I was absolutely surprised at what I learned from the book - Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis today. Of all the traps and deceits that the devil uses upon men, one of which is called the "Spiritual Pride".

"It is an unobtrusive little vice which she (*the believer) shares with nearly everyone who have grown up in an intelligent circle united by a clearly defined belief; and it consists in a quite untroubled assumption that the outsiders (*the non-believers) who do not share this belief are really too stupid and ridiculous."

This is how the devil devices the deceit.

"He (*the believer) must be made to feel (he'd better not put it into words) "how different we Christians are"; and by "we Christians" he must really, but unknowingly, mean "my set"; and by "my set" he must mean not "The people who, in their charity and humility, have accepted me", but "The people with whom I associate by right"."


Lets be aware of what dwells in our mind and ask God's Holy light to shine the deepest motive and thought of ours that do not glorify Him at all.