How does the author describe his own personality before he began writing about Sai?

The author provides a self-critical description of his personality before undertaking this spiritual work. In Chapter 2, he admits to being "mischievous, talkative, cynical, and critical." He describes himself as having a logic-driven mind and being always proud of his own wisdom, which made him prone to argumentation. The text in Chapter 2 also states that he initially knew nothing of the Satguru's greatness and possessed a "bad intellect," indicating a significant personal transformation was necessary before he could become a worthy instrument for documenting Sai's life and teachings.