Money and grace
In a course I once took in Eastern spiritual tradition, I learned about what is called the dharma of money, which means the “right action” of money. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I now know the following principle is true: We experience prosperity, true financial freedom, when our actions with respect to money are dharmic, or righteous, actions—that is, actions of generosity, actions of offering.
Money flows through our lives just like water—at times plentiful, at times a trickle. I believe that each one of us is, in effect, a glass, in that we can hold only so much; after that, the water—or the money—just goes down the drain. Some of us are larger glasses, some of us smaller, but we all have the capacity to receive plenty more than we need if we allow it. When you make an offering, the glass will be filled again and again and again. I knew I always felt better right after I made an offering—strongei worthier, more powerful. And after a while I began to believe that it was no coincidence that after I made such an offering, more money would always begin to flow my way.
This may seem like a very strange concept at first; many of my clients find it so. One question that’s always asked whenever I talk about this step is, “But Suze, I know plenty of people who are as cheap and ungenerous of spirit as can be, people with plenty of money who never give a penny away. How come they have so much?”