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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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