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When Abba Moses the Ethiopian came to the synax of the monks in the monastery, he was carrying a basket from which sand flowed on his back. Knowing that he was a former robber and that he had great physical strength, the brothers did not mock him, but cautiously asked him: what is this? Why did you fill yourself with sand? The answer of the black-skinned Moses amazed everyone and made them change their plans. A meditation on the two kinds of memory and how to make peace with the mistakes of our past.