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Sincere Renunciation and Reducing the Two Worlds to a Single Breath in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 19, Poem 26)

In Chapter 19, Poem 26 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet outlines the requirements for a true traveler on the spiritual path. The seeker is instructed to turn exclusively to the Divine Deliverer and to sincerely renounce all whims and desires. The poem culminates in a profound mystical reduction of existence, asserting that 'both worlds are nothing but a single breath' to the seeker. By urging the traveler to gather both worlds into a single breath, Attar emphasizes the primacy of the present moment and absolute, single-minded focus on the Divine, dismissing the vastness of both the material and spiritual realms as insignificant compared to this concentrated devotion.

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