The text states that 'feeling bad is an obstacle to spiritual progress.' How does Kashiram's story illustrate this principle?

Chapter 0 provides a powerful illustration of this spiritual principle through the devotee Kashiram. His negative feelings—feeling 'very bad' with 'tears' in his eyes when Maharaj didn't take his Dakshina—were not seen as a sign of pure devotion, but as an indicator of a subtle spiritual obstacle: the pride that 'I have the power to give.' The text explicitly states that God works to remove such obstacles. Maharaj's subsequent actions, which led to Kashiram's financial ruin, were a direct and divine intervention to dismantle this pride. The lesson culminates when Kashiram is 'convinced that he did not have the power to give,' at which point his spiritual path is cleared of that specific hindrance and his material fortunes are restored.