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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           ......-=^%
$%^=-..... experience is acute, ineffable, and you  .....-=^%$
#$%^=-.... need to act. every subsection of your    ....-=^%$#
¶#$%^=-... body has a consciousness and a voice.    ...-=^%$#¶
#¶#$%^=-.. everything you see can also see you,     ..-=^%$#¶#
##¶#$%^=-. through the pupil in your eye. the       .-=^%$#¶##
#¶#$%^=-.. stones are slippery. the air is inside   ..-=^%$#¶#
¶#$%^=-... you.                                     ...-=^%$#¶
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