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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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