Desire and Anger Are the True Enemy
What drives a person to go wrong is desire, which turns to anger when thwarted. Know this to be the true enemy within.
Do I look only outside for the enemy that undoes me, while ignoring the desire and anger within?
📝Reflection
In this verse I notice where the old teacher relocates the enemy. The true enemy that undoes me is not someone outside but unfulfilled desire and the anger that erupts when it is blocked. An outer enemy can be avoided, but the inner one travels with me, so this is the hardest and most worthwhile battle. This is also why Gandhi read the Gita as an inner war. When I want to blame someone, I first look at which of my own desires had been thwarted beneath it.
🌱Apply It Today
When you want to blame someone today, ask once, 'Which of my desires was thwarted to bring this on?'
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
