In the Seventh Discourse of Farid al-Din Attar's Elahi Nameh, the second son responds to his father's spiritual counsel by acknowledging the exalted nature of divine love but dismissing it as unattainable. He argues that the 'altitude of love' is too high and requires an arduous ascent, whereas his immediate desire remains the worldly power of magic. This passage illustrates the human tendency to rationalize the pursuit of lower, immediate desires by viewing spiritual perfection as an impossibly distant goal, thus remaining captive to the ego's worldly attachments.