SJS:
Doing hishtadlus for your parnassah or as you call it ‘living within derech hateva’ has nothing to do with Torah’s protection. The derech hateva IS that Torah protects us. If you are not familiar with the origin of the term “Neturei Karta”, it is a reference to the Yerushalmi that says that the Lomdei Torah are the Neturei Karta and not the guards of the city.
Bitachon and hishtadlus have an inverse relationship. I implore you to read the book Worldmask by Rabbi Akiva Tatz. Also a small red sefer called “Mitzvos Habitachon”. If you don’t believe that a person should have bitachon with his parnassah where are we meant to have bitachon?
The truth is that me and my friends often talk about how we see yad hashem in our parnassah. Hashem does provide, the only question: do YOU want the zchus of being a shliach for it? It seems the answer is no. To that the only things I can say is that I also suggest that you learn Nefesh Hachaim sha’ar dalet and a sefer called Bonei Olam.
I am assuming that your second post comes from your lack of understanding of the importance of Torah and those that learn it to the Jewish people. It was extremely chutzpadig. I am not sure if your community lauds talking this way about Rabbonim, but in mine we just don’t do that. I am not a Tolna chossid as I said earlier, so the ‘point’ you were trying to make by ridiculing a rov and a talmid chochom is lost.
After hearing your stance here, I have to ask again: what exactly does bitachon mean to you?