How does the author of Chapter 26 distinguish between intellectual knowledge and true spiritual experience?

Chapter 26 draws a clear distinction between mere intellectual understanding and profound spiritual experience. The author prays to Sai Baba, "make this knowledge meaningful through experience; without experience, the exhaustion of speech achieves nothing in spirituality." This highlights the belief that simply talking about or reading Vedanta is insufficient. True realization comes only through direct, personal experience. The author asks Baba to use His power to grant this personal experience and the gift of the "natural state of union (Sayujya)," acknowledging that theoretical knowledge alone cannot solve the mystery of existence or provide lasting peace.