Chapter 5 discusses the lesson of "His Guruship to him, and my discipleship to me." What is the deeper spiritual significance of this teaching?

The teaching from Chapter 5, "His Guruship to him, and my discipleship to me," carries a deep spiritual message about the necessity of humility and the surrender of ego. By maintaining the attitude of a disciple towards the Fakir, Sai Baba demonstrated that one must act without pride to achieve spiritual welfare. The chapter suggests that burning the "pride of the body" is essential to making life meaningful and allows one to become a disciple to achieve the supreme goal. This behavior, which amazed onlookers, teaches that a firm resolution to abandon ego is the way to climb the "fort of selflessness" and that one cannot cross the ocean of existence without making someone their Guru.