Listening to Saint Michael...

The private examen is a source of division and ruin. God hates a man full of pride; you could almost say that God is in a hurry to abandon him to his outlandish weakness since he is blinded by his own pride. Man wants to mount his weak and blind reason as a rival to God. Such schemes are so repugnant in God’s eyes that he outsmarts the best projects of human wisdom and renders them useless, every time wisdom is unwilling to seek inspiration in Him, the true and sole light.

Cachica Notebook, 12