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........^« day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a «^........
.........^ while.  if  you  can dream, you also get ^.........
.......... to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ..........
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.......... deeper  than  death  is  to be alive and ..........
.........^ asleep. it is death if it was  temporary ^.........
........^«             and rejuvenating.            «^........
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......^«*% when you  sleep all sound  is  internal. %*«^......
.......^«* when  you  sleep  your  brain   shrinks. *«^.......
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.......... if  you wish to measure sleep, use these ..........
..........    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ..........
..........    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ..........
..........                                          ..........
.........^ grip goes from not being  able to let go ^.........
........^« all  day   (left)  to   not   caring  to «^........
.......^«*            remember (right).             *«^.......
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......^«*% revitalization  goes  from a  feeling of %*«^......
.......^«* not having slept at all (left) to  being *«^.......
........^« full  of  energy   and  maybe   optimism «^........
.........^                 (right).                 ^.........
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.......... high otherworldliness and high  grip  is ..........
..........      a particularly effective combo.     ..........
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......^«*% this  is still  a  place: here,  in  the %*«^......
.......^«* silence,  darkness   and  night  -   and *«^.......
........^« loneliness, holding  a kind of  dilution «^........
.........^ of  reality,  and   suddenly  it's   not ^.........
.......... important that  i  lie  in  my bed,  the ..........
.......... lack  of   presence  brings  the  notion ..........
.......... that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ..........
..........   choose past, future, something with    ..........
.......... more   substance  than   the  objects  i ..........
.........^           surround myself with.          ^.........
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