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I would like to introduced the method of cultivating one’s mind & heart according to a Korean Confucian named Hagok(霞谷) Chung Che-doo(鄭齊斗), who was founder of Hagok school(霞谷學派), the third leading philosophical school in Korea. The ultimate goal of Neo-Confu-cianism is to achieve the stage on which one is ‘sagely within and kingly without’(內聖外王). To achieve such a goal of becoming a sage. Hagok was influenced by the Neo-Confucianist such as ZhuXi(朱熹) and WangYangming(王陽明) who presented the way to become a sage. Borrowing from our legacy rich content, we can now bring the old teachings into life: to illustrate, we can apply Hagok’s philosophy to the philosophical counseling and therapy. The ultimate aim of Eastern Phil-osophical teaching is to win the heart of both parties in relation, as portrayed by the phrase ‘by self-cultivation is one able to bring comfort to other’(修己安人) In order to be an effective, ‘true’ counselor it would not be far-fetched to claim that we have to first cultivate ourselves in helping others. As a counselor, we need to be conscientious, ethical, and even ‘virtuous’ through cultivation and self-therapy. We can borrow in coun-seling some of Hagok’s ideas such as our natural ability that enable us to commiserate the pain in others. We can also practice ‘vigilance in soli-tude’(愼獨) in daily life, in order to protect our mind & heart and pure intention from the selfish desires that may emerge. Most of all, we need to retain the sincere mind & heart and attitude(誠心) toward the clients, in order to understand thoroughly what their heart really says.
