• Studies in Philosophy East-West
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• no.93
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• pp.417-442
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• 2019

In a context where approaches of psychotherapy on Buddhist meditation are prevailing, this study aims to re-envision contemporary Korean Ganhwa Seon from the perspective of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory. Developed over the last several decades, Flow Theory involves scientific study of the correlation between human happiness and various mental and physical activities. The research method not only re-envisions the principles, values, and the current state of Ganhwa Seon through Flow Theory, but also seeks a modern transformation. It is proposed here that Ganhwa Seon's tradition of the "master-disciple encounter," which corresponds to the role of feedback in Flow Theory, plays a crucial role in contemporary utilization of Ganhwa Seon. It is also argued that Flow Theory's concept of "transcender" can provide new insight into contemporary Ganhwa Seon. In our current era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, more emphasis is being placed on human creativity. Flow Theory offers a way to improve creativity by "cultivating flow in everyday life" through its three dimensions of "goal," "concentration," and "enjoying the process." This suggests a modern transformation of Ganhwa Seon, which places emphasis on "investigating only one hwadu for a lifetime," based on enjoying the process of cultivating it.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.97-115
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• 2013

The present study examined the relationships between work related flow (i.e., absorption, work enjoyment, and intrinsic work motivation) and role conflict causes (i.e., teacher's belief, teaching and interaction with young children, comradeship, relationships with parents, workload, supervision, and social awareness of the job). A canonical correlation analysis was performed on the data from a sample of 154 childcare teachers. The results are as follows (1) there was a reciprocal-causal relationship between teachers' role conflict causes and their work-related flow; (2) canonical function 1 showed that absorption and work enjoyment are strongly associated to a teacher's belief and supervision of conflict causes; and (3) canonical function 2 showed that intrinsic motivation has a relatively strong relationship with workload and supervision of conflict causes. It can be concluded that it is important for childcare teachers to have sufficient job resources to promote their flow at work. Further research is needed for investigation of teacher's flow at various conditions of work.