In Chapter 18, Poem 30 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet contrasts the complacency of the spiritually oblivious with the profound mourning of true seekers. While the ignorant distract themselves with worldly desires and physical comforts (eating and sleeping), true men are in a state of existential mourning. They are acutely aware of the daunting and perilous spiritual journey—symbolized by unknown valleys and oceans—that lies ahead.