There are no accidents. Everything is responsible for everything. Every experience contributes to Recognition. Paying attention and being open Awakening is not a future event.
Nothing needs to be gained.
Natural Awareness and the immediacy of our Original State Reality is both Empty and Full. The actual timing of our moments of Recognition will be completely unpredictable and absolutely spontaneous. Revelation cannot be predicted or produced but may be explained after the event. I believe everything we experience inevitably contributes toward the Recognition of our true nature, but in the end, the moment at which this Recognition occurs is neither predictable nor predetermined by an imagined fate. As a result, the idea of attempting to prepare for an experience of Awakening can actually hold a Direct Discovery of our innate Nature at bay.