- Window 1
- Window 2
- Window 3
- Window 4
Reflect alone — or together
The four windows can be used in two ways. Either as a personal reflection on your own balance right now. Or as a mirroring together with a partner, friend or family member — you each take the quiz on your own, and then receive a shared reading where your answers meet.
On your own
Get a reading of your four windows here and now.
With someone
Start here — you'll be able to invite a partner, friend or family member once you've received your own reading.
Both paths start with the same quiz
A life-philosophical model in 4 windows
We all have a theory of life, but no one knows for certain how things really are. The 4 Windows offers a model with different perspectives on life — one that can give you inner calm, stability and meaning, while also offering outer direction, strength and belonging on the journey.
Every person has a different combination of windows 1–4 active. There is no "best" window — but understanding which ones are consciously active in you and in others creates understanding and empathy in your relationships.
The model is used for self-reflection and personal development, but also in dialogue with others and to reduce polarisation in society and in our world.
The four windows
Everyday life
The practical life — work, routines, family, leisure, friends and norms. Also the "result window" where the others are reflected.
Inner development
Personal growth — often triggered by a life crisis, sometimes a quieter, self-chosen path toward more reflection and self-insight.
Spiritual dimension
Openness to there being more between heaven and earth than what we readily see — a source of meaning, calm and acceptance.
World view
Power structures, politics, media and polarisation — and how the social contract is balanced against human rights and responsibilities.
The windows meet like a kaleidoscope
How each window is perceived and developed is unique to every person. When the windows are placed in front of one another like a kaleidoscope, the result is projected onto Window 1 — everyday life. No wonder we, with completely unique perspectives, experience different truths — and therefore different realities.
Read the reflection- Window 1
- Window 2
- Window 3
- Window 4
The 4 Windows is for you who…
- want to bridge the negative effects of polarisation and create respectful, meaningful relationships
- deeply want to understand and respect that every person has their own truth and their own perfectly fitted life journey
- want to understand why you sometimes feel misunderstood and don't fully share the prevailing norms or the priorities many people make
- want to understand why your friend, partner, family member or colleague has suddenly changed, withdrawn, or moved into other contexts
- want to reclaim power and responsibility for yourself — for your own joy, but also for humanity and the development of the planet
- see a danger in many people being passive and ignorant in an interconnected world, with very few and extremely dominant companies and individuals at the top of the food chain
Free to use
The people behind the model have found great joy in using it in dialogue with other human beings. We therefore share the model freely — including images and texts — for anyone who finds value in it for personal development, or in the context of business and the education of others.
Thank you for taking part in the model! Use it to make the world a better place — which always begins with each one of us ❤
We warmly welcome your reflections — feel free to write to us. contact@the4windows.life
What do you do out of duty that actually wants to become a choice?