Cycles of Generosity

To use Sangharakshita’s words: One cannot really help oneself without helping others. One cannot really help others without helping oneself. The lesson lies in awareness. Tuning in to the gifts Life drops in our lap on a daily basis. Sychronicities, miracles arrive in our life each moment yet often times, we are so consumed with doing that we fail to see the face of God. Not too long ago, I won a rather substantial amount of money (in realism, any winning is substantial to me). The events that led me to purchasing a lottery ticket were so profound, that I knew the money was not for me to hold. This was an opportunity to let go. This was an opportunity to show me the miracle and connectedness of Life. And I went forward and gave the money away. Call it what you will; intuition, coincidence. The label is not of importance to me. Simply God was showing face to me. A month or so has passed and this money, almost to the cent, has found its way back into my lap - as a gift. The experience tells me that giving and receiving are not two separate nor fixed states. It is not simply that one person gives and another receives, rather, we are in a constant influx of receiving generosity from others and as such a cycle becomes obviously evident when we atune ourselves to the gifts of the universe.