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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 .###......
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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, #.##...###
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###..#.##. no object permanence. what you           #..#.##...
#.##...### experience is acute, ineffable, and you  ##...###..
..###..#.# need to act. every subsection of your    .##..#.##.
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