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#¶**%%^«.¨ four quantifiers:: grip, deepness, ¨.«^%%**¶#
##¶#*%^«.¨ otherworldiness and revitalization. ¨.«^%*#¶##
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##¶#*%^«.¨ remember (right). ¨.«^%*#¶##
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####*%^«.¨ coherent dreamscape (left), via normal ¨.«^%*####
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¶*%««¨¨¨¨¨ sleep deities ¨¨¨¨¨««%*¶
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¶¶*%%%^«.¨ solipsism ¨.«^%%%*¶¶
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##¶#*%^«.¨ 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 ¨¨¨.««^**¶
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##¶#*%^«.¨ that, if i do not choose sleep, i ¨.«^%*#¶##
#*%^.¨¨¨¨¨ choose past, future, something with ¨¨¨¨¨.^%*#
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###¶#%^«.¨ surround myself with. ¨.«^%#¶###
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