It is important to realize that as this process continues, small precursor insights will arise and that it will be tempting to stop and intellectualize them. This, however, would sustain the formation of my opinions , thus making further insights impossible, as true insight is not an idea but something fluid, something alive that will manifest slightly differently in different situations. The insight in the formula of the Five Skandhas is the realization that no part of the human mind-body is a separate self or I . The skandhas are like a river. And when awareness of this flowing, changing quality of the skandhas is sufficiently cultivated, we realize this from moment to moment.
Form stands for the body and the physical world.
We need to be aware of our cultural conditioning as regards both our bodies and the physical world in general. Our native religion places great emphasis upon the separation of the spirit from the material world and views the latter as flawed and even intrinsically evil. This view is an example of the lopsidedness of I , of how I likes to split things into extremes and place them in opposition to each other. Of late, this dislike and mistrust of the body has swung to the other extreme. This other view sees my body as a temple to me .