The journey into the heart of mysticism leads to a state so profound it has no middle ground: Attar's "Valley of Unity." In this episode of RESTART, we explore this reality through a powerful parable where an old woman confronts the great scholar Bu Ali Sina. When he piously claims to only accept gifts from God, she shatters his worldview with a single question: "How many do you see, if you are not cross-eyed?" This is the ultimate challenge to all dualistic thought. If you still see a separation between yourself and God, the giver and the gift, or the worshipper and the worshipped, you are seeing double.

This valley reveals the devastating truth that renders all conventional religion obsolete. The prayer "You alone we worship" becomes a contradiction, because in Unity, there is no "You" separate from the "I." As Hafez declared, "You yourself are your own veil, arise from the midst." We explain the critical difference between the "One" (Vahid) and the all-encompassing "Oneness" (Ahad), proving that the entire structure of the clergy—who operate in a world of separation—collapses in the face of this non-dual reality. This is the valley where the illusion of the self is broken, and the one true reality is all that remains.

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