Can you explain how Sai Baba demonstrated his ability to know people's inner thoughts and guide them with compassion, using an example from the text?

Chapter 18 provides a powerful example of Sai Baba's omniscience and compassion. While the narrator was massaging Baba's feet, he silently felt envious of another devotee, Sathe, who seemed to gain spiritual fruit in just seven days while the narrator's years of effort felt fruitless. As described in Chapter 18, Sai Baba, the "Crown of Saints," immediately knew the thought that arose in the narrator's mind. Instead of scolding him, Baba, described as a "most merciful mother," compassionately devised a plan. He sent the narrator on a pretext to get fifteen rupees Dakshina from Shama, a task designed to teach him a lesson and fulfill his heart's desire for instruction without directly addressing his negative thoughts.