Realizing that the interface was always creating several layers of abstraction that wasn't necessary to express ideas, at least initially. Work directly with the material.
The word practice is used to indicate a process, a non-binary state, a working towards something, a guiding oneself through the current moment. Other activities advance through directing the body, whereas meditation through directing the mind
[Ask questions before reading the book, perhaps by turning the headings into questions.]
[Explain it to yourself or someone else after, maybe publish your own summary online.]