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===~,,,,,,               ,,, sleep ,,,              ,,,,,,~===
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£#%===~,,, 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. ,,~===%#£#
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#%===~,,,,                  ,,~~,,                  ,,,,~===%#
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===~,,,,,, deeper than  death is  to  be  alive and ,,,,,,~===
==~,,,,,,, asleep.  it is death if it was temporary ,,,,,,,~==
=~,,,,,,,,             and rejuvenating.            ,,,,,,,,~=
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,,,,,,,,,, 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.           ,,,,,,~===
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#£#%===~,, when you sleep all  sound  is  internal. ,,~===%#£#
##£#%===~, when  you  sleep  your   brain  shrinks. ,~===%#£##
#£#%===~,,                                          ,,~===%#£#
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%===~,,,,, if  you wish to measure sleep, use these ,,,,,~===%
===~,,,,,,    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ,,,,,,~===
==~,,,,,,,    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ,,,,,,,~==
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~,,,,,,,,, grip goes from not being able to  let go ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, all  day  (left)   to  not   caring   to ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,            remember (right).             ,,,,,,,,,,
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~,,,,,,,,,     deepness goes from being several     ,,,,,,,,,~
=~,,,,,,,, hundred  meters  down  (left)  to barely ,,,,,,,,~=
==~,,,,,,,      touching the surface (right).       ,,,,,,,~==
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%===~,,,,,   otherworldliness goes from a single    ,,,,,~===%
#%===~,,,,  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ,,,,~===%#
£#%===~,,, dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ,,,~===%#£
#£#%===~,,                 (right).                 ,,~===%#£#
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#£#%===~,, revitalization  goes  from a  feeling of ,,~===%#£#
£#%===~,,, not having slept at all (left) to  being ,,,~===%#£
#%===~,,,, full  of   energy   and  maybe  optimism ,,,,~===%#
%===~,,,,,                 (right).                 ,,,,,~===%
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~,,,,,,,,, high otherworldliness  and high  grip is ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,,     a particularly effective combo.      ,,,,,,,,,,
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~,,,,,,,,,             ,,, see also ,,,             ,,,,,,,,,~
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===~,,,,,,               sleep deities              ,,,,,,~===
%===~,,,,,               the blackbird              ,,,,,~===%
#%===~,,,,                solipsism                 ,,,,~===%#
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##£#%===~,            ,,, furthermore ,,,           ,~===%#£##
#£#%===~,,                  ~~==~~                  ,,~===%#£#
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#%===~,,,, 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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