How does the text illustrate the way hardship can lead a person to a spiritual path and the guidance of a saint?

The text provides a narrative example of a person who, after suffering a great loss in business, felt a deep distaste for life and became very unstable. Chapter 18 explains that when a soul falls into great distress, it often remembers God. In this specific case, the man's friends recognized his weariness and advised him to go to Shirdi for the Darshan of Sainath. This illustrates a key principle: profound suffering can act as a catalyst, making one receptive to spiritual solutions. The timely advice from his friends, which the text compares to a heavy downpour for a person in a drought, shows how a meeting with a saint is arranged, often through mundane means, when the soul is ready.