Hazrat Nizamuddin Awliya ra made it clear that it is spiritual proximity that counts and not physical nearness. He observed that if you, as a murid, refrained from being frequently present in the company of your pir, but remembered him with love and concern, that was much better than your being regularly present before the pir, having no knowledge of what the love for your pir really meant.
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Then he recited:
Birun ze-darun beh keh daruni birun
To be outside is better than being an outsider who is inside...
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