In Chapter 18, Poem 6 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet contrasts outward wandering with the true spiritual journey, which must take place within oneself. Attar admonishes the 'traveling man' not to step outside his own being, framing external searching as a form of wretchedness and distraction. Instead, he advocates for an inward journey ('journey within your own inner being'), drawing a sharp distinction between a person of profound, participatory spiritual insight and someone who remains a superficial, detached spectator.