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*«~.......                                          .......~«*
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..........                  ««**««                  ..........
..........              ... 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 .......~«*
$*«~...... asleep. it is  death if it was temporary ......~«*$
%$*«~.....             and rejuvenating.            .....~«*$%
§%$*«~....                                          ....~«*$%§
@§%$*«~...                  ..~~..                  ...~«*$%§@
#@§%$*«~..                                          ..~«*$%§@#
##@§%$*«~. sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of .~«*$%§@##
#@§%$*«~.. which  there is nothing. inside  is  all ..~«*$%§@#
@§%$*«~... the   stars  and   in   the   middle   a ...~«*$%§@
§%$*«~.... black lake. at the  foot  of  this  lake ....~«*$%§
%$*«~.....           stands an old friend.          .....~«*$%
$*«~......                                          ......~«*$
*«~.......                  ..~~..                  .......~«*
«~........                                          ........~«
~......... 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.    ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... 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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.......... high  otherworldliness and  high grip is ..........
..........      a particularly effective combo.     ..........
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..........                  ««**««                  ..........
..........             ... see also ...             ..........
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~.........              sleep deities               .........~
«~........               the blackbird              ........~«
*«~.......                solipsism                 .......~«*
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%$*«~.....                  ««**««                  .....~«*$%
§%$*«~....           ... furthermore ...            ....~«*$%§
@§%$*«~...                  ~~««~~                  ...~«*$%§@
#@§%$*«~..                                          ..~«*$%§@#
##@§%$*«~. this  is  still  a place: here,  in  the .~«*$%§@##
#@§%$*«~.. silence,  darkness  and   night  -   and ..~«*$%§@#
@§%$*«~... loneliness, holding  a kind  of dilution ...~«*$%§@
§%$*«~.... of   reality,  and  suddenly   it's  not ....~«*$%§
%$*«~..... important  that  i lie  in  my bed,  the .....~«*$%
$*«~...... lack  of  presence  brings  the   notion ......~«*$
*«~....... 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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