.~~†^%@### ###@%^†~~.
.~~†^%@### ###@%^†~~.
.....~†^@# #@^†~.....
.~~†^%@### ###@%^†~~.
.......~^@ @^~.......
.~~†^%@### #.# CAVE SENSE #.# ###@%^†~~.
.~~~~†^%@# #@%^†~~~~.
.~~†^@#### #%...%# ####@^†~~.
.~†^%@#### #.# ####@%^†~.
.~~†^%@### ###@%^†~~.
......~^%@ YOU CAN TAP INTO THE CAVE WHEREVER YOU @%^~......
.~~~~~~^%@ GO. WITH TRAINING, OR WITH DRUGS... @%^~~~~~~.
......~†%# SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LIKE THIS. #%†~......
.~~†^%#### ####%^†~~.
.~~~~††^@# 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. ####@%†~~.
.~~†^@#### ####@^†~~.
.~~†^%@### 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. #@@^^†~~~.
...~~^^%## ##%^^~~...
.~~†^%@### #.# ###@%^†~~.
.~~†^%@### ###@%^†~~.
.....~††^@ 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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.~~†^%@@## ##@@%^†~~.