tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post658967161128899859..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: The Pear TreeMrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-3011993921499043402012-10-20T23:06:36.459-05:002012-10-20T23:06:36.459-05:00I think that in some of Rumi’s poems (like The Emp...I think that in some of Rumi’s poems (like The Empty Garlic) and Augustine’s The Pear Tree, the main message is to reject worldly things and temptations in order to connect with God. However, Rumi and Augustine’s tones differ. Both writers treat God with reverence and appreciate his lovingness and goodness. But, regarding the worldly distractions, I think Augustine turns his sins and submission to temptations into horrendous and extremely shameful abominations. He’s very hard on himself (his 16 year old self) for doing immoral things like stealing and being wasteful. Rumi, on the other hand, seems to regard the things that distance us from god as just worldly distractions that are keeping us from what we “really love.” Rumi doesn’t punish us or himself, instead he focuses on the positive relationship he has with god. Laura Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860418236475404090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-53057532584122308462012-10-20T21:08:36.519-05:002012-10-20T21:08:36.519-05:00Yeah i agree with you Ian. It seems to me that muc...Yeah i agree with you Ian. It seems to me that much of early literature was focused around trying to find answers regarding becoming one with God. In both cases, I feel that both writers are trying to justify why it is so difficult to become one with god by stating that the world simply has too many physical and material temptations that detract from one's spiritual quest. This goes hand-in-hand with Rumi's beliefs, as Rumi was a Sufi - Sufi's believed that the world we perceive is a lesser, minor factor of the real world which can only be attained by looking inward and focusing on the quest to achieve spiritual success and thus become one with God. TSHAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046856708302515193noreply@blogger.com