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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 #.#...#..#
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.##.#.#... the   mind   is   good  at  relativizing .#####....
#.#####... things, placing  them within its current #....#....
##....#... frame  of   reference.  and  the  lizard #...##...#
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####.#..## everything is specific, and local.       ######..##
...###.#.. there are no generalizations. there is   .....#.#..
..#..###.. no object permanence. what you           ....####..
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.#.#.#.#.# everything you see can also see you,     #########.
#########. through the pupil in your eye. the       ........#.
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