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=«,.......              ... sleep ...               .......,«=
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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 .......,«=
«,........                 (right).                 ........,«
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==«,...... high otherworldliness  and high grip  is ......,«==
&==«,.....      a particularly effective combo.     .....,«==&
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#@£&==«,..             ... see also ...             ..,«==&£@#
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@£&==«,...               sleep deities              ...,«==&£@
£&==«,....              the blackbird               ....,«==&£
&==«,.....                solipsism                 .....,«==&
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«,........            ... furthermore ...           ........,«
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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 ...,«==&£@
£&==«,....           surround myself with.          ....,«==&£
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