How does the story of Kaka's friend serve as an example of the book's claim that devotion to Sai can dissolve the separation between the senses and the self?

The story of Kaka Mahajani's friend provides a practical illustration of the philosophical ideas presented earlier in Chapter 35. The chapter begins by explaining how, for a devotee, the triad of seer-seen-seeing or hearer-heard-hearing can vanish, leaving only the experience of Sai. The friend arrived as a detached observer, a 'seer' separate from the 'seen' saint. However, when Baba spoke, the friend's experience transcended simple hearing. The sound was not just an external stimulus; it merged with his deepest memories, causing the distinction between himself (the hearer) and the sound (the heard) to collapse into a profound recognition of his father. This shattering of his objective stance demonstrates how an experience of Sai can dissolve the devotee's sense of a separate self and erase the place of duality.