If I don't know the enemy,

I will be poorly equipped to protect myself

Anger, greed, ego, lust, attachment are the enemy

in myself and in others

If I can't protect myself, who will?

Not to know the value of thoughts, or to move through

life without an aim, is ignorance

This is another kind of enemy.

To say: Things are okay as they are

 means that I have not yet recognised my ignorance nor

my need for protection

Then non-violent battle I have set out to win

is of overcoming the vices.

Spirituality

playing itself out as virtue and wisdom in my life

is my sword

and my protection

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