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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 £*^=-^....
...^-=^*£@ animal part. it's  come to be associated @£*^=-^...
..^-=^*£@@ 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  @£*^=-^...
..^-=^*£@@               is forgotten.              @@£*^=-^..
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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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