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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   #......#.#
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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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