마음공부 사회화를 위한 인문학적 상상(想象), 마음을 ‘카레’하다 = A Humanistic Imagination for Socialization of Mindful Practice: Curry(CARE) the Mind

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The study aims to utilize the humanistic imagination as a method for socialization of mindful practice. ‘상상(想像), imagination in English, can be found in the etymology of ’견골상상(見骨想象), which means to think of an elephant by looking at its bones. In fact, ‘imaging by seeing bones’ has become a scientific method for tracking how humans evolved in archeology, anthropology, and biology. This approach of ‘imaging by seeing bones’ also gave various insights into ‘the invisible world’ even from the point of the humanities. In particular, Ten Ox-herding stories guide the principle, methods, and steps of mindful practice in agricultural society, and it can be called a deep insight into the invisible world created by imagining the ox.
In order to socialize mindful practice, it is necessary to have stories through imagination. In this paper, ‘마음을 ’카레‘ 하다’, which literally means ‘curry the mind’ in English, is an imagination for socialization of mindful practice. It is to create a story by imagining ‘카레’, or ‘curry’ in English, and with that story, mindful practice is permeated into our daily lives. First of all, ‘카레’ is familiar because it is a curry that is commonly eaten. However ‘카레’ is also ‘CARE’, which is composed of the bones of ‘Concentration’, ‘Awareness’, ‘Resolution’, and ‘Endeavor’. ‘CARE’ is also ‘care’ in English. This imagination enriches the various stories about mindful practice and comes to ‘마음카레’, or ‘mind-curry’ in English that makes us to think of ‘요리(料理)’, which literally means ‘진리를 헤아리다’(contemplating the truth) in its Chinese Characters. So, the imagination that started with ‘카레’ or ‘curry’ will become a story of mindful practice and will help socialize mindful practice.