What does the author's prayer in Chapter 26 reveal about the nature of complete surrender to Sai Baba?

The prayer in Chapter 26 illustrates a profound and total surrender to the Guru. The author asks Sai Baba to take away his body-consciousness and the need to experience pleasure or pain, requesting to be moved "like a puppet" according to Baba's will. This surrender is so complete that the author even suggests Baba Himself become the "me-ness" and take on the experiences of pleasure and pain. As detailed in Chapter 26, the author symbolically lays his ego at Baba's feet, declaring that there is no "me-ness" left in him and asking Baba to look after him as His own. This demonstrates a desire to dissolve the individual self and merge entirely with the will of the Sadguru.