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that there is evil all around you in the world. In fact, it is your own evil that is reflected outside. If your feelings are demonic, the world all around you will be demonic to you. If your feelings are divine, you will find divinity everywhere. (SSB)
Inner Enemies
Sai Baba says the following about the six inner enemies.
The six enemies of man are eating into his vitals, embedded in his own inner consciousness. They are the demons to be killed. They are kama (lust), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (aachment), mada (pride), and matsarya (malice). They reduce man to the level of a demon. They have to be overpowered and transmuted by the supreme alchemy of the divine urge.
The six enemies of man get a foothold in his mind because it is filled with the darkness of ignorance. They are nocturnal birds, like bats and owls, which cannot tolerate light. Darkness will not flee if you throw stones at it, nor will it disappear if you lay about it with a sword or shoot it with a gun. It will be destroyed only when a lamp is lit. Shankara taught this simple truth to many who were ignorant of this simple fact. The people of this country were lost in the pursuit of many goals because their vision was blurred by darkness; Shankara taught them that the Vedas, Upanishads, and Shastras had but One in view, the One without a second, advaita.
Of course, all beings and all things are divine, but, through intelligent analysis, you have to choose the beings and things that will help you and avoid those that will hinder you. This is the way of wisdom. Take the electric current, or fire, or a sharp knife. They are dangerous if you do not know how to use them; they are beneficial if you know how to handle them discreetly.
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