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The Heart as a Thousand Oceans in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 33, Poem 35)

In Chapter 33, Poem 35 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs the metaphor of a 'drop' to represent the limited, individual self. The divine beloved instructs the seeker to abandon the 'creed of the parts' and dive deep within, realizing that the human heart is not merely a fragment but instead contains 'a thousand oceans.' This illustrates the Sufi concept of the microcosm, where the boundless divine reality is discovered within the seeker's own inner being.

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