Compare And Contrast The Allegory Of The Cave And Teresa Of Avila

Through the stories of genesis, the allegory of the cave, and Teresa of Avila we are asked to examine our relationship to god and the world around us. Through examining these texts further we are asked our true meaning in life. The story of Genesis introduces our relationship with god and the world he has created around us. The allegory of the cave has and in depth look at the world around us, and our relationship to it. With this comes the question it asks us to reexamine everything we know to be to true. Teresa of Avila focuses on how our relationship with god and the world around us truly affects us. Focusing on the personal relationship, and the true difference of when it’s genuine versus true. This is why these texts are so important to …show more content…
The people in this cave are completely ignorant to the world that is truly around them. Their whole lives they have been trapped in a false reality in which they wont know they are in. Day in and day out they watch these shadows on the walls cast by puppeteers and fire. They don’t know an outside world or other people all they know are the shadows in their captivity. In a way these puppeteers are playing god for these people. They are creating a reality for these people that become their personal reality. It then goes on with the question of what if one person escaped and saw the real world outside them. Shattering their previous thoughts on what reality is this person would learn there’s so much more out there. If they tried to come and tell others of this world they would not believe this person. This is because this is all they know so how can they possibly conceive a world outside of this. This is not too different from man and woman in Genesis. Before eating the fruit of the tree man and woman could not possibly conceive the knowledge of good and evil, and what the consequences of breaking this rule was. The way their eyes were opened are not too different from the way, someone who has escaped the caves eyes would be opened by seeing the outside world. Both have shattered all that they have possibly ever known with reality. Shredding their ignorance with true …show more content…
They pass down their knowledge to her; in this she learns right and wrong, or in line with the others good and evil. Through her life while knowing what is right she does not choose it. She chooses evils such as vanity that harm her relationship to God. When she does do, as she believes god wants her to do it is not from love. She does this from a fear of hell instilled on her by her knowledge. This is a very complex relationship with God, which is shared with many other people. It complicates what is good, because it clouds the reasoning behind doing these things. All her life she allows herself to be tempted with things that will harm her relationship with God. Eventually this path of fear of hell leads her to God in an unconventional way. What starts out, as an easy way of redemption becomes true and sincere love of