cave     sense           
                                          
                                   
                                       
                                          
 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.                   
                                          
 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.               
                                          
                                       
                                          
 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.