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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 ,,,,:~==*@
###@*=*~:, you. ,:~*=*@###
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