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..~^*%§@## #.#          cave     sense          #.# ##@§%*^~..
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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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