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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.           ,,~«/†&§¶#
##¶§&†/«~,                                          ,~«/†&§¶##
#¶§&†/«~,,                  ,,~~,,                  ,,~«/†&§¶#
¶§&†/«~,,,                                          ,,,~«/†&§¶
§&†/«~,,,, 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.   ,,,,,,,~«/
†/«~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~«/†
&†/«~,,,,, grip  goes from not being able to let go ,,,,,~«/†&
§&†/«~,,,, all   day  (left)   to  not   caring  to ,,,,~«/†&§
¶§&†/«~,,,             remember (right).            ,,,~«/†&§¶
#¶§&†/«~,,                                          ,,~«/†&§¶#
##¶§&†/«~,     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).                 ,,,,,,,,~«
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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).                 ,,,,,~«/†&
§&†/«~,,,,                                          ,,,,~«/†&§
¶§&†/«~,,,                    ~~                    ,,,~«/†&§¶
#¶§&†/«~,,                                          ,,~«/†&§¶#
##¶§&†/«~, high otherworldliness and high  grip  is ,~«/†&§¶##
#¶§&†/«~,,      a particularly effective combo.     ,,~«/†&§¶#
¶§&†/«~,,,                                          ,,,~«/†&§¶
§&†/«~,,,,                  ««//««                  ,,,,~«/†&§
&†/«~,,,,,             ,,, see also ,,,             ,,,,,~«/†&
†/«~,,,,,,                  ~~««~~                  ,,,,,,~«/†
/«~,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,~«/
«~,,,,,,,,              sleep deities               ,,,,,,,,~«
~,,,,,,,,,               the blackbird              ,,,,,,,,,~
«~,,,,,,,,                 solipsism                ,,,,,,,,~«
/«~,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,~«/
†/«~,,,,,,                  ««//««                  ,,,,,,~«/†
&†/«~,,,,,           ,,, 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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