Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
What does sand represent?
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Representative of the overwhelming totality of possible cognitions and sensations. We somehow select a handful to deal with and spend our time sorting that into various categories. The Narrator described how Phaedrus used sand to illustrate his metaphysical explorations.