Human Potential

What is the limit of human potential? What can we become? Into what can we grow from our untapped talents, our unexplored potentials?

Potentials are of two varieties; genetic and social.

Genetic potential is the one we are born with and is derived from the genes of our parents. It dictates our height, weight, colour of eyes and hair and probable diseases we will contract or resistence to diseases, intellectual capacity, etc.

Social potential is that which we derive as the result of our birth into a society with cultural strictures or opportunities. The education of the society into which we are born, our ability to access that education, the mode of living and the normal work the society is involved in, the belief system of the society, and wealth or poverty of our social group, all affect our opportunities to reach our potential.

But these constraints, whether genetic or social, can also become stepping stones to success. For example, Helen Keller suffered an illness which, at the age of two, left her blind, deaf, and mute. This adversity propelled her into fame as a world renowned exemplar of educational methods for the blind.

Adversities can become blessings that help us in re-thinking our actions and modifying our goals. Charles Kettering, the famous American engineer, broke his hand while cranking an automobile and hence invented the self-starter. He had a sign in his laboratory, "Do not bring me your successes, they weaken me. Bring me your problems, they strengthen me."

Edison, who patented 1100 inventions, claimed that his deafness helped him in that he could hear the loud ticking of the telegraph ticker amidst other chattering by people. This deafness led him to the unexplored field of sound and its transmission.

Beethoven was deaf when he composed his Ninth symphony. Darwin, Disraeli, Carlyle, Dickens, Emerson and John Burroughs became famous in spite of their handicaps.

Queen Elizabeth I suffered from stomach disorders, ulcers, dropsy, fits, rheumatism. Yet she ruled well, became the most famous sovereign in English History, and gave her name to an age.

What is the limit of human potential? There is none. Why? Because the substance of the Creator has no potential-limit and the soul of man is an atom of the Creator's energy. How can we prove this?

It is axiomatic that in the beginning only the Creator existed. He existed as energy. He converted a minuscule part of his energy to matter and created the universe. We know that he did not convert all his energy into matter. If He did, there would be only matter.

The soul of man is energy and not matter. That means that the Creator used his unconverted energy to create the soul of man. That is why the soul of man has unlimited potential .

We limit ourselves by our own belief. Belief is a very powerful instrument in achieving results. If we believe that we will not succeed, we will not attempt and our potential is wasted. Thus, we set the limits of our achievements. We can also break the limits of our achievements by belief and action.

In conclusion, there is no limit for human potential. We were created to be companions for the Creator and companionship demands brotherhood, and sharing of all potential. We know that there is no limit to the potentials of the almighty Creator. That means, human beings will be endowed with all the potentials of the Creator.

However, we cannot acquire all the potentials of the Creator until we are capable of handling all divine potentials. Just like we will not be able to teach infinitesimal calculus to a third grader, we will not be able to handle the divine potentials until we have become strong, wise and knowledgeable. The way knowledge is doubling and redoubling in shorter and shorter intervals, the day is not far away when we will have all the potentials the Creator- God has.

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