No struggle

At a particular point in the sadhana, the struggle will cease automatically. As long as the sense of struggle lasts, there will be deep depression because of the sense of longing, mumukshutva. This is natural, though a terrible state. But it seems to have afflicted all saints. At a particular point, when the answers to how you may address this torture of the jiva mistaking itself for atman stops confusing you, you feel on a high. But this is a peculiar thing, that it has nothing to do with you. It comes on its own. You are doing all those foolish things you did before. You continue to struggle being a human. Yet, somewhere the questions have been answered. There are no doubts. You have made the choice. Even earlier, you may have made the choice. But the strange thing that is Maya drags you back, and you are not even aware. Now, as she drags you back and you feel her subtle tentacles, yet you float above that miasma she creates, unaffected by her grip. This is a a terrific high. She is there. You do feel her. Yet, you know that she, grinning at you, will pass.  She too knows she has no hold on you any more. It is now some sort of a playful thing, as you live on. She stops frightening you, with the living.  But that sort of takes a long, long while. Till then, even those people who see all sorts of things in their meditation, and are calm, are sattvic, are great beings, yet, they have not felt this losing of grip of maya.  They are still far off from this peculiar release -- of  being aware of maya and yet unaffected by her. That bypasses them, for some reason.  Somewhere, perhaps, it happens when you drop of the sense of self altogether. Make difficult choices that will not work for the ego any more. This is where the transition takes place, without you actually having worked too hard. The only thing you do here is to chose right.  See the things twined, but select that which seems not there at all. Select something that will not work for you in this world... and then, things unravel. 
Such a high, as never before. You are almost realised:)

To trick the mind into renouncing

However, not many of us can renounce steadfastly. In fact, as you meditate you realise, this state arises on its own. Without your own contribution. It comes from a place of devotion, even in the jnani, and seems entirely to be an act of grace. Because if you try too hard, the mind resists this state. It also has its own subtle, intellectual tricks about how to subvert your intention. You think you are renouncing, but it has climbed back to its perch (the Bikram and vetal story, in essence:)

So how does one do this?

In psychology or neuroscience, to be precise, you can backstage (this is called backward masking, technically) an event in the mind. Overwhelm the mind with one task so that its focus acts in discarding other associations, sensations and thoughts. This is where the discipline of a steady practice/sadhana comes in handy.  Perhaps, rituals like mantra japa/rosary/tabeez all help in that. When you do a nirguna mantra, and hear its syllables in your own voice reciting it in your mind (this is the only way to do japa chanting, since otherwise again the mind runs off wayward, back to its loops:) then the mind begins the torturous task of renunciation. Torturous because every few seconds, it forgets its task and has gone off, looping itself yet again. And again. . Then the act of remembering gets you back to your intense renunciation.

Here, the path begins.... But for many of us, the sense of being stuck in one place, with this task can be overwhelming. Even annoying. Here is where Patanjali's call of shraddha/faith actually makes sense. You stay in that spot (like the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, running to stay in one place) and renounce/recite relentlessly. Things then fall in place...