Exercise: Walking the Moonlight Path
In Energy Architecture and Engineering, the most common exercise we will perform is a meditation that has been poetically named "Walking the Moonlit Path." If there was only one thing I could wish for you to take away from Energy Architecture and Engineering, it would be this skill. The goal of this exercise is to begin to train your awareness to daydream without getting lost in the story. To remain an observer of the story, your mind is telling you.
"Walking a Moonlit Path" is our poetic description of a specific process of daydreaming. We allow our minds to wander while in a meditative state, without struggling against what we experience, nor surrendering to the story and getting completely immersed in it.
This fundamental exercise of Energy Architecture and Engineering involves daydreaming in a meditative state while paying attention to the energies and shifting constellations within awareness. There is no set of steps to perfectly accomplish this, it is a process that needs to be practiced. This practice trains the habit of being aware of one's internal energy structures, starting with Chi and moving on to Shen and Prana, eventually being able to notice multiple layers at the same time.
We are now going to learn the most fundamental exercise of Energy Architecture and Engineering, one that is critical to your success in this program. Fortunately, or unfortunately, this process is as easy as dreaming.
The instructions are pretty straightforward:
Sit in a comfortable position, without music or tv on to influence your daydreaming, and allow your mind to wander.
After a few minutes, stop the wondering, and check how much you can remember of what you just observed.
Then try again. Practice paying attention to the details of the daydream, and avoid controlling the daydream. Allow whatever comes up to arise without attachment, and to disappear with the same calm awareness.
As mentioned earlier "Walking a Moonlit Path" is our poetic description for a specific process of daydreaming. We allow our minds to wander while in a meditative state, without struggling against what we experience, nor surrendering to the story and getting completely immersed in it.
