Thanks Charlie Brown. Good point.
I heard that the Gr”a was offered to be taught Torah by a Maggid ( a special malach who visits holy people- eg the Mechaber who wrote a sefer based on his visits by said Maggid called Maggid Meisharim). The Gr”a turned down the offer because he wanted to toil on his own. The bracha is “laasok bedivrei Torah”, not “lilmod Torah”.
That said, I’m not yet on the Gra’s level. After a good hour or 2 of hisbodedus, when the Maggid comes, I let the Maggid tell me everything.