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,.«:†$####                                          ####$†:«.,
,,.«:†$###                  ««::««                  ###$†:«.,,
,,,.«:†$##              ,,, sleep ,,,               ##$†:«.,,,
,,,,.«:†$#                  ..««..                  #$†:«.,,,,
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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.             $†:«.,,,,,
,,,,.«:†$#                                          #$†:«.,,,,
,,,.«:†$##                  ,,..,,                  ##$†:«.,,,
,,.«:†$###                                          ###$†:«.,,
,.«:†$#### 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.           $†:«.,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.«:                  ,,..,,                  :«.,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,. when you  sleep  all sound  is internal. .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, when  you   sleep  your  brain  shrinks. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,.«:† if you wish to  measure sleep, use these †:«.,,,,,,
,,,,,.«:†$    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    $†:«.,,,,,
,,,,.«:†$#    otherworldiness and revitalization.   #$†:«.,,,,
,,,.«:†$##                                          ##$†:«.,,,
,,.«:†$### grip goes from not being able to let  go ###$†:«.,,
,.«:†$#### all  day  (left)   to  not   caring   to ####$†:«.,
,,.«:†$###             remember (right).            ###$†:«.,,
,,,.«:†$##                                          ##$†:«.,,,
,,,,.«:†$#     deepness goes from being several     #$†:«.,,,,
,,,,,.«:†$ hundred  meters  down  (left)  to barely $†:«.,,,,,
,,,,,,.«:†      touching the surface (right).       †:«.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.«:                                          :«.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.«    otherworldliness goes from a single   «.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,.  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,.                 (right).                 .,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.«: revitalization goes  from  a feeling  of :«.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.«:† not having  slept at all (left) to being †:«.,,,,,,
,,,,,.«:†$ full  of  energy   and   maybe  optimism $†:«.,,,,,
,,,,.«:†$#                 (right).                 #$†:«.,,,,
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,,.«:†$###                    ..                    ###$†:«.,,
,.«:†$####                                          ####$†:«.,
,,.«:†$### high  otherworldliness and high grip  is ###$†:«.,,
,,,.«:†$##     a particularly effective combo.      ##$†:«.,,,
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,,,,,.«:†$                  ««::««                  $†:«.,,,,,
,,,,,,.«:†             ,,, see also ,,,             †:«.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.«:                  ..««..                  :«.,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,.              sleep deities               .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,              the blackbird               ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,.                solipsism                 .,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.«:                  ««::««                  :«.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.«:†            ,,, furthermore ,,,           †:«.,,,,,,
,,,,,.«:†$                  ..««..                  $†:«.,,,,,
,,,,.«:†$#                                          #$†:«.,,,,
,,,.«:†$## 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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