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Hello and welcome!

My name is Nicola DiSvevia and I am (among other things) a philosopher concerned with consciousness and spirituality.

I grew up in Southwest Germany, among modern factories, medieval town centres, Baroque churches and castles on hills. I was artistically inclined and played the guitar, but mostly life struck me as a mystery. After gaining a degree in computer science I moved to London to further study cognitive science and then philosophy. But I was left dissatisfied: life still struck me as a mystery, as beautiful as at times it has been extremely painful. A subsequent lack of sufficient success in any career has prompted me to pursue more thoroughly what I was probably born to do: to explore, drawing on my insights and experiences, the ultimate mystery of Reality itself.


I am the author of the book "What It Means to Be Consciousness: A Series of Spiritual Explorations and Exercises".


                                                                                                                                                                                  



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