Spirit surrounds us as water surrounds fish, as air surrounds a bird in flight. God is everywhere, in everything, and in everyone. God is the substance and sum of creation. As the proverb goes, There s God, and then there s not paying attention. There is no absence of God, only a lack of attention.
Faith also transcends belief.
Faith is founded upon the observation that the universe operates according to a higher intelligence, a master play, revealed as orderly laws. As Einstein said, God does not play dice with the universe. Neither does God play dice with you. If we are God's creations, literally or figuratively, then we are perfect images of the divine, here to realize our unity. If we are separate from God, cut off from the universe, then our faith is unfounded.