Step 1 - Routine achievement (without success) - at level 1 - instant success is not expected and although you may believe you have progressed in life and achieved gain, in material benefits; to reach step 1 - you must have at first fathomed your mind and soul and learnt absolutely nothing in so doing.  This means the shift of weight from life importance - to spiritual awareness is under way. Learning nothing is crucial to starting the debate about who you are at your origin. This is often reached and maintained by meditation and looking into one's own soul.