Form/Voids and Voids/Form: The Illusion of Birth and Death
by Mark Pifer, author of She wants herself
What were you the day before your concept? And who were you? The answers to these simple questions show deep truth. As we generally understand, the concepts of birth and death are fantasies of the human mind. They are left hemisphere structures obsessed with shapes, boundaries, beginnings and ends, blinding the deeper unity underlying all beings.
The nature of form/void and void/form
Form and void are not the opposite. They define and depend on each other. Forms arise from void, just as they provide space for forms to appear. Without the void, the form would not be perceptible. Without a form, void has no context. It is impossible to talk about the other. They are not inseparable, but a single, unified reality, what we might call Form/void and void/form.
The first term in each pair represents an experiential trend. When we speak Form/voidwe recognize their foundations in vacuo, while acknowledging concrete and explicit aspects of reality. When we speak void/formwe lean on the formless possibility of creating everything without denying the inherent existence of the form within it. This interaction reveals that if only one of these two phenomena exists, it never exists. There is only a duality appearance created by the mind.
The fantasy of birth
If the form and void cannot be separated, birth as a beginning is not possible. What we call “birth” is a form that has emerged clearly in eternal form/false. The left hemisphere, an over-the-form thinking, claims to view birth as the starting point of existence. Before that, he claimed that the left hemisphere itself had fallen into existence, “nothing,” worth discussing and focusing, and arrogantly dismissing the infinite infinite possibilities. Masu. This is a characteristic of the left hemisphere hubrifying. It builds a limited understanding of reality as a whole and denies anything that falls outside of that grasp.
But consider this: if you claim before your concept you are “sperm and eggs”, then what about the process of making the sperm and eggs present? If you think you are the penultimate step of your appearance as the culmination of the process of connecting sperm to eggs, what about the process that precedes that step? Were you not those either? Wasn’t you the food your parents ate, not the air they breathed, the life and options that preceded their meetings?
And how can this logic not be guided back to the Big Bang and where it was “smacked” or from? If you follow this back, the “you” boundaries begin to break up. The essence of what you are cannot be contained in a singular point or form.
And if you say “nothing” before your concept, what was the nature of that “nothing”? Who is the “you” who is thought to be “nothing” and where did it go, as you consider yourself “something”? These questions challenge the story of ego identity and existence. The ego resists such enquiries. Because the answer poses a threat to its vulnerable structure. But when we look deeper we see that we are never missing. The form was born, but it didn’t come from “nothing” in the sense that the left hemisphere understands. It was born from the seamless unification of form/void, not “nothing” but of infinite possibilities.
The fantasy of death
Just as birth is an illusion, so is death. The left hemisphere clings to the belief that dissolution of the form means a return to “nothing,” or a final end. It equates the loss of form with annihilation, and its form and void cannot be perceived as interwoven forever. What we call “death” is merely a change of form, not its disappearance. The voids at the root of the form are always there, as always.
Consider the cycle of trees: its growth, its decline, its decomposition to the earth, and its final re-emergence as a new expression of form/false. The essence of the tree will never disappear. It simply changes and becomes another manifestation in the play of the Goddess’ infinite ec-being. This is obvious to the overall perceptual right hemisphere. It sees transformation rather than halt. The left hemisphere is fixed to form, so fear this change and label it “death”.
The role of the human mind
The illusion of birth and death arises from the dualism of the mind, particularly the domination of the left hemisphere. This hemisphere is stunning at creating categories and boundaries, but its worldview is incomplete. In fact, it’s for it to work Must do It works in a ignored state. that Must do It deliberately diverts the relationship between what it has created and the whole. It is this very act of neglect that perfectly creates the illusion of form.
In contrast, the right hemisphere perceives the whole – form/void uniformity. Just as the waves never separate from the ocean, we know that shapes never separate from the blanks. By changing our consciousness into the right hemisphere, we begin to resolve the illusion of birth and death, and we can rest on the truth of what is.
God plays with form
This insight is why I often say that, as I did earlier in this essay, the whole existence can be explained as simply God plays with form. God expresses the play of void as a void as a form and form as a void. The waves rise and fall, shapes appear and melt, but the ocean is the underlying unity, that is, the Goddess herself, not changing.
Through this lens, what we call “birth” and “death” is not a beginning or end, but a moment in the dance of eternal being. Every form is a blank in disguise, and every void is pregnant with the possibility of form. God rejoices in the infinite possibilities of this interaction, both as formless and shaped.
This “play” is not frivolous, but has deep meaning. It is an expression of infinite creativity and infinite possibilities. When we stop clinging to the illusion of separation to the idea that we are isolated beings with a clear beginning and end, we begin to realize that we are also part of this God’s play. The boundaries of “you” have been dissolved, and all that remains is peace with everything.
This understanding does not require belief. You need to see it. The universe is evidence in its infinite transformation. All breathing, all waves, all birth and death, God plays with form.
Impact on human experience
Seeing through the illusions of birth and death has deep meaning. It frees us from existential fear and the attachment that arises. When we realize that there is nothing truly born or lost, we can embrace the impermanence of life with peace. Birth and death are not endpoints, but markers of transformation. This shift allows us to live fully in the present moment without burdening the need to cling to form or resist change.
Conclusion

Let these words lead you to peace of mind knowing that what you are never truly born and never truly die. Shape and emptiness, birth and death are nothing more than fantasies. And reality is much bigger than the mind can imagine. Thank you to the Goddess! You will want to be bound by the limits of what the human mind can create and understand forever! ?
A call to meditative action
Next time something feels overwhelmingly important or “special”, try to pause. Look beyond the appearance of the foam and void surfaces to see the underlying uniformity of everything. Looking back at whether nothing is really separate, and therefore nothing is essentially more or less important than the others. Practice resting on this understanding, which allows it to disengage attachment and reveal peace that goes beyond distinction.
“Everything is born from being; existence is born from being non-existence.” – Laos
Source: Spiritual Media Blog – www.spiritualmediablog.com