Sadhana is like a trampoline. Letting go of attachments is like a ladder.
Awakening is like glimpsing the roof. Enlightenment is like sitting on the roof.
You can't sit on the roof without a ladder, but a trampoline can help you see what is up there. You can also use it to jump a few steps up on the ladder. It can also strengthen your legs to help you climb the ladder.
Sometimes it helps to use the trampoline more. Sometimes it helps to use the ladder more. There is not only one way, and what works best at what time depends on the person.
Trying out one over the other for some time might be smart, but unless you are on the very last step, you will eventually go back to the other thing in some way.

If you were tortured, eventually your ego would collapse and you would accept it.
What do you think the crucifixion means?
Christians literally worship surrender to torture.
Christians don't even understand what they worship.
The entire point of Jesus is that he accepted his torture as Love! That's what makes Jesus God and everyone who worships him a rat.