left)

18 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Spirituality blind:
A computerised mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 January 2000, 6:31 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

18 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A computerised mind
Alas, nowhere can find
Supreme Lord’s Beauty-Eye –-
A total failure-sigh.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 January 2000, 7:02 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before doing fifty-two one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (25 right, 27 left)

18 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A computerised mind
Remains farthest behind.
It values not God-quest
And God hides His Heart-Nest.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 January 2000, 7:18 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

18 January 2000 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A computerised mind
Can never be as kind
As a God-surrender-soul.
God-Joy his only goal.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 January 2000, 9:19 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before using bench press machine up to 90 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

20 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God-slaves are more reliable,
More dependable, more sociable,
More serviceable and more capable
Than anybody else.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 January 2000, 6:14 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

20 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The slave says:
“Master, throughout Eternity,
I shall be with you, in you, for you.”
The Master says:
“My slave, you are my heart’s
Most treasured wealth here on earth,
There in Heaven.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 January 2000, 7:21 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before using bench press machine up to 90 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

20 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today’s faithful slave
Is
Tomorrow’s blissful Master.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 January 2000, 6:48 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before doing fifty-three one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (26 right, 27 left)

20 January 2000 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A self-giving slave
Eventually becomes
A God-flowering Master.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

20 January 2000, 6:57 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times (Total: 800 lbs.)

21 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I deeply appreciate, admire and adore
And I simply love
Your firm grip on my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 January 2000, 7:08 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before using seated double-arm machine.

21 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O New Millennium,
You have brought
The beauty of newness
To my mind.
You have brought
The fragrance of newness
To my heart.
You have brought
The perfection of newness
To my life.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 January 2000, 7:16 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

23 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must not surprise You any more
With my life’s new ignorance-night.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 January 2000, 7:00 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

23 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Tomorrow God wants me to be present
Inside my heart
When He comes to visit me.
This is, indeed, His express Command.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 January 2000, 7:11 a.m. Asunción, Paraguay. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

26 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
This morning I embarked
On a new journey
To fulfil all my impossible dreams.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 January 2000, 8:31 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

26 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am such a fool!
I expect Infinity’s Nectar-Delight
From my desire-mind.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 January 2000, 8:45 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

26 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every morning I love to do
My inner intensity-training.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 January 2000, 9:03 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before doing sixty one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (23 right, 37 left)

27 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
He who gives is loved;
He who becomes is claimed;
He who surrenders becomes
A supremely chosen member
Of God’s inner circle.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 January 2000, 5:49 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

27 January 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A God-realised soul comes into the world
To make spirituality,
Which is God’s inner life,
Crystal clear for the God-dreamers,
God-seekers, God-lovers
And God-servers.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 January 2000, 6:03 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously four times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

27 January 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The day a seeker can prayerfully,
Soulfully, sleeplessly,
Breathlessly and self-givingly
Cry for God
Is, indeed, a triumph-day for him.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 January 2000, 6:22 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before doing forty-three one-arm pushes with 500 lbs. (23 right, 20 left)

27 January 2000 (IV)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God says to my mind,
“Please do Me a big favour:
Shorten your complaint list.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

27 January 2000, 8:56 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before using bench press machine up to 100 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

28 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A sleepless and breathless
God-surrender
Is an inexhaustible God-Love-fund.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 January 2000, 7:51 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

28 January 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Time is too short,
But my love of God is not only long,
Very long,
But also eternal.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 January 2000, 8:07 a.m. Brasilia, Brazil. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

3 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
There are certain things
That hurt me so deeply.
How is it that I do not want
To renounce them immediately?
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 February 2000, 7:10 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

3 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
As unconsciously I cherish my problems,
Even so, consciously I want
To place them at Your Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 February 2000, 7:24 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously six times (Total: 800 lbs.)

3 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God has no time for those
Who deliberately do not listen
To Him.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

3 February 2000, 7:36 a.m. Before doing multiple one-arm pushes with 500 lbs.

5 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Long before I say something,
Long before I do something,
I must eagerly take
Your cheerful Approval.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 February 2000, 8:02 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

5 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God gives supreme importance
To the Master-disciple
Oneness-heart-tears
And
Oneness-soul-smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 February 2000, 8:24 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 800 lbs.)

