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#&$/«:.... while. if you  can dream, you  also  get ....:«/$&#
&&%«::.... to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ....::«%&&
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##@&$%/«:. deeper  than death is  to  be alive  and .:«/%$&@##
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&%/««.....            and rejuvenating.             .....««/%&
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##@&$%/«:. sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of .:«/%$&@##
&%%«...... which  there is nothing. inside  is  all ......«%%&
&$$/«««... the   stars   and   in   the   middle  a ...«««/$$&
##@&$%/«:. black lake.  at the foot  of  this  lake .:«/%$&@##
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##@&$%/«:. when you  sleep all  sound is  internal. .:«/%$&@##
#&&%««.... when  you  sleep   your  brain  shrinks. ....««%&&#
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&&$/«:.... if you wish to measure sleep,  use these ....:«/$&&
##@&$%/«:.    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    .:«/%$&@##
@$/:......    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ......:/$@
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@&%«:.....      touching the surface (right).       .....:«%&@
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##@&$%/«:. dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams .:«/%$&@##
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###@$%/«:. not having  slept at all (left) to being .:«/%$@###
##@&$%/«:. full  of   energy   and  maybe  optimism .:«/%$&@##
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@&&&$%/«:. high  otherworldliness and high  grip is .:«/%$&&&@
##@&$%/«:.      a particularly effective combo.     .:«/%$&@##
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@&$$$%/«:.              sleep deities               .:«/%$$$&@
##@&$%/«:.              the blackbird               .:«/%$&@##
#@@&$%/«:.                 solipsism                .:«/%$&@@#
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&%/««:.... of   reality,   and  suddenly  it's  not ....:««/%&
##@&$%/«:. important  that  i lie  in  my  bed, the .:«/%$&@##
&%«::..... lack  of  presence   brings  the  notion .....::«%&
#@$%%«.... that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ....«%%$@#
##@&$%/«:.    choose past, future, something with   .:«/%$&@##
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