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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   ..........
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