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,,,,-===££ sleep is the most important meal of  the ££===-,,,,
,,-†=$££## day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ##££$=†-,,
,,,,,,†$££ while.  if  you can  dream, you also get ££$†,,,,,,
,,,,,†$£££ to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. £££$†,,,,,
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,,-†=$££## deeper  than death  is to  be  alive and ##££$=†-,,
,,,,,-=$££ asleep. it is death  if it was temporary ££$=-,,,,,
,,-†=$££##             and rejuvenating.            ##££$=†-,,
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,,,,,,†$££ sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ££$†,,,,,,
,,,,,†$£££ which there is  nothing.  inside is  all £££$†,,,,,
,,,,,,,-=£ the   stars   and   in  the   middle   a £=-,,,,,,,
,,,,,-=$£# black lake.  at  the  foot of this  lake #£$=-,,,,,
,,-†=$££##          stands an old friend.           ##££$=†-,,
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,,,,,,,-=£ when you  sleep all  sound is  internal. £=-,,,,,,,
,,,,-===£# when   you  sleep  your  brain  shrinks. #£===-,,,,
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,,,,,,-=££ if you wish to measure sleep,  use these ££=-,,,,,,
,,,,,,-=$£    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    £$=-,,,,,,
,,,,,---=£   otherworldiness and revitalization.    £=---,,,,,
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,,-†=$££££ grip goes from not being able to  let go ££££$=†-,,
,,-†=$££££ all  day  (left)   to  not   caring   to ££££$=†-,,
,,-†=$££##            remember (right).             ##££$=†-,,
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,,-†=$££##     deepness goes from being several     ##££$=†-,,
,,,,,,-=£# hundred meters  down  (left)  to  barely #£=-,,,,,,
,,-†=$££##      touching the surface (right).       ##££$=†-,,
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,,----†$£#   otherworldliness goes from a single    #£$†----,,
,,,,--=£££  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  £££=--,,,,
,,-†==$$£# dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams #£$$==†-,,
,,-†=$££##                 (right).                 ##££$=†-,,
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,,,,,-=££# revitalization goes  from  a feeling  of #££=-,,,,,
,,,,-=$$££ not having  slept at all (left) to being ££$$=-,,,,
,,,,,-=$££ full   of  energy  and  maybe   optimism ££$=-,,,,,
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,,-†=$££## high otherworldliness and  high grip  is ##££$=†-,,
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,,-†===$££ this  is still  a  place:  here,  in the ££$===†-,,
,,,,,,-†$£ silence,   darkness  and  night   -  and £$†-,,,,,,
,,-†=$££## loneliness, holding a  kind  of dilution ##££$=†-,,
,,-†=$££## of  reality,  and   suddenly  it's   not ##££$=†-,,
,,-†=$££## important  that  i  lie in my  bed,  the ##££$=†-,,
,,-†$££### lack  of  presence  brings   the  notion ###££$†-,,
,,-†=$££## that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ##££$=†-,,
,,-†=$££##    choose past, future, something with   ##££$=†-,,
,,--†††$£# more   substance   than  the  objects  i #£$†††--,,
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