Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00113)

We are "born upon the cross" of matter in this state of things, are 
we not? The phrase is just from an old song, but seems to me to 
embody completely Theosophy's philosophy of our spirit's (Atma-Buddhi-
Manas)crucifixion upon matter in the 4th and 5th rounds. Surely this 
was what Buddha meant when he spoke of the "unsatisfactoriness" 
(dukkha) of life in this cycle. The problems of Anatman and Annicca 
are more problematic, but we all know Dukkha so very well. We can 
only hope that we all arrive at Paranirvana on the "other side" of 
Samsara.