Why can't I feel Hashem's presence?

Rabbi Landau answers with a question he once asked a man who told him he doesn't feel Hashem: “Do you feel Wi-Fi?” We walk all day between Wi-Fi and cellular signals, “waves around you,” and yet we don't pick them up.

The man said his phone picks them up. So Rabbi Landau pressed him: “You're between all the signals. How come you're not able to pick up the Wi-Fi yourself? Why do you need a device?” The man answered, “I'm not wired for that.”

“Exactly,” Rabbi Landau told him. “The signals are all here, you just got to get wired for it.” Hashem's presence is not missing. It is all around you, the way the signals are. “Get wired. Hashem is all around you.”

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How do I get wired to feel Hashem?

In A Soul at Peace, Rabbi Landau writes that the receiver is the divine soul within, covered over by physical habits and busy activity. The work is to clear those screens away, step by step, through deep reflection that Hashem gives life to everything at every moment.

Going deeper: Rabbi Landau's teaching, level by level

Surface claim

Hashem's presence is all around you, like signals you cannot feel without the right receiver.

Fear, vulnerability, or tension

The pain of “I don't feel Hashem.” In A Soul at Peace, Rabbi Landau says this pain is real and must not be taken lightly, but the question itself may need fixing.

What may be behind it

In A Soul at Peace he writes: “The problem is not that the signal is weak. The signal is very strong. The problem is on the receiving end.”

Deepest human truth

The signals are already here. A person does not need to invent the light, only to get wired for it.