How does Baba explain the importance of serving others and its connection to serving him?

Baba explains that service to others is fundamentally service to him, as he resides within every being. According to Chapter 3, he states, "The 'I' indicated in this way—that same 'I' am within everyone's heart. I am the one residing in the heart, all-pervading." He further clarifies that the entire visible world, from an insect or ant to a poor person or a king, is his own form. This implies that any action performed for another being is an action that reaches him directly. This concept is reinforced when the text describes the narrator's decision to abandon the "service of men" for the "service of the Guru," highlighting the understanding that true service to the Guru encompasses all of creation because the Guru's form is the universe itself.