Based on the story of the jaggery and medicine, how did Sai Baba tailor his approach to help his followers?

Sai Baba's method was similar to a doctor who uses a trick to administer medicine to a resistant patient. As described in Chapter 27, just as a doctor might place medicine on jaggery to make it palatable, Baba would change the 'vehicle (medium)' of his grace to suit the devotee. He understood that force does not always work and would sometimes use casual joking and humor to fulfill a devotee's purpose when they least expected it. This illustrates that Baba's way was not a rigid rule but was determined by the specific circumstances and disposition of the person he was helping, ensuring the intended grace becomes effective.