Before becoming a devoted author, what was the personality of the writer who would be known as Hemadpant?

Chapter 2 provides a candid self-assessment of the author's initial character before his transformation. He describes himself as mischievous, talkative, cynical, and critical. The text explicitly states he was arrogant about his knowledge, possessing what he ironically calls an "impurity" of it. He admits to knowing nothing of a Satguru's greatness, having a bad intellect, and a mind driven by logic. Furthermore, as detailed in Chapter 2, he was always proud of his own wisdom and was particularly prone to argumentation, a trait Sai Baba warns against.