Inherent in the Self is the power of creative ideation.  It is merely motion of thought on the background of pure awareness.  This motion "solidifies" into a perceived form concurrent with a "naming" into a concept of "that which is perceived".  That is why name and form are really inseparable and are appropriately joined together as "nameform" (namarupa).  In reality nothing solidifies, it is mere perception and forgetfulness of the still "base" before the motion arises.  That forgetfulness is "incarnation".  It never really occurs, neither does reincarnation.  Reincarnation is perpetuation of the forgetfulness of the base reality.  In a sense, incarnation is suicide - a "killing" of the real nature of the Self by forgetfulness.  This power of creative ideation of the Self has alternatively been deemed the male or the female aspect of Creation. These are mere concepts that occur within the process of creative ideation and could be entertaining to play with for a while, but ultimately are devoid of value (as is the concept just expressed by me).

What you are now is what you always are - and it has no form, but the dance of the forms seems to take place in/on it.  It is a matter of direct experience, not philosophy.  Yet the philosophy can be an aid towards the remembrance of that which was never lost.