To succeed in this game you need to do two things: start the work and then continue the work. Most never start of course, and of those that do most do not continue. What is the work? Well it is quite simply your own private practice devoted to cutting through ego and forgetting self, work which must be directed by a qualified master. The work is not the time with the master, work is what you do after you've seen the master. Work is not necessarily difficult, gruelling or unpleasant, but it often is, and that is no excuse not to do it. Eventually work is done as a matter of course and the experienced student learns wisely to mistrust and ignore all feelings about it.