How did Sai Baba demonstrate his ability to know people's unspoken thoughts and feelings in the story of Laxmichand?

Chapter 28 provides two distinct examples of Sai Baba's inner knowledge regarding the devotee Laxmichand. First, when Laxmichand was suffering from hunger and back pain while secretly craving khaja, Baba's words directly mirrored his state: 'Hunger has come, that's good. There should be medicine for back pain. Now the wind of khaja has blown.' Second, during a Chavadi procession, Laxmichand privately wondered if Baba's cough was due to an 'evil eye.' The very next morning, Baba voiced this exact thought, asking Madhavrao, 'Yesterday I had much coughing; is this the effect of an evil eye?' These incidents proved to Laxmichand that Baba dwells in everyone's heart and knows their innermost thoughts.