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.......--^ #.#          cave     sense          #.# ^--.......
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....--^%%#                   #.#                    #%%^--....
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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 ^--.......
......--^%                   you.                   %^--......
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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   #@#%%^--..
...--^%%#@ you.                                     @#%%^--...
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