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##£§$*^«,.              ... sleep ...               .,«^*$§£##
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##£§$*^«,. day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a .,«^*$§£##
£$*«...... while.  if you can  dream, you  also get ......«*$£
##£§$*^«,. to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. .,«^*$§£##
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##£§$*^«,. asleep. it is  death if it was temporary .,«^*$§£##
££§*^^«,,.             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 .....«*§§£
§***«,....          stands an old friend.           ....,«***§
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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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£§$$*^^«,. grip goes from not being able to let  go .,«^^*$$§£
##£§$*^«,. all   day   (left)  to   not  caring  to .,«^*$§£##
§§**^,....             remember (right).            ....,^**§§
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###£§$*^,.     deepness goes from being several     .,^*$§£###
##£§$*^«,. hundred  meters  down  (left)  to barely .,«^*$§£##
§§§§$*^«,.       touching the surface (right).      .,«^*$§§§§
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##£§$*^«,.   otherworldliness goes from a single    .,«^*$§£##
£§***«....  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ....«***§£
£$^^««.... dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ....««^^$£
##£§$*^«,.                 (right).                 .,«^*$§£##
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£££§$*^«,. revitalization goes from  a  feeling  of .,«^*$§£££
##£§$*^«,. not having slept at  all (left) to being .,«^*$§£##
£§$^«,.... full  of   energy  and   maybe  optimism ....,«^$§£
#£§$^««...                 (right).                 ...««^$§£#
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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 ...           ......«**§
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##£§$*^«,. this  is  still  a place:  here, in  the .,«^*$§£##
##£§$*^«,. silence,  darkness  and   night  -   and .,«^*$§£##
##£§$*^«,. loneliness,  holding a  kind of dilution .,«^*$§£##
##£§$*^«,. of  reality,  and   suddenly   it's  not .,«^*$§£##
##£§$*^«,. important  that  i lie  in  my bed,  the .,«^*$§£##
#§*«,..... 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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