Can you explain the meaning of the salt doll analogy used in Chapter 18?

The analogy of the salt doll in Chapter 18 serves to illustrate the concept of the dissolution of the individual ego upon approaching the Guru. The text poses the question: if a doll made of salt enters the ocean to bathe, can it ever return? The answer is that it cannot, as it dissolves and becomes one with the ocean. This powerful metaphor, found in Chapter 18, signifies how a devotee who truly approaches the Sadguru loses their sense of separate self and merges completely into the supreme consciousness that the Guru represents.