The mind is influenced by passion for objective pleasure and delusion of ignorance with which it pursues the fleeting objects of the world with amazing quickness. So, again and again, it must be led towards higher ideals. Of course, this is difficult at first, but with persistent training, the mind can be tamed; then it will get fixed in the perpetual enjoyment of the ‘Om’. The mind can be trained by following methods of quiet persuasion, promise of attractive inducements, practice of withdrawing senses from the outer world, endurance of pain and travail, cultivation of sincerity and constancy, and acquisition of mental equipoise (sama, dama, uparati, titiksha, shraddha, and sama-dana). The mind can be turned toward Brahman and constant contemplation of Brahman by study of Upanishads, adoption of regular prayer, sharing with others ecstasy of devotional singing, and adherence to truth.

- Jnana Vahini, Ch 6.