5 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God’s Compassion-Eye
Does not criticise any human being.
God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Does not accuse any human being.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

5 February 2000, 8:36 a.m. Before doing multiple one-arm pushes with 500 lbs.

7 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A God-gratitude-heart
Is
A fulness-life-joy.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

7 February 2000, 8:06 a.m.Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

7 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
For years I have been trying so hard
To be a member of God’s
Delight-association.
Finally, today I am successful.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

7 February 2000, 8:18 a.m. Before lifting 400 lbs. with each arm simultaneously six times. (Total: 800 lbs.)

7 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My self-giving life
Is the most powerful weapon
In my heart-armoury.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

7 February 2000, 8:31 a.m. Before doing one-arm pushes with 500 lbs.

8 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today my Absolute Lord
Commands my negativity-mind
To disappear
Once and for all.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 February 2000, 7:15 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

8 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your unconditional Grace
Is the only way for me to make
Any progress in any field.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 February 2000, 7:29 a.m. Before lifting 450 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 900 lbs.) New record.

8 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Because of Your unconditional Grace,
I hope, I promise and I fulfil.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

8 February 2000, 7:38 a.m. Before doing sixty one-arm pushes with 600 lbs.

10 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
A gratitude-heart is the unparalleled
Wonder of the world.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 February 2000, 8:01 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 150 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

10 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do You really read my troubled heart
Every day?
“Yes, My child, I do.
In fact,
I pay first and foremost attention
To your troubled heart every day.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 February 2000, 8:17 a.m. Before lifting 450 lbs. with each arm simultaneously six times. (Total: 900 lbs.)

10 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The moment I demolished
My ego-mansion,
You blessed me with
Your supreme Pride-Reward.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

10 February 2000, 8:33 a.m. Before doing multiple one-arm pushes with 600 lbs.

12 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My Lord,
Your Compassion-Delight-Voice
Is my heart’s secret and sacred choice.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 February 2000, 8:23 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

12 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every morning
God, in His Heart of Delight,
Invites me to sing with Him,
To run with Him
And
To play with Him.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 February 2000, 8:41 a.m. Before lifting 450 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times (Total: 900 lbs.)

12 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The delight in self-giving says:
Eternity I have.
The delight in God-becoming says:
Infinity I am.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

12 February 2000, 8:58 a.m. Before doing sixty one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

14 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O impersonal God,
I like You, I appreciate You, I admire You.
O personal God,
I love You, I adore You, I need You.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 February 2000, 8:48 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

14 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O impersonal God,
You inspire me profusely.
O personal God,
You aspire in and through me regularly.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 February 2000, 9:02 a.m. Before lifting 450 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times (Total: 900 lbs.)

14 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O impersonal God,
You are my rainbow-dream-reality.
O personal God,
You are my realisation-sun-revelation.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

14 February 2000, 9:17 a.m. Before doing fifty-nine one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

16 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
What is Your Grace?
Your Grace is Your Omnipresence-Love.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 February 2000, 7:45 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 120 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

16 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
What is Your Grace?
Your Grace is Your Omniscience-Joy.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 February 2000, 7:53 a.m. Before doing sixty-two one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

16 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
What is Your Grace?
Your Grace
Is Your Omnipotence-Embrace.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

16 February 2000, 8:06 a.m. Before lifting 500 lbs. with each arm simultaneously seven times (Total: 1,000 lbs.) New record.

18 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May each day be a God-Victory-day
For all God-lovers and God-servers.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 February 2000 8:35 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

18 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my mind’s readiness,
My life’s willingness
And
My heart’s eagerness
Sleeplessly respond to the Will
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 February 2000, 8:48 a.m. Before doing multiple one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

18 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Finally You are accepting me
As Your own, very own.
Today my lifelong dream
Has come true.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

18 February 2000, 9:05 a.m. Before lifting 500 lbs. with each arm simultaneously seven times (Total: 1,000 lbs.)

19 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today it will be a symbolic lift.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Today I am embarking on
A very, very, very long journey.
While I am taking each step forward,
I am going to offer You
My heart’s gratitude-tears.
I do hope that one day,
Out of Your infinite Bounty,
You will take me to my destination.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 February 2000, 8:37 a.m. Before lifting 650 lbs. with each arm simultaneously six times (Total: 1,300 lbs.) New record.

