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-......... #.#          cave     sense          #.# .........-
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@$%/~-.... you  can tap into the  cave wherever you ....-~/%$@
#@$%/~-... go.  with  training,  or  with  drugs... ...-~/%$@#
##@$%/~-.. some  people  are   always   like  this. ..-~/%$@##
###@$%/~-.                                          .-~/%$@###
##@$%/~-.. the  cave  is  built  in,  an  intrinsic ..-~/%$@##
#@$%/~-... animal part.  it's come to be associated ...-~/%$@#
@$%/~-.... with  the lizards,  and  it's true  that ....-~/%$@
$%/~-..... they  are  very close  to  it  in  their .....-~/%$
%/~-...... 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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