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@§§%%^\~.¨ ¨ the dream ¨ ¨.~\^%%§§@
@§%^~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ of being swallowed ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~^%§@
#@¶§%^\~.¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨.~\^%§¶@#
##¶§%^\~.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.~\^%§¶##
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##¶§%^\~.¨ ~.¨#### ~.¨###~.¨ ####~¨ ¨.~\^%§¶##
#@¶§%^\~.¨ the dream of resting inside another ¨.~\^%§¶@#
##¶§%^\~.¨ animal. thats how it starts, ¨.~\^%§¶##
¶¶¶§%^\~.¨ ~.¨ with the dream, ¨.~ ¨.~\^%§¶¶¶
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##¶§%^\~.¨ but this time i was curious of where it ¨.~\^%§¶##
#@¶§%^\~.¨ was going, ¨.~\^%§¶@#
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#@¶§%^\~.¨ ¨.~\^%§¶@#
@§%\.¨¨¨¨¨ the first gate is the lips ¨¨¨¨¨.\%§@
##@§%^\~.¨ ¨.~\^%§@##
@¶%\..¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ to get at the throat. ¨ ¨¨¨¨..\%¶@
¶¶¶§%^\~.¨ ¨.~\^%§¶¶¶
§^^\.¨¨¨¨¨ to be falling into the water, the ¨¨¨¨¨.\^^§
¶%%^^^\~.¨ ocean, the void, but it must be done in ¨.~\^^^%%¶
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#@¶§%^\~.¨ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ¨.~\^%§¶@#
¶§%%%^\~.¨ slow... graceful... but then it gets ¨.~\^%%%§¶
¶%^~~..¨¨¨ too much and you faint. ¨¨¨..~~^%¶
#@¶§%^\~.¨ \#..\~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\\\\ ¨.~\^%§¶@#
#@¶§%^\~.¨ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close ¨.~\^%§¶@#
¶¶%^~.¨¨¨¨ to nature) ¨¨¨¨.~^%¶¶
#@¶§%^\~.¨ \#..\~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\\\\ ¨.~\^%§¶@#
##@¶§^\~.¨ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close ¨.~\^§¶@##
#@¶§%^\~.¨ to the beast that is everything) ¨.~\^%§¶@#
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§^\~¨¨¨¨¨¨ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (only through its help) ¨¨¨¨¨¨~\^§
#@¶§%^\~.¨ \#..\~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\ (very ¨.~\^%§¶@#
§^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ hard to get here without the aid of the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^§
§^^\.¨¨¨¨¨ beast) \\\ (state where the human is ¨¨¨¨¨.\^^§
#@¶§%^\~.¨ submerged in the animal) \\\ \\ ¨.~\^%§¶@#
#@¶§%^\~.¨ (becoming the animal) \\\ (forget ¨.~\^%§¶@#
@¶%\~~~~.¨ everything else) \\\ \\ (my soul is the ¨.~~~~\%¶@
#@¶§%^\~.¨ beast's soul) \\\ (a sludgy sense of ¨.~\^%§¶@#
#@¶§%^\~.¨ satisfaction. it's good) \\\ (it's ¨.~\^%§¶@#
¶¶¶§%^\~.¨ good) \\\ \\ (breathing heavily) \\\ ¨.~\^%§¶¶¶
§§^~¨¨¨¨¨¨ \\\ \\ (the two souls will move ¨¨¨¨¨¨~^§§
@@¶§%^\~.¨ together) \\\ (merge and dissolve) \\\ ¨.~\^%§¶@@
#@¶§%^\~.¨ (collective body) \\\ (rearranged and ¨.~\^%§¶@#
#@¶§%^\~.¨ reordered) \\\ (the individual is not ¨.~\^%§¶@#
§§%^^~¨¨¨¨ so important) ¨¨¨¨~^^%§§
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