...~~^$%@# #@%$^~~...
..~~^$%@## ##@%$^~~..
.~~^$%@### ###@%$^~~.
..~~^$%@## ##@%$^~~..
...~~^$%@# #@%$^~~...
....~~^$%@ #.# cave sense #.# @%$^~~....
.....~~^$% %$^~~.....
......~~^$ #%...%# $^~~......
.......~~^ #.# ^~~.......
......~~^$ $^~~......
.....~~^$% you can tap into the cave wherever you %$^~~.....
....~~^$%@ go. with training, or with drugs... @%$^~~....
...~~^$%@# some people are always like this. #@%$^~~...
..~~^$%@## ##@%$^~~..
.~~^$%@### 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 $^~~......
.......~~^ you. ^~~.......
......~~^$ $^~~......
.....~~^$% 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. #@%$^~~...
....~~^$%@ @%$^~~....
.....~~^$% #.# %$^~~.....
......~~^$ $^~~......
.......~~^ everything is specific, and local. ^~~.......
......~~^$ 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. @%$^~~....
.....~~^$% %$^~~.....
......~~^$ $^~~......
.......~~^ ^~~.......
......~~^$ $^~~......
.....~~^$% %$^~~.....
....~~^$%@ @%$^~~....