The practices are easy if we don't think about becoming a Buddha or a Bodhisattva. Since I started my practice over 20 years ago I look for lessons that I can use in my every day life and I try and stay aware of my reactions all day and use these lessons to address reactions to life that have caused me or others around me pain.
In the fourth stage, the Bodhisattva addressed the ignorance of attachment to attainments in concentration, and the ignorance of attachment to religion