Ki and Education (2) ‘Education is Communication’

What is correct education?

“Education” means “to teach and develop”. I define ‘”teaching and developing” as below.

First, I’ll tell you about ”teaching”.

Generally speaking, many people tend to think that “teaching” is unidirectional; a one way street.
But this is wrong.
In fact, teaching is a relationship. We must always check to see whether the student understands or not. When you perceive your partner’s Ki (plus or minus), that is the current condition of your partner’s mind.

What is important is whether your partner sends his Ki to you, or not.
It does not matter how much you lecture your partner if your partner doesn’t send his Ki to you.

In addition, it is also important to know whether your partner has a positive mind or not. People who are able to understand send plus KI. But people certainly send negative Ki if they fail to understand, because this makes them nervous.

You can know your partner’s comprehension by watching your partner sending positive Ki or negative Ki. However, sometimes a person tells something to a partner without watching partner’s Ki (state of mind). This kind of person is satisfied only with telling something, and does not care if the partner understands it or not.

This is very important. If your partner does not understand your intention correctly, it is just as if you did not say anything at all. Therefore, you should not say “I told you”, later, when they don’t understand. This understanding is essential in education.

There is a company which had a similar problem in their in-company training program.

In this company, there were so many misunderstandings, like “I told you” / “I did not hear.” “I gave it to you” / ”You did not give it to me.” This is as same as “I sent email.” / ”I did not receive email” type of problem.

These problems happened because the person responsible did not watch their partner’s Ki. First, you check if your partner sends Ki to you. Then, check if your partner sends plus Ki. This is very important, if we want to be sure we are understood.

In my seminar, I demonstrate and teach how to send Ki and how to watch another’s Ki. Then, each participant may experience it. By training in this way, participants start to understand the art of communication very well. After this, then each may practice it in their work place.

This particular company’s trouble did decrease considerably by attending this seminar. This suggests just how important it is to watch your partner’s Ki (state of mind).

Education in general does not mean telling others in a unilateral way. The true teaching is watching your partner to see if he or she understands and is able to repeat what you taught.

Education is not a one-way street, but communication.

(to be continued)