Why does the author of the Satcharitra distinguish between knowledge and experience in Chapter 26?

In Chapter 26, the author makes a critical distinction between intellectual knowledge and direct spiritual experience. He prays to Sai Baba to make the knowledge of the Self meaningful through personal experience. The text explicitly states that without experience, "the exhaustion of speech achieves nothing in spirituality." This implies that simply talking about or intellectually understanding spiritual concepts is insufficient for true progress. The author's plea for the "gift of the natural state of union (Sayujya)" through Baba's grace, as mentioned in Chapter 26, underscores the belief that true spiritual realization is an experiential state, not just a collection of learned facts or philosophies.