Charlotte Joko Beck writes in Life’s Not A Problem,

One idea that really hampers us is to believe that people get ‘enlightened,’ and then they’re that was forever and ever. We my have our moments, and if we get sick and have lots of things happening, we may fall back. But a person who practices consistently over years and years is more that way, more of the time, all of the time. And that’s enough. There is no such thing as getting it.