Here is union with God. This is a terrible malady of the soul. He does not consider the light of the image of God that is in him to be fallen. To overcome this impediment, we must develop blessed humility, which is the converse of pride. Pride is a malady of our spirit, a sin of the mind, while humility, a good and blessed state, is a virtue of the mind.
Humility denotes a peaceful state of soul.
Outwardly, a man can appear to be humble, meek, self-controlled. He can also have a sense of inner peace. He is at peace neither with heaven nor with earth. In various trials and tribulations, he loses his outward serenity and peace of soul, becoming irritated and embittered. Without humbleness of mind, a man is reckless, founding the house of his spiritual life not upon the rock of Christ's commandments, but upon the sand of his own vanity.