If Aṣṭāvakra is giving us a direct flight to the realm of Reality in this verse, Yogavāsiṣṭha at one point is kind enough to indicate to us the various stages enroute to this benign destination: ‘First through cultivated discrimination our attachment dies away. Thereafter aversions are removed from us along with their roots (the ego). Thereafter slowly the very effort of meditation calms down, when he reaches that glorious state where True Discrimination (Self) really is!’15
