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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 #*//~~~¨¨¨
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¨.~/=*#### 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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