In Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 30, Poem 17), the relationship between the mystic seeker and the Divine is depicted as fundamentally asymmetrical. The seeker is entirely consumed by the pursuit, reduced to humility and distress (falling "from the house to the street" and becoming thin "like a hair" on the path). In stark contrast, the Beloved remains completely independent and detached ("free from me"). This juxtaposition highlights the "upside down" nature of mystical love, emphasizing the agonized yearning of the finite lover confronting the transcendent self-sufficiency (Istighna) of the Divine.