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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. ..:~*%*#@#
@#*%*~:...                                          ...:~*%*#@
#*%*~:.... 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.               ..:~*%*#@#
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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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