Craig Holliday is both a Nondual teacher and Licensed Professional Counselor, offering Nondual Therapy and Meditation workshops, retreats and Satsang. His work is dedicated to the discovery of our innate Divinity through embracing our Humanity. He works in a way that addresses our everyday suffering as a doorway to our inherent freedom. He meets with individuals in Durango, Colorado and from around the world on Skype.
At just 19, Craig began apprenticing under his teacher David in Southwest Colorado. David, a little-known meditation master, (who lives a private meditative life) guided Craig for 20 years, in the lineage of Sri Aurobindo. This relationship deeply shaped Craig’s life and teachings.
During the last 10 years Craig also studied with Adyashanti who guided him through 4 profound awakenings (head, heart, Hara and Kundalini). Upon request from others, Craig began sharing these nondual teachings in Satsang.
Over the years, Craig has received ongoing support with teaching and his personal life from David, Adyashanti, Lama Tsultrim and others. Despite profoundly awakening to the truth of his own being, Craig also understands the evolutionary nature of our souls and values the work of continually examining our humanity (both individually and with teachers), while surrendering to our Divinity in greater and greater ways. He shares this same invitation to others.
Website: craigholliday.com
Book: Fully Human Fully Divine, Awakening to our Innate Beauty through Embracing our Humanity
Other BatGap episodes involving Craig:
Craig Holliday in Panel at Sofia U. Part 1 | Part 2
Panel discussions on ethics and spiritual teaching
SAND Panel Discussion on Sexual Misconduct, Money, Power, Trauma & Ethics in Spiritual Communities
Transcript of this interview
Interview recorded 1/3/2015
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:04:38 - Meeting the Teacher and Spiritual Experiences
00:08:45 - Meeting David Shapiro and his Teaching Journey
00:12:51 - Opening to Your Direct Experience of God
00:16:55 - The Guru-Apprentice Relationship
00:21:27 - Beyond Ego and Desires
00:25:53 - The Transcendent Awakening and Illusion
00:30:19 - The Embodiment Process and Overcoming Egoic Nature
00:35:21 - The Importance of Spiritual Practice and Surrender
00:40:13 - Being Present to What's Here Right Now
00:45:05 - Willingness to Feel Pain
00:49:36 - Opening Fully to Pain
00:54:16 - The Power of Pain and Bliss
00:59:06 - Trusting in Your Nature
01:03:39 - Experiencing Spaciousness in Everyday Life
01:07:58 - Falling in Love and Divine Orchestration
01:12:14 - God's Purpose in Terrible Things
01:16:49 - The Unfolding of Reality
01:21:17 - The Awakening and Impersonal Experience
01:26:58 - The Paradox of Pain and Bliss
01:31:54 - The Implosion of Personality into Divinity and the End of Seeking
01:37:05 - The Dynamic Aspect of God's Evolution
01:41:40 - The Individuality and Awakening
01:45:58 - Kundalini Awakening and Intense Experiences
01:50:50 - Resting in the Quiet Silence
01:55:46 - Kundalini Experiences and Practices to Avoid
02:00:38 - Embracing the Egoic Nature and the Collective Egoic Nature
02:05:42 - The Journey of Surrender to Divinity
02:10:31 - Different Awakenings and Personal Maturity
02:15:12 - Hope and Inspiration in Listening from the Heart
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