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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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........~« deeper  than  death  is to be alive  and «~........
.......~«* asleep.  it is death if it was temporary *«~.......
......~«*%             and rejuvenating.            %*«~......
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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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...~«*%%¤@ 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).      *«~.......
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.....~«*%%   otherworldliness goes from a single    %%*«~.....
....~«*%%¤  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ¤%%*«~....
...~«*%%¤@ dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams @¤%%*«~...
..~«*%%¤@#                 (right).                 #@¤%%*«~..
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..~«*%%¤@# 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 ...            *«~.......
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......~«*% 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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