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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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