WORST ENEMY
“It is our selfishness and egoism that are responsible for our present condition. The following maxim expresses the same truth: ‘Your worst enemy is your lower self that is within you.’ It is this idol which man worships most and to which he is attached most. Man cannot become godly unless he smashes this idol, because an idol and God cannot go together. An egoist can never be a devout person. We may apparently be religious, but in reality are idol-worshipers unless we get rid of our selfishness and egoism, which are the root-cause of all our troubles and evils. While offering prayers we say: ‘You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help’ but unfortunately all our thoughts remain concentrated on ourselves. We offer prayers to serve our own selfish interests and thus in reality worship ourselves only.”
- Excerpt from Light Within Me
Illustration by John MacConnell
