Alan Watts

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.