Learnings from Johari Window

Learnings from Johari Window:

In our management books we have all learnt about Johari window. It is about how much I or others know / don’t know about me.  It is basically 4 parts

1         -- Open Area -- Everyone including me know about myself

2         – Blind Area -- others know about me but I am ignorant about it

3         – Hidden Area -- no one knows about me but only I know about it

4         – Unknown Area – Neither I nor others know about me

If we look at the above picture we find the biggest area is UNKNOWN to all living beings on earth ( approx. 60%) , followed by next biggest area HIDDEN , the area which is known to me only and unknown to others which may be approx. 24% ) , followed by OPEN and BLIND area which could be 8 % each .

So how much I do not know about myself ? Its 68 % ( 60+8 ) .

So how much I know about myself ? Its 32 % ( 24+8 ) .

So how much others do not know about myself ? Its 84 % ( 60+24 ) .

So how much others know about myself ? Its 16 % ( 8+8 ) .

Without getting into any argument about the percentage part stated above we can easily say we do not know ourselves fully. Do we not try to find what we are? , who we are? , what strengths we have? etc. The fact we know is mostly bodily and worldly related but what about soul part?  Do we know what we have done in our past lives if we at all believe in next birth? We know much lesser about ourselves than what we don’t know about ourselves still we feel as if we know everything. Meditation is a process that has helped many to know the UNKNOWN and BLIND aspects of our life. That has helped people to know what actually they are, what they are supposed to do, what good virtues they carry which has been overshadowed by this worldly temptations. There is a great need of exploring oneself.

Again if we look how much others know about me, it is more baffling.  It is much lesser than what they do not know about me. We take pride if someone appreciates, give compliment but if I don’t know anyone fully does not this appreciation a bit shallow? Are we not appreciating again on bodily, physical, worldly aspects of that individual? Have we ever tried to find how good a soul is that person? Should we not know the real person and value accordingly rather than just valuing the person of external visible aspects? Today trust, love, affection etc. is decreasing and broad reason is neither we know our self fully nor the other person.  Everything is superficial.  

If the world has to change for good, the age old Johari window has to be proven wrong by all of us. Meditation is one way where we get in touch with our real self. If all of us start knowing our -self more than what we actually know today , if all of us start connecting with super soul through meditation, the ignorance , hatred etc. existing between humans , religion will get wiped off from this planet . Even from the career perspective meditation will not only make one understand his strength but also give him better wisdom to understand rights and wrongs of the world in much better manner .

I look forward for a day when OPEN area of Johari window expand like anything and UNKNOWN gets reduced to the minimal. That will be the day when we can say this is true world and true life .