During an all-night meditation, or during a retreat period, we tend to exert maximum effort. However, no one can maintain maximum effort for a very long time.
Unfortunately, once we can't maintain the high level anymore, we often end up relaxing too much.
Unfortunately, it's much easier and faster to regress in our bhāvanā, than to quickly progress.
So we may end up losing hard earned 3 months of progress within just one week of carelessness.
Therefore, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to look at the minimum standard we maintain throughout. A high minimum level of effort, which we never fall below, can have a more powerful impact on our total progress than occasional spurts of extreme effort.
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