Removal of ignorance is the aim of practice, and not acquisition of Realisation.

Ramana Maharishi:  Removal of ignorance is the aim of practice, and not acquisition of Realisation. Realisation is ever present, here and now. Were it to be acquired anew, Realisation must be understood to be absent at onetime and present at another time. In that case, it is not permanent, and therefore not worth the attempt. But Realisation is permanent  and eternal and is here and now.