Chapter 26 distinguishes between intellectual knowledge and personal experience. Can you explain this distinction and what the author prays for in this regard?

Chapter 26 draws a clear line between theoretical knowledge and lived spiritual reality. The author confesses that their intellect is often mounted on "false logic" and that knowledge without direct experience is fruitless. As stated in the chapter, "without experience, the exhaustion of speech achieves nothing in spirituality." Recognizing this, the author prays to Sai Samarth to make the knowledge of the Self meaningful through personal experience. They ask Baba, by His power, to grant them the gift of the natural state of union (Sayujya) through His grace, thereby moving beyond mere words to a state of realized truth.