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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 :«^.......
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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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