How does Sai Baba guide people towards the spiritual path, especially those who might be skeptical at first?

According to the teachings, it is Sai Baba himself who provides the inspiration for people to seek him out. As Chapter 35 explains, Baba stimulates an individual's natural disposition to lead them toward the spiritual path. The story of Boss Dharamsee is a perfect illustration of this principle. Dharamsee arrived in Shirdi with a skeptical, 'clinical' mindset. Baba, knowing Dharamsee's internal doubts about grapes he was offered, performed a personal miracle by turning them seedless for him. This experience completely transformed Dharamsee, causing his ego to drop away and igniting a deep love and firm determination to follow Sai.