According to Johari Window, each of us has our own blind spots. We ourselves are not conscious of these blind spots. Hence, we need others to help us point them out so that we can try our best to bring them into consciousness. How much we know ourselves depends on our effort in self-discovery which includes the effort to minimize the area of our blind spot. In order to do this, we need to be open to fraternal correction by others and be ready to take the challenge for change.
How about our spiritual blind spots? We are blind when we choose to remain in our sinful way or in darkness. Who can help us to be conscious of these spiritual blind spots? Indeed, we are in great need of Christ, the light who died on the cross out of His love for us and for our salvation. This light of Christ can deliver us from the dominion of darkness and transfer us to the kingdom of his beloved son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sin (cf. Col 1:12-14). This effort in receiving Christ our light depends very much on the effort of our spiritual exercises. As we are approaching the Lenten season soon, let us prepare ourselves in deepening our faith, hope and love in Christ our Saviour through fasting, almsgivings and prayers. Hopefully we can truly ask ourselves these questions during Lent: How much do our spiritual exercises help us to discover these spiritual blind spots and ultimately through God’s grace to come out of them? Have we developed a closer relationship with God our light?
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Stay tuned for the next post by Br Terence Kesavan on 3rd Mar 2011.
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