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....«*%@@@ you  can tap into  the cave wherever you @@@%*«....
.,«^*%@@@# go.  with  training,  or  with  drugs... #@@@%*^«,.
..,,,«^*%@ some  people  are   always  like   this. @%*^«,,,..
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.,«^*@#@## the  cave  is  built  in,  an  intrinsic ##@#@*^«,.
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.,«^**%@@@ 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 @@****^«,.
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.,«^*%@#@# 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   #@#@%*^«,.
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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   #@***«....
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