March 2

Sri Chinmoy meets with world champion surfer Ian Cairns and presents him with his book, The Inner Promise, in Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy’s 1,000th Weightlifting Prayer

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
God does not want me to carry
A credit card.
He wants me to carry always with me
The mighty dollar
To remind me that I am, indeed,
A child of the Almighty.
My Lord, will people not laugh
At my cleverness?
“My child, cleverness is far better
Than foolishness.
When you use your cash, your inner pride
And the cashier’s inner joy
Sing, play and dance together.”
Finally, God becomes serious.
He tells me, “My child,
Money-power conquers only the inferiors.
Heart-power conquers everybody —
The superiors, the inferiors
And the equals,
Plus Me and My All.”
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer before doing 60 one-arm pushes with 700 lbs.

Published in My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 13