There are many religious people who have no livelihood and find this to be a source of great stress and confusion. But even this is good for the world. And know that there are many precious words that only come from such confusion.
There are many types of confusion and distraction. In the Midrash, we find that there is slumber pertaining to prophecy, as when “a deep sleep fell on Abraham” (Genesis 15:12; see Bereshit Rabbah 44:19). On the other hand, there is the sleep of fools. In both cases, sleep refers to mental confusion (see “His Wisdom” #112).
יֵשׁ אֲנָשִׁים כְּשֵׁרִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם פַּרְנָסָה וְיֵשׁ לָהֶם דֹּחַק וּבִלְבּוּלִים גְּדוֹלִים מִזֶּה, וְהוּא טוֹבָה לְהָעוֹלָם. וְדַע שֶׁיֵּשׁ דִּבּוּרִים יְקָרִים שֶׁיּוֹצְאִים עַל־יְדֵי בִּלְבּוּלִים דַּיְקָא.
There are many religious people who have no livelihood and find this to be a source of great stress and confusion. But even this is good for the world. And know that there are many precious words that only come from such confusion.
אַךְ יֵשׁ חִלּוּקִים בֵּין הַבִּלְבּוּלִים וְכַמּוּבָא בַּמִּדְרָשׁ (בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה מד־יט): שֶׁיֵּשׁ תַּרְדֵּמָה שֶׁל נְבוּאָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: "וְתַרְדֵּמָה נָפְלָה עַל אַבְרָם" (בְּרֵאשִׁית טו־יב), וְיֵשׁ תַּרְדֵּמָה שֶׁל שְׁטוּת וְכוּ'. תַּרְדֵּמָה הוּא בִּלְבּוּל הַדַּעַת:
There are many types of confusion and distraction. In the Midrash, we find that there is slumber pertaining to prophecy, as when “a deep sleep fell on Abraham” (Genesis 15:12; see Bereshit Rabbah 44:19). On the other hand, there is the sleep of fools. In both cases, sleep refers to mental confusion (see “His Wisdom” #112).