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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 ..........
.......... BRAIN IS GOOD AT ABSOLUTES. IN THE END, ..........
.......... THE BEST AND WORST THINGS ARE BOTH ..........
~......... WITHIN HEARING RANGE. EVERYTHING ELSE .........~
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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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