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#@@#¤*~:.. YOU CAN TAP INTO THE CAVE WHEREVER YOU ..:~*¤#@@#
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#@@#¤*~:.. SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LIKE THIS. ..:~*¤#@@#
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@#¤*~:.... THE CAVE IS BUILT IN, AN INTRINSIC ....:~*¤#@
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¤*~:...... 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 .........:
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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 .....:~*¤#
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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 ..........
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