When Doing becomes infused with the timeless quality of being, that is success
Anybody who is one with what he or she does is building the new earth.
You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.
It is when we are trapped in incessant streams of compulsive thinking that the universe really disintegrates for us, and we lose the ability to sense the interconnectedness of all that exists.
The past has no power over the present moment.
Now if a teacher gives you a practice, he or she would perhaps point out when you don't need it anymore or you realize yourself when you don't need it anymore.