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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 #@¤$^^«:..
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