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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 ..:~^†¤&##
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##&¤†^~:.. the  best  and  worst  things  are  both ..:~^†¤&##
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&¤†^~:....              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   ........:~
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