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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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