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.....~^¤¤@ you  can tap into  the cave wherever you @¤¤^~.....
......~^¤¤ go.  with  training,  or  with  drugs... ¤¤^~......
.....~^¤¤@ some   people  are   always  like  this. @¤¤^~.....
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...~^¤¤@@# the  cave  is  built  in,  an  intrinsic #@@¤¤^~...
..~^¤¤@@## animal part. it's come  to be associated ##@@¤¤^~..
...~^¤¤@@# with  the  lizards,  and it's true  that #@@¤¤^~...
....~^¤¤@@ they  are  very  close  to  it in  their @@¤¤^~....
.....~^¤¤@ lives. but as long as youre  an  animal, @¤¤^~.....
......~^¤¤ it's  always there, changing  shape with ¤¤^~......
.....~^¤¤@                   you.                   @¤¤^~.....
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...~^¤¤@@# the  mind  is   good   at   relativizing #@@¤¤^~...
..~^¤¤@@## things, placing  them within its current ##@@¤¤^~..
...~^¤¤@@# frame  of  reference.  and  the   lizard #@@¤¤^~...
....~^¤¤@@ brain is good at absolutes.  in the end, @@¤¤^~....
.....~^¤¤@ the  best  and  worst  things  are  both @¤¤^~.....
......~^¤¤  within hearing range. everything else   ¤¤^~......
.....~^¤¤@              is forgotten.               @¤¤^~.....
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...~^¤¤@@# everything is specific, and local.       #@@¤¤^~...
....~^¤¤@@ there are no generalizations. there is   @@¤¤^~....
.....~^¤¤@ no object permanence. what you           @¤¤^~.....
......~^¤¤ experience is acute, ineffable, and you  ¤¤^~......
.....~^¤¤@ need to act. every subsection of your    @¤¤^~.....
....~^¤¤@@ body has a consciousness and a voice.    @@¤¤^~....
...~^¤¤@@# everything you see can also see you,     #@@¤¤^~...
..~^¤¤@@## through the pupil in your eye. the       ##@@¤¤^~..
...~^¤¤@@# stones are slippery. the air is inside   #@@¤¤^~...
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