D: The mind does not sink into that state even for a second.
Sri Bhagwan: A strong conviction is necessary that I am the Self, transcending the mind and the phenomena.
D: Nevertheless, the mind proves to be a chord against attempts to sink it.
Sri Bhagwan: What does it matter if the mind is active? It is only on the substratum of the Self. Hold the Self even during mental activities.
D: I cannot go within sufficiently deep.
Sri Bhagwan: It is wrong to say so. Where are you now if not in the Self? Where should you go? All that is necessary is the stern belief that you are the Self. Say rather that the other activities throw a veil on you.
From Talks
Dear Devotees,
Crux of all spiritual matter is that mind somehow must be made to sink into the Heart. How to do it? Though we have forgotten that we are forever the unchanging Self , and not the ever changing, limited, little self, Sri Bhagwan has taught to sternly believe that we are the Self, transcending the mind and the phenomena, and therefore, all that is necessary is to believe that we are the Self. "Let go the passing thoughts and hold onto the unchanging Self" is all that is required to be done, and this is what Self-enquiry is all about. THOUGHTS CHANGE BUT NOT WE. Is it not? However, some devotees keep on maintaining, as is obvious from the above conversation, that they are not able to do it, and they find it difficult to sink the mind in the Heart. They complain that the mind proves to be a chord against the attempts to sink it. So, what to do?
Dear devotees, There is one very easy way to do it. Many devotees of Sri Bhagwan have affirmed the efficacy of this unfailing sadhana. I have practiced it and whole-heartedly love this sadhana. Along with the practice of the Enquiry, as taught by the Guru, attach the heaviest thing, in the three worlds, to the mind so that it gravitates towards and sinks easily into the Heart. ATTACH THE NAME AND FROM OF THE GURU TO THE MIND AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BEGIN TO SINK INTO THE HEART. This is certain because Guru literally means heavy or weighty, and I am certain that it will enable its practiser to journey from the name to the Nameless, from the form to the Formless, and from the relative to the Absolute, easily.
Guru's Name and Form possess very special powers. Guru's Name and Form are filled with bliss, and even constant remembrance of His Name and Form fills His devotees with bliss.
THE HOLY NAME, THE HOLY FORM AND THE HOLY FEET OF THE GURU ARE SACROSANCT, and undoubtedly, they contain power when thought of, spoken or chanted. This is why the divine Poet of Sri Bhagwan's Divine Court, Sri Murugunar sang in 'Seventy Verses in Praise of the Guru's Holy Feet' that the Guru's Holy Feet will be doing its job of ripening one to be rid of dross, so that the inner pull of the Self would be felt strongly. Nurturing and protecting It watches over loving devotees whose delusion is immolated, in the vast fullness of final realisation!
Therefore, it follows from the above that doing Enquiry, with love for Him in the hearts, is the Key to attainment of the Final Goal, for His Name, His Form and His Holy Feet are but ploys to attract His preys. For, in truth, He is That, and His Lotus Feet is but the silent, effulgent, unbroken, Fullness of Illumination "I-I" at the core of our existence or being. For, He is none other than the Self. FOR, LOVE FOR HIM IS THE LOVE FOR THE SELF.
Thanks very much.
Pranam,
Anil