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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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