3-Day Process based on 'Immersion' by Hwang Nongmoon

Today's book summary is about the 3-day immersive process outlined in Professor Hwang Nongmoon's book, "Immersion." It also plans to cover tasks to do before immersion and specific methods of immersion.

Even for those who have had some training in meditative thinking and contemplation, achieving a complete state of immersion on the first attempt can take about a week. However, once you have experienced immersion and familiarized yourself with immersing yourself in a topic several times, the book explains that you can reach the immersion stage in just three days.

The process of immersion over 3 days is as follows:

Day 1: Clearing thoughts and setting posture

On the first day, focus on analyzing the set problem. Settle your mind, sit in a comfortable chair, and slowly ponder over the given issue. It's crucial to consciously slow down your thought process and jotting down the problem on a notepad can be very helpful. You should also get plenty of sleep, and it's good to write down any idea that comes to mind, even if it seems trivial.

Day 2: The ideas start to move

Like the first day, continue your thoughts through conscious effort. You may come up with better ideas than on the first day. It's critical to maintain your calm and ponder slowly to keep your mind peaceful. It's important not to stop thinking intensely about the given problem, and you may also utilize any crisis situations that arise. On this day, engage in about an hour of sweat-inducing physical exercise in the evening, focusing on the problem until you fall asleep.

Day 3: The joy of thinking arises

On the third day, pondering over the given problem becomes much easier. You can think uninterrupted for longer periods, and your thoughts about the problem don't feel boring or arduous. When you reach this state, you can consider yourself 70-80% immersed.

The 3-day process for full immersion can be adjusted slightly to fit each individual's way of thinking and lifestyle patterns. The important thing is to organize your thoughts slowly and focus on them. Through this, you can achieve a complete experience of immersion.

After going through this 3-day process for full immersion, you can gain values beyond just solving a problem, as described in the book. Moreover, the experience of immersion can enhance our reasoning abilities and creativity and allow us to gain a deep understanding of problems and discover new ideas or solutions.

So, to immerse ourselves as described in this book, we need to know what we should do or prepare beforehand. The next post will discuss content related to this.