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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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