Three Stages...

There are three progressive stages in this technique.

First, the student proves to himself, by following the master's guidance, that the ego is fictitious and illusory.

Second, he concentrates diligently on Short Path meditation techniques to dig beneath the ego and escape from it.

Third, he proves to himself the fact of Nonduality, that there is only the One Mind's existence.

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— Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 6: Advanced Meditation > # 1
Paul Brunton