User:Biglin

About Me

I'm just one of these Wikipedia users who figured out how to do this, you know? I'm a student at The Ohio State University. I thrive mainly on Achewood and Radiohead.

Some Favorite Quotes

Only my life is left--and my life too
is only a breath that is leaving me.
- Jagadananda-dasa

Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away.
- Robert Aitken Roshi

It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti

A non-violent man is he who does not in the least discriminate between rich and poor or between friend and foe... Non-violence is the best guarantee of humanity's survival and progress. A truly non-violent man is ever awake and is incapable of harbouring any ill will.
- Acharya Tulsi

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
- Peter De Vries

This emphasis on physical pain. It couldn't have been all that bad. It may sound presumptuous of me, but in my humble way, I've suffered as much physical pain as Jesus. And his torments were rather brief, lasting some four hours, I gather? I feel that he was tormented far worse on an other level. Maybe I've got it all wrong, but just think of Gethsemane, Vicar. Christ's disciples fell asleep. They hadn't understood the meaning of the last supper, or anything. And when the servants of the law appeared, they ran away. And Peter denied him. Christ had known his disciples for three years. They'd lived together day in and day out; but they never grasped what he meant. They abandoned him, to the last man. And he was left alone. That must have been painful. Realizing that no one understands. To be abandoned when you need someone to rely on. That must be excruciatingly painful. But the worse was yet to come. When Jesus was nailed to the cross, and hung there in torment, he cried out, "God, my God! Why hast thou forsaken me?" He cried out as loud as he could. He thought that his heavenly father had abandoned him. He believed everything he'd ever preached was a lie. The moments before he died, Christ was seized by doubt. Surely that must have been his greatest hardship. God's silence.
- Winter Light