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A Mystical Reflection Inspired by a Ghazal of Attar of Nishapur There are loves that live within the world and there is Love that births worlds. Attar begins his ghazal with a declaration that strikes at the root of all human understanding: “The nature of your love lies beyond both worlds for whatever they name, it is not that.” Love, as Attar speaks of it, is not a feeling, not an emotion that stirs the heart for a moment and then fades into memory. It is the fire beneath creation, a force that precedes heaven and earth, a light that cannot be contained by name, creed, or idea. Every time the mind says “This is love,” Attar replies: “No, it is not that.” Because love cannot be described by the language of opposites. It is not joy or pain, not union or separation. It is what remains when both have dissolved.