Faith is essential to presence.
Presence means being fully immersed in what you are doing.
It means being steeped in the present, in sensations, in the activity, without passing judgment or hatching plans. You simply do the best you can, without thinking about the rest.
It is a way of operating that can be unsettling at times.
If we plan nothing, what happens next?
Shouldn't I also anticipate the future a little, prepare for what follows? Otherwise, don't I run the risk of being left high and dry?
This is where faith steps in. It says this:
The best way for the next activity to emerge is to perform the current one well. If I am entirely present in the moment, the next step will take shape on its own as a consequence. There is nothing to predict.
If I start anticipating, however, it means I am no longer fully focused on what I am doing. A part of me does not trust and prefers to build plans. Intellect takes the reins from action. We are no longer in the flow.
To be yourself, you must have faith that the future will arise as a natural consequence of the present fully lived.
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