###@§†*~^,                                          ,^~*†§@###
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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. ,^~***§§§#
#§§†~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~†§§#
###@§†*~^,                  ,,^^,,                  ,^~*†§@###
###@§†*~^,                                          ,^~*†§@###
#§§**~,,,, deeper  than  death is to  be  alive and ,,,,~**§§#
@@†~^,,,,, asleep. it is death  if it was temporary ,,,,,^~†@@
@@†††**~^,             and rejuvenating.            ,^~**†††@@
@††††*^^,,                                          ,,^^*††††@
###@§†*~^,                  ,,^^,,                  ,^~*†§@###
#@@§§†*~^,                                          ,^~*†§§@@#
##§§*~~~^, 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. ,^~*†§@###
####@†*~^,                                          ,^~*†@####
####@†*~^,                  ,,^^,,                  ,^~*†@####
@@@@§†*~^,                                          ,^~*†§@@@@
###@§†*~^, 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).                 ,,,^^**§@@
###@§†*~^,                                          ,^~*†§@###
###@§†*~^, 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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