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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.                   ¨^»*†&§###
#&&†††*»^¨                                          ¨^»*†††&&#
#§§&††*»^¨ 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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