본 논문의 목적은 ‘숲 명상’과 이를 기반으로 창작된 시문학이 현대인들의 상흔을 치유하고 위로하며, 생명연대의 공감을 일깨워 주고, 비움과 충만의 치유의 미학으로 중요한 기능을 하는 것임을 살펴보는 데 있다. 숲은 인류가 오랫동안 누려왔던 터전이자 고향이며, 숲과 교류하는 것은 인간의 본성을 찾는 길이다. 그래서 숲과 교감하고 숲을 통해 ‘내 안의 풍경’을 성찰하는 것은 상처를 치유하고 위로를 받을 수 있으며, 또한 번다하고 탐욕스러운 마음을 잠시나마 내려놓고 공감과 비움의 의미를 깨달게 한다 할 수 있다. 이는 숲이 단순한 휴식 공간의 차원을 넘어 치유의 공간으로 변모하고 있음을 시사한다. 따라서 ‘숲 명상’은 바른 지견으로 사물을 보고 욕망과 채움, 집착과 분노, 복잡과 불안을 극복할 수 있는 중요한 ‘힐링’ 방법 중의 하나라 할 수 있다.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the meaning of “forest meditation” and the poetry created based on it can heal and comfort the scars of modern people. This paper also looks at a reminder of empathy of life solidarity, and an important function as an aesthetic of emptying and filling of the poems based on forest meditation. Forests have been the living place and home of mankind for a long time, and interacting with the forest is the way to find human nature. So communicating with the forest and reflecting on the scenery in me through the forest can heal wounds of mind and wounded mind can be comforted. And they let go of the busy, greedy mind for a moment, and make us realize the meaning of empathy and emptiness. This suggests that the forest can be transformed into a healing space beyond just a resting space. Therefore, forest meditation is a way to look at things with the right insight and to overcome desires, fillings, obsession, anger, complexity and anxiety, etc.. In addition, based on “forest meditation”, the poems which are various expressions of emotions rising from the bottom of one’s heart contain various spectra of the mind, so the amplitude of its echo and echo is wide and deep. The reason is that the poet’s insight and imagination can make a big difference in life. This is because it can bring about a big change in life and makes it meaningful. In particular, poets also speak in a vivid language that we always see, but never see, and always hear, but never hear. Because it brings us to a new world of perception by bringing us back to life in clear language. Just by reciting honest, lively healing poems and understanding their meaning, we can open and heal pressed and torn minds. Hence, the thoughts and practical experiences that encompass the forest, meditation, and the poetry created based on it have many healing elements beyond the limitations of poets and readers. That is because it implies psychological healing, an essential function of literature.

• 오철우(중앙승가대학교) | Oh Chel Woo (Jung-Ang Sangha University)