The only thing I would add is that good teachers can point us to find the lies we tell ourselves. They can help us to start questioning the answers we have for questions on reality and what it is. I personally have found advaita vedanta or non dual teachings to be the most helpful in my "progress."

Recently, reading and applying the book The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira has brought clarity. A lot of what I'm seeing presented here lines up with what I see as the message of non duality.

Things like concepts never being truth, there being no path to the truth because the truth is already here, same with beliefs not being truth.

Understanding is an odd thing, you can't really put it into words. I'm no authority, but I've noticed the world opening up to me as I allow myself to let go of who I think I am. Like there was this tension before and I am slowly releasing it, and as I do the experience of life broadens.

Hopefully some of that made sense, I'll definitely check your links out.

Also, any book recommendations for Krishna? I haven't read any of him, but find a lot of value in reading a variety of teachers.

I really enjoy this kind of content, there are a surprising (or maybe not so much) amount of spiritual people here on steemit