Seamus
Berkeley

Interview with Rain Elizabeth Stickney on her ‘Every Moment is Sacred’ podcast. This episode is ‘Nature Speaks in Silence’.

Rain’s notes about this podcast:

Born in Dublin and living in Taos, New Mexico, Seamus Berkeley gently shares with us the profound practice of entering the contemplative realm through one’s visual experience. A professional and very talented artist, Seamus illustrates how the natural world is a teacher bestowing gifts upon all of us. Gather together and listen as we unfold a meditative conversation in presence, celebrating the ability we all have to let go of constructs and begin to see things as they are.
Seamus Reminds Us:

• Thomas Keating says: The fruits of contemplation… are in everyday life. He also says: Set an intention before meditation.
• Take a contemplative walk and ask yourself, “What have I not seen today?” and “How is the light today?”
• Beauty is a doorway into spaciousness presence awareness.
• What is blue? Rest in the non-answer.
• What if we choose to see everything as a gift?
• Entering into the visual field is a letting go of agenda.
• Awake = aware of awareness.

Suggested Practice: Sky Meditation

Look at the sky. Are there clouds? Is there movement? Look up… be present to what is.

Resources Mentioned:
Teachings by Thomas Keating, Gurdjieff, James Baraz, and Anam Thubten
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards