.,~:†&¤### ###¤&†:~,.
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.,~:†&¤### #¤.....................................¤ ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### . . ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### . the dream . ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### . of being swallowed . ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### . by the beast. . ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:::†&¤# . . #¤&†:::~,.
.,~:†&¤### #¤.....................................¤ ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤¤## ##¤¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ###¤&†:~,.
......~††¤ . an animal . as if . to be safe ¤††~......
...,,:&& #&&&:,,...
...,,,:: ..######...###...###. #&::,,,...
..,,~††&¤# ~,.#### ~,.###~,. ####~. #¤&††~,,..
.,~:†&¤### ~,.#### ~,.###~,. ####~. ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### the dream of resting inside another ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### animal. thats how it starts, ###¤&†:~,.
....,,~~†¤ ~,. with the dream, .,~ ¤†~~,,....
.,~:::†¤¤# ~,.####~,.###~,.####~. #¤¤†:::~,.
.,~:†&¤### but this time i was curious of where it ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:††&# was going, ##&&††:~,.
.,~:†&¤### #:: ~~~~~~~~~~ ::# ###¤&†:~,.
.....,~:&¤ :: ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ :: ¤&:~,.....
.,~:†&¤### ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### the first gate is the lips ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†††¤## . . to get at the throat. . ##¤†††:~,.
.,~:†### ####&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### to be falling into the water, the ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### ocean, the void, but it must be done in ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### the right way - in a very specific way. ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### :,,,~~~~~~~~~~~::::,,,,,,,:,~~~~,,,,,:, ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†### ,,,:::::::,,,,:~, ####&†:~,.
....,::: ,,,:::~~~,:~:::~,,,:~~~~:::::::, #&:::,....
.,,,,~~††¤ ,,,,:,~~,::,:::::::::: ¤††~~,,,,.
....~:†¤## ::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ##¤†:~....
.,~:†&¤### it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ###¤&†:~,.
.,~::::&¤# slow... graceful... but then it gets #¤&::::~,.
.,~†&¤#### too much and you faint. ####¤&†~,.
.,~:†&¤### :#,,:~,,,,~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: ###¤&†:~,.
,~:†&¤#### ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close ####¤&†:~,
....,,:†&¤ to nature) ¤&†:,,....
.,~:†&¤### :#,,:~,,,,~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†¤#### ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close ####¤†:~,.
.,~:†&¤¤## to the beast that is everything) ##¤¤&†:~,.
....~~†&¤# :#,,:~,,,,~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: #¤&†~~....
.,~:†&¤¤¤¤ ::::::::::::: (only through its help) ¤¤¤¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### :#,,:~,,,,~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:: (very ###¤&†:~,.
.....~~†¤# hard to get here without the aid of the #¤†~~.....
.,~:†&¤### beast) ::: (state where the human is ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### submerged in the animal) ::: :: ###¤&†:~,.
...~~:&¤¤¤ (becoming the animal) ::: (forget ¤¤¤&:~~...
.,~:†&¤### everything else) ::: :: (my soul is the ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### beast's soul) ::: (a sludgy sense of ###¤&†:~,.
....,,:& satisfaction. it's good) ::: (it's #&&:,,....
.,~:†&¤### good) ::: :: (breathing heavily) ::: ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### ::: :: (the two souls will move ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### together) ::: (merge and dissolve) ::: ###¤&†:~,.
......~†¤# (collective body) ::: (rearranged and #¤†~......
.....,~:†¤ reordered) ::: (the individual is not ¤†:~,.....
.,~:†&¤### so important) ###¤&†:~,.
.,~:†&¤### ###¤&†:~,.
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.,~::::††¤ ¤††::::~,.
.,~:†&&¤¤# #¤¤&&†:~,.