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.^~/%§#@## ##@#§%/~^.
..^~/%§#@# #@#§%/~^..
...^~/%§#@ @#§%/~^...
....^~/%§# #.# CAVE SENSE #.# #§%/~^....
.....^~/%§ §%/~^.....
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.......^~/ #.# /~^.......
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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. ##@#§%/~^.
..^~/%§#@# #@#§%/~^..
...^~/%§#@ 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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.........^ #.# ^.........
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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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