Confidence is Faith

Faith

On his deathbed, a man of the vineyards spoke into Marcela's ear.

Before dying he revealed his secret:

          "The grape," he whispered, "is made of wine."

Eduardo Galeano

You may not know what you are made of as the man of the vineyard knew the grape.

 In Zen, faith is "confidence." This man is confident.

 He is, after all, on his death bed. He reveals his secret. 

In his "not knowing" at the moment of his death, the man of the vineyard knew.

In your "not knowing" without the veils of doctrine, dogma, spiritual ideology and principles what are you confident in? How will these veils of religious concepts, ideas, notions and words help you at the moment of your death? Do you have confidence in them?

When you are intimate with a thing, it reveals itself to you. The vineyard man was intimate with the grape.

It requires confidence, small, steady steps. Attention and power are the allied forces of confidence.