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Fearless Immersion and the Eradication of Ego in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4, Poem 71)

In Poem 71 (Chapter 4) of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet urges the seeker to abandon endless preparation and courageously cast themselves into the 'sea' of the Divine. The quatrain highlights the necessity of eradicating the ego or selfhood (symbolized by having a 'face'). Retaining one's individual identity leads to spiritual torment, described as remaining at the 'bottom of hell', whereas true spiritual immersion requires complete self-annihilation (Fana), such that the seeker loses their own 'face' entirely and cannot find it again.

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