All the forms that feel real are only so for a period of time. Ultimately, it’s all empty. Imagine this: a six-foot-tall person who is well-built is cremated upon his death, and turns into a handful of ash. If forms were permanent and not empty, perhaps fire wouldn’t have transmuted a corpse turning it into dust. This signifies emptiness. All that seems to exist – where has it gone? This constant evolution and transformation in the grand play of our vast universe is an expression of impermanence. The sutra says that emptiness is form and form is emptiness. They are not different from each
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