The conquest of the mind is the consequence of years of yogic sadhana. Baba declares; ‘You are imprisoned in your ego; you have to liberate yourselves quickly and safely. But most of you do not seek from me the key to this Liberation. You ask from me trash and tinsel, petty little cures and gains; very few desire to get from me the thing I have come to give - Liberation Itself! Even among these few who seek Liberation only a small percentage stick sincerely to the path of sadhana; and among them, only an infinitesimal number succeed’. (SSSm Vol.4, p. 84)

For the conquest of the mind - the first step is the control of senses, the second is the control of emotions and impulses. The third is the mastery of balance and equipoise, the next is the regulation of breathing and movements of the vital airs, the fifth is the prevention of outer influences, from deviating the mind, the next is one-pointed attention on one’s own progress, and then, we come to real Dhyana, or meditation on one’s real Reality, which easily leads to its realisation in Samadhi. Without the preliminary rungs, you cannot hop straight on to the seventh! And then, skip on, to the eighth. (SSS Vol.7, p. 113)