How does Chapter 18 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra describe the relationship between a devotee and the Guru?

Chapter 18 beautifully illustrates the profound and transformative connection between a devotee and their Guru using a powerful analogy. It compares a devotee approaching the Guru to a doll made of salt entering the ocean to take a bath. Just as the salt doll dissolves and becomes one with the ocean, unable to return to its original form, a devotee who approaches the Sadguru merges with the divine essence. This imagery, presented at the beginning of Chapter 18, signifies that the individual ego and sense of separateness dissolve in the vastness of the Guru's grace, leading to a state of unity from which there is no return to the illusion of being separate.