Weightlifting Prayers

by Sri Chinmoy
at his home gym in Jamaica, New York

 

I.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
Every heart is Your precious
Treasure-home.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer at 6:03 p.m. before practising for 800-lb. dumbbell bench press.

 

II.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
To please God on the largest scale,
My ceaselessly surrendered life
Is of paramount importance.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer at 6:22 p.m. before doing 1,300-lb. standing double-dumbbell lift four times.

 

III.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!
My heart implores and imports
God's free and unconditional
Blessing-Light
From the highest Heaven.
My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer at 6:34 p.m. before practising for 500-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift.

Published in My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 15