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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   ¤%†*=.....
....=*†%¤# you.                                     #¤%†*=....
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