絶對의 意味와 省察

The Meaning of the Absoluteness and Introspection

This study is to elucidate the etymological meaning of the absoluteness(絶對，Cherl Dae), and based on this etymology, the author investigated the following issues ; 1) How was the etymology of absoluteness described in oriental classics such as Tao Te Ching and Chang Ja? 2) How can the etymology of absoluteness be applied in everyday life? 3) How can the etymology of absoluteness be applied in psychiatry? 4) What will be the way of introspection using the original concept of absoluteness? The etymological meaning of Cherl Dae(絶對) is to cut oS(絶) the contrast(對)，thus the seemingly contrast concepts become one concept based on this concept of Cherl Dae. In Tao Te Ching, we can find the Thought of Getting One(得一思想)’’ which is the exactly same concept as Cherl Dae. In Chang Ja, we can find “Thought of there is no discrimination in everything’(萬物齊同思想)’’ This also means that there is no contrasting concept in everything, and in this sense, this “Thought in Chang Ja” is the exactly same concept as Cherl Dae. In psychiatry we usually have dichotomous thinking such as psychological versus biological approach. But it is impossible to divide human psyche into two independent structures. Based on the concept of Cherl Dae, these two concepts should be integrated into one concept, and thinking, emotion and behavior also should be integrated into one wholeness. Finally we can apply this concept in the practical clinical settings. If psychiatrists could cease the discrimination between them and patients, they will be able to take care of the psychiatric patients as if they themselves were the patients.