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The Lord in the Heart
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constantly remembers Him in every step, easily obtains the mercy of the Lord by entering into His personal contact. Such devotees do not need to seek an opportune moment to leave the present body. Rather, those who are mixed devotees, alloyed with fruitive action or empirical philosophic speculation, require an opportune moment for quitting this body. For them the opportune moments are stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 8.23-26). But these opportune moments are not as important as one's being a successful  yogī  who is able to quit this body as he likes. However, such a  yogī  must be competent to control his senses by the mind. Mind is easily conquered simply by engaging it at the lotus feet of the Lord. Gradually, by such service, all the senses become automatically engaged in the service of the Lord. That is the way of merging into the Supreme Absolute.
TEXT 16
मनः स्वबुद्ध्यामलया नियम्य 
  क्षेत्रज्ञ एतां निनयेत् तमात्मनि । 
  अत्मानमात्मन्यवरुध्य धीरो 
  लब्धोपशान्तिर्विरमेत कृत्यात् ॥१६॥
manaḥ svabuddhyāmalayā niyamya  
 kṣetra-jña etām nilayet tam ātmani  
 ātmānam ātmany avarudhya dhīro  
 labdhopaśāntir virameta kṛtyāt
manaḥ —the mind;  sva-buddhyā —by his own intelligence;  amalayā —unalloyed— niyamya —by regulating;  kṣetra-jñe —unto the living entity;  etām —all of them;  nilayet —merge;  tam —that;  ātmani —the self;  ātmānam —the self;  ātmani —in the Superself;  avarudhya —being locked up;  dhīraḥ —the fully satisfied;  labdha-upaśāntiḥ —one who has attained full bliss;  virameta —ceases from;  kṛtyāt —all other activities.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, the  yogī  should merge his mind, by his unalloyed intelligence, into the living entity, and then merge the living entity into the Superself. And by doing this, the fully satisfied living entity becomes