How does the author describe their role in the creation of this book?

The author describes their role with great humility, viewing themselves as a mere instrument for Sai Baba. As stated in Chapter 2, the author believes that saints or the Lord write their own stories by holding the hand of an ignorant person and placing their own hand on the author's head. The author's personal desire was simply to collect Baba's various stories and string them into a garland as a form of worship. They explicitly state, "Making me his pen, Baba himself will guide my hand. I am merely the owner in name; I only shape the letters."