According to Osho, the spiritual search is not a gradual climb with steps or partial attainments; the mind invents such stages to console itself. Either you are in ignorance or illumination—true wisdom, like a lamp, ends darkness instantly. Borrowed, scriptural 'knowledge' is only a painted lamp. Authentic search begins with ruthless honesty about one’s ignorance, not self-flattering middle positions.
There’s no halfway to waking up; be honest you’re asleep until real light dawns, because pretending you’re “almost there” keeps you dreaming.