The allegory of the mad baker in Section 12 of Attar's Mosibat Nameh illustrates the spiritual shift from being trapped in the endless, circular cycle of worldly labor (represented by the endless baking of bread) to relying directly on divine provision. The baker's madness arises from the realization of the infinite nature of worldly chores, which prompts him to seek a single, effortless gift of sustenance from God rather than continuing the exhausting cycle of material cause and effect.