How does the analogy of the doctor, patient, and jaggery from the text illustrate Sai Baba's method of instruction?

The analogy of the doctor and patient powerfully illustrates Sai Baba's compassionate and wise teaching method. In this comparison from Chapter 27, the patient insists on having sweet jaggery and refuses the bitter but necessary medicine. A skillful doctor, knowing that force will not work, uses a trick: they give the jaggery first to make the medicine acceptable. This mirrors how Sai Baba dealt with devotees. He understood their individual capacities and dispositions. If a direct approach was unsuitable, he would change the 'vehicle' or medium of his teaching, using humor, play, or other means to deliver his grace and wisdom effectively, ensuring the intended spiritual benefit was received without resistance.