False humility, contrived or intentional or maybe even just humility or more specifically the idea of subduing or lowering oneself is just as bad as arrogance or conceitedness, isn’t it? It purveys the theme that there is a special hierarchy, lowering oneself for the sake of humility or some moral value or virtue seems to just reenforce the idea that someone else is higher? Better? More special?
I think real “humility”, the real essence of humility is realizing that what I do, we do, you do, is no more special, no more better, no more worse than what other people can do. The fact that it can be done, means it isn’t even ours to begin with, it’s not something we possess or can take credit for. Somebody may have already done it or will do it, maybe even better than it’s ever been done. We’re just a vessel of the act, an icon, an imperfect version of the ideal perfect version. We do them as an attempt, trying to be an open door that might bring a miracle into reality. The Miracle being anything of an idea, thought of creativity, goodness, love, hope, connectedness… something brought into existence that we can all know to be true and good.