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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 ¶¶#^«~....
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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   @#^^«««...
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