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,^~\%%§¶##                  ~~\\~~                  ##¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§§§§               ,,, sleep ,,,              §§§§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§¶¶#                  ^^~~^^                  #¶¶§%%\~^,
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,,^^~\\%%¶ sleep is the  most important meal of the ¶%%\\~^^,,
,^~\%%§### 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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,,,,~~%%§§                  ,,^^,,                  §§%%~~,,,,
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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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,^~\%%¶###                  ,,^^,,                  ###¶%%\~^,
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,,,,,,~%%§ sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of §%%~,,,,,,
,^~\%%§¶## which  there  is  nothing. inside is all ##¶§%%\~^,
,,,,,^\\%§ the   stars   and  in   the   middle   a §%\\^,,,,,
,,,,,,~\%§ black lake. at  the  foot  of  this lake §%\~,,,,,,
,^~\%%§¶##          stands an old friend.           ##¶§%%\~^,
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,^~\%%§¶##                  ,,^^,,                  ##¶§%%\~^,
,^~\\\%§§§                                          §§§%\\\~^,
,^~\%%§¶## when  you sleep  all  sound is internal. ##¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§### when  you  sleep  your   brain  shrinks. ###§%%\~^,
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,^~\%%§¶##                  ,,^^,,                  ##¶§%%\~^,
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,,,,,~\\%§ if you wish to measure  sleep, use these §%\\~,,,,,
,^~\%%§¶¶#    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    #¶¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%§¶###   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ###¶§%\~^,
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,^~\%%§¶## grip  goes from not being able to let go ##¶§%%\~^,
,,,,,^^\%§ all   day  (left)  to   not   caring  to §%\^^,,,,,
,,,,^~\\%§             remember (right).            §%\\~^,,,,
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,^~\%%§¶##     deepness goes from being several     ##¶§%%\~^,
,,,,^~%%§# hundred  meters  down  (left) to  barely #§%%~^,,,,
,^~\%%§###      touching the surface (right).       ###§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§¶##                                          ##¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§¶##    otherworldliness goes from a single   ##¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§¶##  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ##¶§%%\~^,
,,,,,~\\%§ dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams §%\\~,,,,,
,,,,^~\%§#                 (right).                 #§%\~^,,,,
,,,,,^\%§§                                          §§%\^,,,,,
,^~\%%§¶## 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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,^~\%%§¶##                  ~~\\~~                  ##¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§§§¶             ,,, see also ,,,             ¶§§§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§###                  ^^~~^^                  ###§%%\~^,
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,,,^^^\%%§               sleep deities              §%%\^^^,,,
,^~\%%§¶¶¶               the blackbird              ¶¶¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§¶##                solipsism                 ##¶§%%\~^,
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,,,,,^^~%§                  ~~\\~~                  §%~^^,,,,,
,,,,,^\%§§            ,,, furthermore ,,,           §§%\^,,,,,
,^~\%%¶###                  ^^~~^^                  ###¶%%\~^,
,^~\%%§¶##                                          ##¶§%%\~^,
,^~\%%§¶## 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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