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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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