For he has the self as his only friend, or as his only enemy. A person has the self as a friend when he has conquered himself, But if he rejects his own reality, the self will war against him. The 'divine spirit' is really an evil spirit which affirms his evil intentions. 1 John 3.9, p. 227. Surely God wrongs not men anything, but men wrong themselves.
Evil grinds the unwise as a diamond grinds a hard gem.
Whatever harm a foe may do to a foe, or a hater to a hater, an ill-directed mind can do one far greater harm. The Reactive Mind is a portion of a person's mind which works on a totally stimulus-response basis, which is not under his volitional control, and which exerts force and the power of command over his awareness, purposes, thoughts, body, and actions. Stored in the Reactive Mind are engrams, and here we find the single source of aberrations and psychosomatic ills. But this is an inappropriate and shameful time for patience. Should even all the gods and anti-gods Rise up against me as my enemies, They could not lead nor place me in The roaring fires of deepest hell.