Every Human Being Is Incomplete In Terms Of Skills

In addition to knowledge, human beings are also limited in terms of skills and skill mastery. Skills represent the ability to perform an action or a pattern of actions, and skill mastery is the ability to perform these actions at a high level. Examples include champion boxers, footballers, music artists, writers, and others who have attained a high level of skill mastery. These individuals are often celebrated globally and pedestalized at the top of our culture, creating a separation between them and others. Moreover, their success in skill mastery is often coupled with financial wealth, leading to fame.

This fame further elevates them in society, attracting people who want to be around them, be in a relationship with them, and treat them almost like gods. People often attribute a divine nature to these highly skilled individuals, as if they can see the Spirit of the Father, the Divine Nature, or the Infinite Light shining from within them. Interestingly, this divine light is typically not attributed to the majority of others we encounter, and, even worse, it is often not recognized within ourselves. In elevating these individuals, we inadvertently lower ourselves and others.

The truth is that every individual possesses the light of Infinity within them. Regardless of skills or lack thereof, whether champion or average, every human being carries the divine spark within. We should adopt the mindset described by Epictetus when discussing a man born into the family of Caesar. Such a man would see himself as the son of the emperor, never doubting himself or lowering himself before others. He would walk with pride, acknowledging his divine lineage. This perspective questions why anyone would consider another person above them when, in fact, they are not just the son of an emperor but the son of Zeus himself.

That is to say that all of us—male and female, men and women, old and young, human beings—are the children of the Universe. That all of us have Divine lineage. That no other human being—no matter how ‘gifted,’ ‘special,’ magical, or talented or famous, or wealthy—is above any other.

That we should not automatically debase ourselves to others who are the same as we are—regardless of their skills, talents, celebrity, fame, or money. That we should not become fanatical for any human beings—regardless of how well they write, compete in a sport, how well they speak, how much money or fame they have—how many followers they have on social media or anything else.

That we should not compare our skill level to theirs, and thereafter see ourselves as inferior to them in status or value. That we should not automatically assume them to be our betters. That we should see them as our equals who are better than us in some skill but not better in fundamental value.

Just as with those who have learned more than us in a specific field, we should see them as knowing more in something specific, but not in being all-knowing—so too here we should see they have mastered some skill, but not that they have mastered all skills.

And moreover, that even in the skill they have become good at, world-class at even, that they have not finished in terms of mastery of it. And that no matter how great they become at it, they will never, in fact, master all of it.

A truism of all things is that those who come after, improve on the level of those who come before. That the world-class athletes of today are far more skilled than those of a hundred years ago, so too with every other field.

It is even true in terms of knowledge in that the follower can build on the work of the person that came before them. So there is always room for growth and further skill mastery.

Therefore, we should never see any highly skilled person as the final say even in their own field of mastery. That we should realize that they are also open to criticism, learning, and growth, and that we may challenge their skills.
That we may learn the skills and have the possibility of actually becoming better at whatever the task is than they are.

This is true for anyone, no matter how globally talented they seem. That we are equals. That if one person can do something, there is someone else who can also do it. That possibly this other person can do it better than them. That as every year passes more and more people will improve on this skill area. So no individual should feel prideful over his human brother or sister, in that if his skill is the source of this arrogance then it is only a matter of time before another person comes along who is better than them at it.

That as they age, they will naturally become less good at it. No matter what they accomplish—though accomplishments should be respected—ultimately, accomplishments in themselves are only valuable because we as people give them value.

That we have decided that they are worth celebrating. But the accomplishments in themselves are not intrinsically valuable in themselves. To win a world cup title is great, but truthfully it is equivalent to a person winning any other tournament. The variables of numbers of people involved, and so on are all things we decide. Arbitrary measures of difficulty.

For example, someone may argue that a harder, and therefore more prestigious world cup would be to only include the winning countries of past cups. But even then the measure is arbitrary in that the players of today are not the players of yesterday. Why does a match last 90 minutes? It would be more difficult if it lasted 180.

Why only 11 players per team? Why not 20 players per team? Or 5 players per team? Both would impact the difficulty level. It is arbitrary—based on tradition and convention.

So too is the case with world championship boxing. A person that has won many titles may feel superior to someone else who hasn’t. But if they won these titles against boxers of less skill, are they still so valuable? Why do the matches last 12 rounds, why not 15 like the old days?

Or why not unlimited like the very old days? Why fight with gloves? Why not bare-knuckle? Why fight with a referee? If the point is to prove who is the better fighter, why not fight without rules?

Why are there weight classes? Why isn’t the best boxer the smallest man who can defeat the largest? Surely that requires more skill and is therefore more impressive than two large heavyweights fighting?

So again we see that all of these things, though impressive, and worthy of respect due to the commitment required to achieve them, and hours of work required to achieve them, still do not give any human being status over any other.

They do not make any famous fighter more special or worthy of any higher treatment than the most poor beggar. They are equal in value. Thus they should not be seen any differently; just as you would not debase yourself, make yourself inferior, change your tone to one of submission and lowering, before the homeless person—so too you should not do so when talking to a world-class, hyper-famous, hyper-wealthy person.

Both should be spoken to the same. As a king or a queen, speaking to another king or queen. This is the reality for all of us; in fact, it is more than this in that we are not just simple kings and queens—fictional titles invented by people to rule over other people—but rather we are children of the infinite. We are all products of the divine. Children of the Most High. Star children. Cosmic royalty flows through all of our veins. That is the reality of all of us. We are equals. No superiors. No inferiors. Equals.

Every Human Being Is Incomplete In Terms Of Knowledge