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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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