Chapter 18 uses the analogy of a salt doll. What is this analogy and what does it signify about approaching the Guru?

In Chapter 18, a profound analogy is used to describe the experience of a devotee approaching the Sadguru. The text asks if a doll made of salt, upon entering the ocean for a bath, could ever return, concluding this is impossible. This metaphor signifies that when a seeker, represented by the salt doll, approaches the Guru, who is like the ocean, their individual identity dissolves completely into the vastness of the divine. As this chapter illustrates, this represents a complete merging with the Guru, where the separate self ceases to exist and becomes one with the whole.