Many people know that as a Buddhist, one of the ways that I "pray" is through meditation. Warren's sermon the other Sunday where he talked about praying to the "not yet" or the becoming got me to thinking. Although I know there are differences in the interpretation of Warren's words, that concept spoke to me in some interesting ways.

This morning, in the minutes I took to reflect and comtemplate before beginning my opening chants and meditation practice I considered the notion of "faith." It takes a genuine faith to allow the mind to rest in each moment, trusting in the "not yet," in the becoming and in that becoming, the possibility that right action can emerge. Despite my fervent desire to "predict" and contain, none of us are really "in control" of what emerges. Praying into the "not yet" for me, hints at praying into the possible, being an agent in the becoming. Meditating into the "not yet" requires a faith that whatever emerges can be worked with.

In each moment of aliveness, there is a faith that that moment will flow into the next and into the next and that whatever happens things will still be OK.
I left my meditation session richer for having heard Warren's words.