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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. .^~:†%&¶##
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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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¶¶¶&%†:~^. ..^^.. .^~:†%&¶¶¶
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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). .^~:†%&¶##
&†~~^..... .....^~~†&
&&&&%†:~^. 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 ... .^~:†%&¶##
##¶&%†:~^. ^^~~^^ .^~:†%&¶##
#¶&&%†:~^. .^~:†%&&¶#
##¶&%†:~^. sleep deities .^~:†%&¶##
&††~~^^^^. the blackbird .^^^^~~††&
##¶&%†:~^. solipsism .^~:†%&¶##
&&†::^.... ....^::†&&
##¶&%†:~^. ~~::~~ .^~:†%&¶##
¶%::~^^... ... 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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