How can the book be 'Composed by the devotee Hemadpant' if Sai Baba himself claimed, 'I myself shall write my own story!'? Isn't this a contradiction?

This apparent contradiction is explained within the text as a matter of divine inspiration and the dissolution of the author's ego. According to Chapter 2, Sai Baba's statement, 'I myself shall write my own story!' is followed by the instruction for the author to 'dissolve his ego and surrender it at my feet.' The text clarifies that when the ego is dissolved, Baba himself enters with 'I-ness' and writes through the author. Therefore, as Chapter 2 describes, Hemadpant is 'merely a pretext.' The composition is attributed to Hemadpant, but the spiritual source and driving force are understood to be Sai Baba, resolving the seeming conflict.