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¶¶§§$^†~.,                  ~~††~~                  ,.~†^$§§¶¶
###¶$^†~.,              ,,, sleep ,,,               ,.~†^$¶###
#¶¶§$^†~.,                  ..~~..                  ,.~†^$§¶¶#
§§$^^^†~.,                                          ,.~†^^^$§§
###¶$^†~., sleep is the most important meal  of the ,.~†^$¶###
##¶§$^†~., day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ,.~†^$§¶##
§^~~,,,,,, 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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##¶§$^†~., grip goes from  not being able to let go ,.~†^$§¶##
##¶§$^†~., all  day   (left)  to   not   caring  to ,.~†^$§¶##
¶$†..,,,,,             remember (right).            ,,,,,..†$¶
§$†~.,,,,,                                          ,,,,,.~†$§
¶$^~~,,,,,     deepness goes from being several     ,,,,,~~^$¶
##¶§$^†~., hundred  meters  down  (left) to  barely ,.~†^$§¶##
¶§§§$^†~.,      touching the surface (right).       ,.~†^$§§§¶
§^^^†~~.,,                                          ,,.~~†^^^§
##¶§$^†~.,    otherworldliness goes from a single   ,.~†^$§¶##
#§^~.,,,,,  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ,,,,,.~^§#
##¶§$^†~., dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ,.~†^$§¶##
##¶§$^†~.,                 (right).                 ,.~†^$§¶##
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##¶§$^†~., revitalization  goes from a  feeling  of ,.~†^$§¶##
##¶§$^†~., not having  slept at all (left) to being ,.~†^$§¶##
##¶§$^†~., full  of   energy   and  maybe  optimism ,.~†^$§¶##
§$$†.,,,,,                 (right).                 ,,,,,.†$$§
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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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