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@consciously.liveCreated by @alexmaramusic

Essays on consciousness, travel and practice, written by hand.

Alex Maragakis

Alex Maragakis · Creator of consciously.live

Some of this leans into ideas science hasn't caught up with. You're welcome to disagree.

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What does it mean to 'Live Consciously'?

How we are going to change the world.

Philosophy & Spirituality · 30 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

The case for AI-generated guided meditations

A balanced argument, without the marketing.

Meditation & Psychedelics · 18 Sept 2026 · 8 min read

Lila: The Divine Game

The most beautiful perspective on the nature of reality

Philosophy & Spirituality · 19 Sept 2026 · 9 min read

All essays

  • The Easy Problem of Consciousness

    What does it really mean for something to exist, anyway?

    19 Oct 2026 · 7 min readPhilosophy & Spirituality · 19 Oct 2026 · 7 min read

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  • The Keys to Heaven and Hell

    The many faces of psychedelic experience

    8 Oct 2026 · 9 min readMeditation & Psychedelics · 8 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

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  • What does it mean to 'Live Consciously'?

    How we are going to change the world.

    30 Sept 2026 · 7 min readPhilosophy & Spirituality · 30 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

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  • Alex's Theory of Relativity

    Specialness ain't special when you're special

    28 Sept 2026 · 7 min readPhilosophy & Spirituality · 28 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

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  • Divination

    How to make sense of a practice everyone thinks is crazy

    25 Sept 2026 · 9 min read25 Sept 2026 · 9 min read

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  • Technology SUCKS

    Oh, hey there!

    20 Sept 2026 · 6 min readPhilosophy & Spirituality · 20 Sept 2026 · 6 min read

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  • Tibet: The Roof of the World

    How a fascination with mountains led me to the heart of Tibetan culture and faith

    Chasing Mountains · Part 3 · 19 Sept 2026 · 9 min readChasing Mountains · Part 3 · Travel & Pilgrimage · 19 Sept 2026 · 9 min read

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  • Nepal: Hippies, Ibuprofen and the Himalayas

    How the Himalayas crushed my knee and my ego in the same week

    Chasing Mountains · Part 2 · 19 Sept 2026 · 9 min readChasing Mountains · Part 2 · Travel & Pilgrimage · 19 Sept 2026 · 9 min read

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  • Chasing Mountains

    Unexpected sitings of god in nature

    Chasing Mountains · Part 1 · 19 Sept 2026 · 6 min readChasing Mountains · Part 1 · Travel & Pilgrimage · 19 Sept 2026 · 6 min read

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  • The Life of Pai

    A love note to bohemian backpacking and hippy communities

    19 Sept 2026 · 9 min readTravel & Pilgrimage · 19 Sept 2026 · 9 min read

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  • Lila: The Divine Game

    The most beautiful perspective on the nature of reality

    19 Sept 2026 · 9 min readPhilosophy & Spirituality · 19 Sept 2026 · 9 min read

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  • The genius of Alan Watts

    How the worst night of my life and my best discovery turned out to be the same realisation.

    19 Sept 2026 · 7 min readPhilosophy & Spirituality · 19 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

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  • The case for AI-generated guided meditations

    A balanced argument, without the marketing.

    18 Sept 2026 · 8 min readMeditation & Psychedelics · 18 Sept 2026 · 8 min read

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  • Psychedelics are NOT for everyone

    ...at least when viewed from the lens of common human rationality

    18 Sept 2026 · 7 min readMeditation & Psychedelics · 18 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

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  • My (orgasmic) experience at an S.N. Goenka Vipassana Retreat

    …no this isn’t a post about me masturbating during free time

    18 Sept 2026 · 10 min readMeditation & Psychedelics · 18 Sept 2026 · 10 min read

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