In Poem 5 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4), the spiritual journey is depicted as a path that must be traversed, yet cannot be easily described or spoken of. The poem presents a profound paradox: at the very first step of this journey, the seeker must "cut off their feet." This metaphor emphasizes that true spiritual progress requires the complete abandonment of self-reliance, personal agency, and the ego. It suggests that wayfaring toward the Divine is achieved through absolute surrender and spiritual annihilation rather than through conventional, self-directed effort.