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@@$†*~.¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨.~*†$@@
##@@$†*~.¨ ¨ the dream ¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ ¨ of being swallowed ¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
@@$$$†*~.¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨.~*†$$$@@
###@$†*~.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.~*†$@###
##@@$†*~.¨ #@¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨@ ¨.~*†$@@##
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##@@$†*~.¨ # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ¨.~*†$@@##
@@$†*..¨¨¨ ¨ an animal ¨ as if ¨ to be safe ¨¨¨..*†$@@
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##@@$†*~.¨ ~.¨#### ~.¨###~.¨ ####~¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
@@$††*~.¨¨ ~.¨#### ~.¨###~.¨ ####~¨ ¨¨.~*††$@@
@@$†~~.¨¨¨ the dream of resting inside another ¨¨¨.~~†$@@
#@@@$†*~.¨ animal. thats how it starts, ¨.~*†$@@@#
@$†**~.¨¨¨ ~.¨ with the dream, ¨.~ ¨¨¨.~**†$@
##@@$†*~.¨ ~.¨####~.¨###~.¨####~¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
@@@@$†*~.¨ but this time i was curious of where it ¨.~*†$@@@@
##@@$†*~.¨ was going, ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ #** ~~~~~~~~~~ **# ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ ** ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ** ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
@††**~~.¨¨ the first gate is the lips ¨¨.~~**††@
@†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†@
##@@$†*~.¨ ¨ ¨ to get at the throat. ¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
###@@$†*~. to be falling into the water, the .~*†$@@###
@$****~.¨¨ ocean, the void, but it must be done in ¨¨.~****$@
#@@††**~.¨ the right way - in a very specific way. ¨.~**††@@#
##@@$†*~.¨ ¨.~*†$@@##
@@$††**~.¨ *...~~~~~~~~~~~****.......*.~~~~.....*. ¨.~**††$@@
@$$*~~¨¨¨¨ ...*******....*~. ¨¨¨¨~~*$$@
@@@@$†*~.¨ ...***~~~.*~***~...*~~~~*******. ¨.~*†$@@@@
#@$†***~.¨ ....*.~~.**.********** ¨.~***†$@#
###@$†*~.¨ ********************* ************* ¨.~*†$@###
@$**.¨¨¨¨¨ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ¨¨¨¨¨.**$@
##@@$†*~.¨ slow... graceful... but then it gets ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ too much and you faint. ¨.~*†$@@##
@@†~..¨¨¨¨ *#..*~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******* ¨¨¨¨..~†@@
##@@$†*~.¨ ************* (you will feel very close ¨.~*†$@@##
@@$$††*~.¨ to nature) ¨.~*††$$@@
##@@$†*~.¨ *#..*~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******* ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ ************* (you will feel very close ¨.~*†$@@##
@$$†*~¨¨¨¨ to the beast that is everything) ¨¨¨¨~*†$$@
@@$†*..¨¨¨ *#..*~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******* ¨¨¨..*†$@@
##@@$†*~.¨ ************* (only through its help) ¨.~*†$@@##
##@@$†*~.¨ *#..*~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** (very ¨.~*†$@@##
@@$†††*~.¨ hard to get here without the aid of the ¨.~*†††$@@
#@@@$†*~.¨ beast) *** (state where the human is ¨.~*†$@@@#
###@$†*~.¨ submerged in the animal) *** ** ¨.~*†$@###
##@@$†*~.¨ (becoming the animal) *** (forget ¨.~*†$@@##
@@@$*...¨¨ everything else) *** ** (my soul is the ¨¨...*$@@@
@$*~~~~~.¨ beast's soul) *** (a sludgy sense of ¨.~~~~~*$@
@@$$†*...¨ satisfaction. it's good) *** (it's ¨...*†$$@@
@††*..¨¨¨¨ 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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