Exley is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of cave diving, writing two major books on the subject : " Basic Cave Diving : A Blueprint for Survival " and " Caverns Measureless to Man " published by Cave Books, ( ISBN 0-939748-25-8 ), and establishing many of the basic safety procedures used in cave and overhead diving.
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Nearly alone in the world, trying to walk away from a nasty heroin habit, she finds a challenge awaiting her that seems nearly insurmountable : the ordinary instances of life, with all its simple disappointments and measureless days . The story is one of exquisite memory and perception; what redeems it is not the pathos of Rosie's struggle, but her half-broken, lyrical comprehension of her troubles and her place within them.
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I once heard Milner give a lecture in which he showed cross sections of rat brains showing the pleasure centers, and related pathways, and cited the poem : " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran, Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea . " The fit of the words to the slides was eerie . talk ) 04 : 25, 23 April 2010 ( UTC)
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But beyond and above this " eternal distinction " lies " the superessential world, transcending all conditions, inaccessible to thought--'the measureless solitude of the Godhead, where God possesses Himself in joy .'This is the ultimate world of the mystic . " [ 63 64 ] There, she continues, quoting Ruysbroeck : " we can speak no more of Father, Son and Holy Spirit nor of any creature; but only of one Being, which is the very substance of the Divine Persons.
