Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 7
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ואיתא בזוהר דעבד רעותא דמסכנא. ויחשוב שהוא עני וידבר תמיד בדברים רכים ותחנונים כמו עני.
The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020
It states in Zohar,¹⁶ “One should always strive to be like a pauper.” Thus, always think of yourself as being destitute and speak soft words and supplications, like a pauper.
footnotes: ¹⁶ Zohar Vol. 3, 195a. It is explained there that the prayers of a pauper always ascend and are favorably received.