The goal is to center one’s energy with the flow of Eywa. Wisdom is attained not only through meditation and observation of the cosmos, but also through physical training.
A trained member of the society will have an acute sense of the flowing energy that unites all things. In their society, great emphasis is placed on cultivating this energy to become “one with Eywa,” to become more in tune with nature, wisdom, and humanity. The Na’vi have a deeply spiritual connection to the energy of each other and the world around them. An examination of the presence of qi in Cameron’s Avatar reveals that the fundamental concept has bridged not only cultural boundaries in Asia, but the four light-year boundary between Earth and Pandora. Like Cameron’s Eywa, qi is a continuous, flowing, immaterial life-force which connects all that exists in the world. What at first glance appears to be the clever invention of a creative genius bears a striking similarity to the classic Chinese philosophical concept of qi. Eywa is not so much of a conscious being, as in traditional conceptions of God, but rather a collective energy of all that is living and dead in the fictional world of Pandora. The Na’vi people of James Cameron’s epic blockbuster Avatar put their unflinching faith in a deity they call Eywa, or the All-Mother. Your spirit goes with Eywa, your body stays behind to become part of the People” (Cameron 66). The giant leaps up and rushes to his prey, dragging a dagger across its throat as he offers a brief prayer in a foreign tongue: “ I see you Brother, and thank you. The arrow glides through the hollow air before burying itself in the chest of a six-legged beast. He pulls back steadily, locking his arm tightly behind his shoulder. In an instant he pauses, keeping entirely still, before loading an arrow into his weapon. He holds a proportionally large bow and arrow in hand. A nine-foot-tall, royal blue giant creeps low to the ground, brushing by exotic foliage.