Recite the Name in an audible voice. Feel your heart calling the Name, feel its sound as Allah s resonance. Trust that the power of the Name will bestow its bounty upon you. If you are troubled by distracting thoughts, focus all your attention again on the heart. You may also practice reciting the tasbih very quickly, as this can keep distracting thoughts away.
Thoughts are the thieves of dhikrullah.
If this does not work, then offer a Fatiha and ask Allah, the Near One, to help you to draw close. After the tasbih recitation, remain in a state of absorption in Allah until you feel that you have received the grace from your dhikr. Indeed the hearts find satisfaction and peace in the remembrance of Allah. There is no reality apart from Allah, the Supreme Reality. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the principle of Perfect Humanity, the expression of Allah s complete Love.