The incident of grinding wheat, detailed in Chapter 1, reveals Sai Baba's unique and symbolic method for resolving crises. Faced with a cholera epidemic, he did not use conventional means. Instead, he performed a seemingly unrelated act: grinding wheat in the mosque. This act was a divine play, a metaphor for the crisis at hand. As Chapter 1 explains, the wheat was not grain but represented the cholera itself. By grinding it, he was symbolically destroying the 'enemy.' He completed the act by having the resulting 'flour' thrown on the village boundary, effectively casting the disease out. This demonstrates that Baba's methods often involved spiritual actions whose compassionate purposes were not immediately apparent and required patience to understand.
Based on the incident with the wheat, describe Sai Baba's method for dealing with crises like epidemics.
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