How did Sai Baba address the skepticism and doubt of newcomers like Boss Dharamsee?

Sai Baba's approach to skepticism was not to argue, but to provide a direct, personal experience that would transform the individual's heart. Chapter 35 details how Baba dealt with Boss Dharamsee, who arrived with a 'clinical scrutiny.' Knowing Dharamsee's dislike for grapes with seeds, Baba specifically gave him those very grapes. This act was a direct challenge to Dharamsee's ego and doubt. The subsequent miracle, where the grapes became seedless in his mouth, was a personalized leela designed to shatter his intellectual pride. As the text says, 'All his ego dropped away, and love for the saint was born,' demonstrating that Baba works by inspiring a profound internal change rather than through intellectual persuasion.