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Those who become arrogant artists believe that their depictions of an aspect of reality surpasses reality. Those who become businessman become slaves to reality. Those who seem to surpass reality yet they themselves seem to be trying to get even CLOSER to reality seem godly

E.g. the japanese craftsman honing a detail down to a precision way beyond the point where you can't tell the difference. You wonder why they care about something no one will notice. You see their eyes pierce past reality and into god.

Yet if some guy has dedicated his life to perfecting the perfect egg it's not something that seems reasonable to actually do for your life. You eat the meticulously prepared egg, pretend to taste the difference, and pay a larger amount to have an egg layered with godliness.

Because the path of godliness is unique to each person, we can only sense the 'light' of the person following a path. To take the perfect egg path for yourself personally is mimetic and dumb.

What you should gather from these 'enlightened' experts is that the kind of discipline, focus, dedication, and intensity with which they do things are tools that you *need* when you follow your own path.

If you see that the true path is one where you have to achieve these traits it's easier to distinguish between true obstacles that should be avoided, and pseudo obstacles which you just have to punch through because you can.

A pianist like Beethoven for example is considered a "high" kind of person just like a famous artist or scientist. They all exhibit the same high quality of self despite taking completely different paths.

They set off in different directions yet mysteriously find themselves united in being worshipped, sharing the same altar.