,,,,^«\*§#                                          #§*\«^,,,,
,,,^«\*§##                                          ##§*\«^,,,
,,^«\*§###                                          ###§*\«^,,
,^«\*§####                                          ####§*\«^,
,,^«\*§###                                          ###§*\«^,,
,,,^«\*§##                  ««\\««                  ##§*\«^,,,
,,,,^«\*§#              ,,, sleep ,,,               #§*\«^,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§                  ^^««^^                  §*\«^,,,,,
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,,,,,,,^«\ sleep is  the most important meal of the \«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^« day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ while.  if you can  dream, you also  get ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^« to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. «^,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,^«\*                  ,,^^,,                  *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§                                          §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,^«\*§# deeper  than death is  to  be alive  and #§*\«^,,,,
,,,^«\*§## asleep.  it is death if it was temporary ##§*\«^,,,
,,^«\*§###            and rejuvenating.             ###§*\«^,,
,^«\*§####                                          ####§*\«^,
,,^«\*§###                  ,,^^,,                  ###§*\«^,,
,,,^«\*§##                                          ##§*\«^,,,
,,,,^«\*§# sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of #§*\«^,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§ which  there  is  nothing. inside is all §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^«\* the  stars   and   in   the   middle   a *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«\ black lake.  at the  foot  of  this lake \«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^«           stands an old friend.          «^,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,^«                  ,,^^,,                  «^,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,^«\* when you  sleep all  sound is  internal. *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§ when  you   sleep  your  brain  shrinks. §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,^«\*§#                                          #§*\«^,,,,
,,,^«\*§##                  ,,^^,,                  ##§*\«^,,,
,,^«\*§###                                          ###§*\«^,,
,^«\*§#### if you wish  to measure sleep, use these ####§*\«^,
,,^«\*§###    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ###§*\«^,,
,,,^«\*§##    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ##§*\«^,,,
,,,,^«\*§#                                          #§*\«^,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§ grip goes  from not being able to let go §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^«\* all  day  (left)   to   not  caring   to *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«\            remember (right).             \«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^«                                          «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^     deepness goes from being several     ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^« hundred  meters  down  (left) to  barely «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«\       touching the surface (right).      \«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^«\*                                          *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§   otherworldliness goes from a single    §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,^«\*§#  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  #§*\«^,,,,
,,,^«\*§## dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ##§*\«^,,,
,,^«\*§###                 (right).                 ###§*\«^,,
,^«\*§####                                          ####§*\«^,
,,^«\*§### revitalization goes  from a  feeling  of ###§*\«^,,
,,,^«\*§## not having slept  at all (left) to being ##§*\«^,,,
,,,,^«\*§# full  of  energy  and   maybe   optimism #§*\«^,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§                 (right).                 §*\«^,,,,,
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,,,,,,,^«\                    ^^                    \«^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,^ high otherworldliness and high  grip  is ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^«     a particularly effective combo.      «^,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,^«\*                  ««\\««                  *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§             ,,, see also ,,,             §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,^«\*§#                  ^^««^^                  #§*\«^,,,,
,,,^«\*§##                                          ##§*\«^,,,
,,^«\*§###               sleep deities              ###§*\«^,,
,^«\*§####              the blackbird               ####§*\«^,
,,^«\*§###                 solipsism                ###§*\«^,,
,,,^«\*§##                                          ##§*\«^,,,
,,,,^«\*§#                  ««\\««                  #§*\«^,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§            ,,, furthermore ,,,           §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^«\*                  ^^««^^                  *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«\                                          \«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^« this  is  still a  place: here,  in  the «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ silence,   darkness  and   night  -  and ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^« loneliness,  holding a  kind of dilution «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«\ of  reality,  and   suddenly   it's  not \«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^«\* important that  i  lie  in my  bed,  the *\«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«\*§ lack  of  presence   brings  the  notion §*\«^,,,,,
,,,,^«\*§# that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i #§*\«^,,,,
,,,^«\*§##   choose past, future, something with    ##§*\«^,,,
,,^«\*§### more   substance  than  the   objects  i ###§*\«^,,
,^«\*§####          surround myself with.           ####§*\«^,
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