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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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..^»†^@§##                  ..^^..                  ##§@^†»^..
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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. ###§@^†»^.
..^»†^@§##                                          ##§@^†»^..
...^»†^@§#                  ..^^..                  #§@^†»^...
....^»†^@§                                          §@^†»^....
...^»†^@§# 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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...^»†^@§#                    ^^                    #§@^†»^...
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...^»†^@§# high otherworldliness  and high  grip is #§@^†»^...
..^»†^@§##     a particularly effective combo.      ##§@^†»^..
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..^»†^@§##                  »»††»»                  ##§@^†»^..
...^»†^@§#             ... see also ...             #§@^†»^...
....^»†^@§                  ^^»»^^                  §@^†»^....
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..^»†^@§##              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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