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....^*=&££ sleep is the most important  meal of the ££&=*^....
...^*=&££# day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a #££&=*^...
..^*=&££## while. if  you  can  dream, you also get ##££&=*^..
.^*=&££### to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ###££&=*^.
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.....^*=&£ deeper  than death  is  to be  alive and £&=*^.....
......^*=& asleep. it is death if it was  temporary &=*^......
.......^*=            and rejuvenating.             =*^.......
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.....^*=&£ sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of £&=*^.....
....^*=&££ which there  is  nothing. inside is  all ££&=*^....
...^*=&££# the   stars   and   in   the   middle  a #££&=*^...
..^*=&££## black lake.  at the  foot of  this  lake ##££&=*^..
.^*=&££###           stands an old friend.          ###££&=*^.
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.....^*=&£ when you  sleep all  sound is  internal. £&=*^.....
......^*=& when  you   sleep  your  brain  shrinks. &=*^......
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......^*=& if you wish to measure sleep,  use these &=*^......
.....^*=&£    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    £&=*^.....
....^*=&££   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ££&=*^....
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..^*=&££## grip goes from not being  able to let go ##££&=*^..
.^*=&££### all  day   (left)   to  not  caring   to ###££&=*^.
..^*=&££##            remember (right).             ##££&=*^..
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....^*=&££     deepness goes from being several     ££&=*^....
.....^*=&£ hundred  meters  down (left)  to  barely £&=*^.....
......^*=&       touching the surface (right).      &=*^......
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........^*    otherworldliness goes from a single   *^........
.......^*=  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  =*^.......
......^*=& dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams &=*^......
.....^*=&£                 (right).                 £&=*^.....
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...^*=&££# revitalization goes  from  a  feeling of #££&=*^...
..^*=&££## not having slept at all (left)  to being ##££&=*^..
.^*=&££### full  of   energy   and  maybe  optimism ###££&=*^.
..^*=&££##                 (right).                 ##££&=*^..
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......^*=& high otherworldliness and high  grip  is &=*^......
.......^*=     a particularly effective combo.      =*^.......
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...^*=&££#               sleep deities              #££&=*^...
..^*=&££##              the blackbird               ##££&=*^..
.^*=&££###                solipsism                 ###££&=*^.
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....^*=&££           ... furthermore ...            ££&=*^....
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.......^*= this  is still  a place:  here,  in  the =*^.......
........^* silence,   darkness  and  night  -   and *^........
.......^*= loneliness,  holding a kind of  dilution =*^.......
......^*=& of  reality,   and   suddenly  it's  not &=*^......
.....^*=&£ important that  i  lie  in  my bed,  the £&=*^.....
....^*=&££ lack  of  presence   brings  the  notion ££&=*^....
...^*=&££# that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i #££&=*^...
..^*=&££##    choose past, future, something with   ##££&=*^..
.^*=&££### more   substance  than   the  objects  i ###££&=*^.
..^*=&££##          surround myself with.           ##££&=*^..
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