Can you explain the analogy of the salt doll and the ocean as presented in Chapter 18 and what it signifies about approaching the Guru?

Chapter 18 uses a profound analogy to describe the experience of a devotee approaching the Sadguru. It asks, "If a doll made of salt enters the ocean to take a bath, can it ever return?" The text answers that this can never happen, and that the case is similar for one who approaches the Guru. This metaphor, found in the early verses of the chapter, signifies the complete dissolution of the individual ego and identity (the salt doll) into the vast, boundless consciousness of the Guru or the Divine (the ocean). The seeker merges with the source and loses their separate self.