How are "all types of beings originally formless"?

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The pull downwards into form, into the unenlightened craving for identity, is driven by craving. Craving leads to grasping and then to rebirth.

SN12.23:4.6: I say that rebirth has a vital condition.

SN12.23:4.7: And what is it?

SN12.23:4.8: You should say: ‘Continued existence.’

SN12.23:4.9: I say that continued existence has a vital condition.

SN12.23:4.10: And what is it?

SN12.23:4.11: You should say: ‘Grasping.’

In contrast, moving upwards skillfully, we have practice that leads to the formless and beyond:

SN46.54:15.9: The apex of the heart’s release by equanimity is the dimension of nothingness, I say, for a mendicant who has not penetrated to a higher freedom.”

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