How to mask to specific layers in cs6

I am following a tutorial and trying to mask a shape layer to another shape layer that is multiple layers down. (or has multiple layers between these two.)
Essentially I want the white box to be masked to show only to the inside of the black box.
Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong here?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13/wragen22/ScreenShot2013-01-27at102804AM_zpsf203de6f.p ng

Or, a quick and easy process would be as follows:
1) Select your black box layer (not the mask you may have made following my directions above), and option click on the icon. Choose select pixels.
2) Create a new layer above your black box layer.
3) At this point you could deselect the portion of the box you do not want the white overlay to effect, but I am going to use a gradient:
4) Play with the Blending Mode and opacity of the layer for different effects.
Original:
Overlay:
Soft Light:
Is this helping at all?

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