>>13458722Harder, but a lot more rewarding.
More temptations, consumerist decadence and material lies = a harder struggle to abandon these mortal toils and achieve true enlightenment. Fasting is harder when food is plentiful. Likewise with abstinence and licentiousness, meditation with distractions and so on.
Only the truly capable and worthy can aim to these heights, corrupted as we are now.