In Chapter 8, Poem 35 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet addresses the spiritual seeker regarding the discipline of inner suffering and the illusion of human agency. The poem advises the seeker to keep their spiritual pain (burning) hidden and to avoid seeking attention or creating a commotion through affectation. Furthermore, Attar challenges the ego's constant anxiety over action and decision-making, symbolized by the question 'What shall I do?'. He asserts that human capability is ultimately powerless in the face of divine destiny, suggesting that the seeker's actions or inactions are inconsequential to the larger divine reality, thereby prompting a state of quiet resignation and surrender.