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bubbaboy
The whole investment in a progressive path goes on feeding the story of 'me' attaining something.
IMO neo-advaitins argue against their own misunderstanding of what a progressive path is.
You already are awareness, Brahman, or however you want to call it. So you can not become it. But you can unentangle the mistaken identification with the 'me'. This is done through a purification of one's habituual thoughts, emotions and actions. Only a purified mind can not be deluded into mistaken identification.
Whether a moment of full recognition of the true nature of self and reality happens before or after this process of purification, the purification needs to happen anyway in order for the recognition to become permanent. So only already purified minds (which are rare) don't need the purification process.
This is misunderstood by many people who get an awakening experience. They think they have arrived, they are now enlightened. But they fall right back into their habitual identification with the 'me'. They may even become successful gurus. But they're not awakened. They may be able to guide their followers into a temporary awakening experience, but they can't teach how to make it permanent, since they don't know.