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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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,,,~«=$%&# everything is specific, and local.       #&%$=«~,,,
,,,,~«=$%& there are no generalizations. there is   &%$=«~,,,,
,,,~«=$%&# no object permanence. what you           #&%$=«~,,,
,,~«=$%&## experience is acute, ineffable, and you  ##&%$=«~,,
,~«=$%&### need to act. every subsection of your    ###&%$=«~,
,,~«=$%&## body has a consciousness and a voice.    ##&%$=«~,,
,,,~«=$%&# everything you see can also see you,     #&%$=«~,,,
,,,,~«=$%& through the pupil in your eye. the       &%$=«~,,,,
,,,~«=$%&# stones are slippery. the air is inside   #&%$=«~,,,
,,~«=$%&## you.                                     ##&%$=«~,,
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