From Sai Baba's perspective, what is the true nature of the body and its ailments, and how should a devotee view physical suffering?

The source material explains that the body is merely an adjunct, and for realized beings like Sai Samarth, there is no true mental or physical illness. As Chapter 43 clarifies, any apparent illnesses are due to past karma, but the enlightened have no awareness of them. The text posits that life is a modification of the body, and death is its natural state of happiness. For Sai, who is the complete Supreme Brahman and a mass of bliss, the world is an illusion, and thus he is devoid of bodily impulses and the consciousness of the body. Devotees are encouraged to understand this philosophical perspective on physical existence.