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,,,^::::*# #,#          cave     sense          #,# #*::::^,,,
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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   ###@#*:-^,
,^-:*§#@## you.                                     ##@#§*:-^,
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