19 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Indeed, a mystic journey
In the weightlifting world.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

19 February 2000, 8:56 a.m. After successfully lifting 1,300 lbs.

21 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Please, please never allow me
To run out of
Aspiration-energy-cry-supplies.
Please, please never allow me
To run out of
Dedication-energy-smile-supplies.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

21 February 2000, 9:17 a.m. Before lifting 650 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 1,300 lbs.)

23 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I must love You more,
Infinitely more.
Only then all the obstacles
With their hostilities
Will surrender to me.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 February 2000, 7:05 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

23 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Do give me the capacity
To ring Your Victory-Ecstasy-Bell
Every morning and every evening
In my heart of aspiration
And
In my life of dedication.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

23 February 2000, 7:25 a.m. Before lifting 650 lbs. with each arm simultaneously. (Total: 1,300 lbs.)

24 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my mind every day
Run for God’s Eye.
May my heart every day
Sprint for God’s Heart.
May my life every day
Kiss the dust of my Lord’s Feet.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

24 February 2000, 9:03 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

24 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my God-love, God-devotion
And God-surrender
Increase every day
At least by an inch.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

24 February 2000, 9:15 a.m. Before lifting 650 lbs. with each arm simultaneously three times (Total: 1,300 lbs.)

24 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Your infinite Grace is telling me
That my heart-hermitage
Is Your celestial Palace.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

24 February 2000, 9:30 a.m. Before doing multiple one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

25 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am absolutely convinced
That my God-manifestation
Here on earth
Is not an eyeless, hopeless
And useless hunger-quest.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 February 2000, 8:39 a.m. Before lifting 650 lbs. with each arm simultaneously (Total: 1,300 lbs.)

25 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life be an untiring
Self-offering
To humanity’s God-aspiring heart.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 February 2000, 8:57 a.m. Before doing multiple one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

25 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am my ceaseless gratitude-heart;
God is His Compassion-flooded,
Ceaseless, sunlit Smile.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

25 February 2000, 9:01 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

26 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
No more clamouring mind-confusion,
No more!
God-satisfaction more, infinitely more,
Eternally more.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 February 2000, 6:26 a.m. Before lifting 650 lbs. with each arm simultaneously five times. (Total: 1,300 lbs.)

26 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
I am my gratitude-heart
And
You are Your Compassion-Eye.
Your Compassion-Eye is telling me
That my summit-meditation
Is Your Heart-treasure.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 February 2000, 6:42 a.m. Before doing multiple one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

26 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
The god of sincerity
And
The goddess of purity
Always live inside my heart-temple.
They never, never live inside
My unlit mind-room.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

26 February 2000, 6:51 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine.

28 February 2000

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
No matter what befalls me,
My heart and I shall sleeplessly sing
Your Victory-Songs.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 February 2000, 8:51 a.m. Before using seated double-arm machine up to 140 lbs. with each arm simultaneously.

28 February 2000 (II)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
May my life become an endless river
Of God-gratitude-tears
And smiles.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 February 2000, 9:02 a.m. Before lifting 650 lbs. with each arm simultaneously seven times (Total: 1,300 lbs.)

28 February 2000 (III)

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Where do I live?
I live in my Lord’s
Compassion-Heart-Sky.
How?
By constantly flying and flying
And flying.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

28 February 2000, 9:19 a.m. Before doing sixty-one one-arm pushes with 700 lbs. (27 right, 34 left)

Editor's preface to the first edition

These morning prayers were offered by Sri Chinmoy as part of his weight-lifting sessions during his visit to various cities in Brazil and Paraguay in January and at his home in New York in February 2000.