According to Chapter 26 of the Sai Satcharitra, what is the nature of the physical world and how is it related to the concept of Maya?

Chapter 26 explains that the physical world and the entire universe are an illusion created by Maya. The text compares this reality to a city reflected in a mirror or a dream that appears real but vanishes upon waking. As detailed in this chapter, everything we perceive, from the Creator down to a blade of grass, is imagined and does not have an independent existence outside of the Self. This illusion is caused by ignorance of one's true nature, which leads to mistaking a rope for a snake. True knowledge, which dissolves this illusory world, can only be attained through the grace and words of a Sadguru when the time for awakening arrives.