Sri Chinmoy finishing the 100-metre race at the San Juan Masters Track & Field Championships in Parque Central, San Juan, Puerto Rico. His time was 15.57 sec. He took 74 strides.

 

Weoghtifting Prayers

 

I

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
O seeker
Your God-Compassion-doubt
Is
Your spirituality’s immediate death.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer at 6:14 a.m. before doing 640-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift. This is a new personal record.

 

II

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!

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer at 6:23 a.m. before doing 840-lb. dumbbell bench press. This is a new personal record.

 

III

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!

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer at 6:39 a.m. before doing a 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift.


Published in My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 16