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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. .....^~†*£
§£*†~^....                                          ....^~†*£§
#§£*†~^...                  ..^^..                  ...^~†*£§#
##§£*†~^..                                          ..^~†*£§##
###§£*†~^. 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.   ..^~†*£§##
###§£*†~^.                                          .^~†*£§###
##§£*†~^.. 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).       ........^~
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..........    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 ...             ....^~†*£§
£*†~^.....                  ^^~~^^                  .....^~†*£
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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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