$*=~^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^~=*$
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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.      ,,,,,,,^~=
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$*=~^,,,,,                  ~~==~~                  ,,,,,^~=*$
&$*=~^,,,,             ,,, see also ,,,             ,,,,^~=*$&
@&$*=~^,,,                  ^^~~^^                  ,,,^~=*$&@
#@&$*=~^,,                                          ,,^~=*$&@#
##@&$*=~^,              sleep deities               ,^~=*$&@##
#@&$*=~^,,              the blackbird               ,,^~=*$&@#
@&$*=~^,,,                 solipsism                ,,,^~=*$&@
&$*=~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~=*$&
$*=~^,,,,,                  ~~==~~                  ,,,,,^~=*$
*=~^,,,,,,            ,,, 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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