When a person exerts effort, and feels that he receives no response, it is precisely this feeling that there is no reaction from above to his actions that is a sign of advancement.

If he were to feel that everything is going well, that he is advancing, this is a bad sign that indicates that he is not exerting any effort. For true, correct effort toward the goal consists in the fact that he does not know, yet he “presses the correct button,” meaning that he receives no reward in the form of honor, power, wealth, or any other temptations in the form of gifts or payment from this material world.

If he truly invests effort toward the goal, and not for the sake of the pleasures of this world, then he develops the feeling that there is no response from above to his actions. And this is the most correct sign that he is being guided precisely toward the goal without the slightest deviation, that exact definitions are being awakened of what spiritual is and what goal he must be thinking about. The correct response to efforts is helplessness, despair, and loss of orientation.

When do we feel helplessness and disorientation within our desire to receive? It is when a person enters a more advanced state, when he does not receive fulfillment. This is a sign that he has advanced a little closer to the goal, toward spirituality.

If he feels worse within the desire to receive from one state to another, this means that he has advanced in the direction of spirituality, that dissatisfaction within the desire to receive is growing.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/19/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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