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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   ~:........
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