Status Updates From Purgatory

This divine spirit is directing us
toward the ascent without our even asking,
concealed in his own shining.

He cares for us as we do for ourselves, since he that sees another's need and awaits the asking
maliciously has set his mind upon refusal.
XXVII.55-60

Because your appetites are fixed on things
that, divided, lessen each one's share,
envy's bellows pushes breath into your sighs.

But if love for the highest sphere
could turn your longings toward heavenly things,
then fear of sharing would pass from your hearts.
XV.49-54

But I was getting so bogged down that I actually skipped ahead to XXIV (gluttony) and have read through XXIX (garden of eden).