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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.                   ##@=*=:,,,
,,,,:=*=@#                                          #@=*=:,,,,
,,,,,:=*=@ 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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,,,,,,,:=*                    #,#                   *=:,,,,,,,
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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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