Mind?

Ofcourse i can hear ur mind.. and its noise. Best thing for you will be not to reject anything and not to crave anything. If you take sannayas u will have rejected the world (thats is part of you now) if you become worldly you will have rejected the inner side. So take both and go beyond both and you will have gone beyond mind.

Beautiful environment, budda's picture, cleanliness of the room, dhammapada all are also mind stuff.. that which mind likes. The rituals and environment definitely help, but they are not mandatory for your travel inside yourself. They are actually burdens for the mind! They at the most help you to snap you from other worldly things, but remember even these are worldly things!

Dwell in that "you" that can see all these things. Tell me which one is greater... the natural beauty or that which is able to comprehend this natural beauty? The buddha or that which is able to comprehend the buddha? Dhammapada or that which is able to comprehend dhammapada?

Mind will persue the divided duality, because thats its nature. Understanding the futility of all these worldly things will be the first step beyond mind.

There are only two ways for enlightenment.
Active and passive
Active way is extrovert way that involves in activity and world of action.
Passive way is introvert way that involves inner world and dreams.
example of active way is patanjali, sivananda, yogananda and other yoga and kriya masters
example of passive way is ramanamaharishi, lao tzu, chuang tzu and other zen masters

Active or the way of action is effort based and takes time
Passive way or the way of inaction is timeless and so its instanteneous

You dont have to choose just one and struggle, because the destination is beyond both. So you can choose both or keep shifting this and that and finally reach. The difference is only the time taken to reach.