Chapter 35 identifies pride in one's spiritual path as a major obstacle. How does the chapter illustrate the dissolution of this pride upon meeting Sai?

Chapter 35 explicitly calls pride in one's own path a "terrible forest" and a formidable obstacle. It illustrates this with the story of people who, proud of their belief in a formless God, look down upon the practice of bowing to saints or offering them Dakshina. They approach Shirdi with what the text calls "false logic," determined to test Sai Baba but not surrender. The dissolution of this pride is shown to be the direct result of experiencing Sai's darshan. According to this chapter, the powerful experience of seeing Sai causes them to forget their firm resolve entirely, and they end up bowing at his feet, their pride replaced by devotion.