Like a fan regulator regulates the amount of air being released, our mind regulates our communication with the Lord Who is then revealed in different degrees.
Hear, chant, remember; crying like a baby. If your mind is going elsewhere then you have another exercise to do. Drag it back, bring it back. Take the help of the intelligence.
We accumulate many thoughts, even during sleep. Out of all those numerous thoughts, only thoughts related to Krishna should be allowed to settle in. Make them our property and others, neti-neti, you get out of here, get out of here.
The mind is the principal cause of bondage and the same mind also could become the cause of our moksha, liberation. So this mind factor is a very meagere factor in our lives. In fact, we are governed by the mind’s dictations, knowingly or unknowingly we will follow them all the time.
One could become conqueror of the 3 worlds, first private victory then other victories. Private personal victory is becoming victorious by conquering the mind that is first victory. Then mind is not conquered all victories are futile or all victories are defeat only if the mind is not conquered.