Rumi says the worst enemy is hiding within yourself,and that enemy is your nafs or false ego. It is very difficult to explain the meaning of “false ego”.
The enemy,Rumi says,develops. The more it is fed,the stronger it becomes to fight with you;and the stronger it becomes,the more it dominates your better self. Then comes day when man is the slave of his enemy which is hidden within himself.
The worst position is to have an enemy which one does not know. It is better is to have an enemy which one does not know. It is better to have a thousand known enemies before one that to have one within one and not to know it.
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