There is no essential reality in a thing as a whole, just as there is no reality in a cart as a whole.
Having broken down a cart or car into constituent parts, we can see there is no essential reality in a thing. However, there can be a tendency to think that as we reassemble something it is becoming greater than the sum of the parts. It can seem that there is some kind of thingness present as we put that last piece in place. However, we must look at this closely and notice that is it nothing other than our concept about something that has come into being. There is nothing single, lasting, and independent which we can point to which is separate from the parts.
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