What role do dreams play in the Patil's healing and spiritual journey in Chapter 13?

In Chapter 13, dreams play a pivotal and paradoxical role in the Patil's journey. While the text acknowledges that people often call dreams an illusion, it states that for the Patil, 'the opposite reality' appeared. He experienced two distressing dreams: one where a teacher beat him with a cane and another where a gentleman crushed his chest with a grinding stone. Though agonizing, these dream events directly caused the 'destruction of the disease and relief from sorrow.' Upon waking, he was completely cured and felt reborn. This miraculous healing through a dream experience was the catalyst for his profound faith, gratitude, and lifelong devotion to Sai Baba, demonstrating how the unfathomable novelty of Sai's grace can work through any medium.