How does the author's self-described initial character as an argumentative intellectual relate to Sai Baba's specific instructions about dissolving the ego when writing the sacred text?

There is a profound connection between the author's initial nature and Sai Baba's guidance. The author, who would become Hemadpant, describes himself in Chapter 2 as cynical, proud of his wisdom, and a staunch debater. This personality is the very embodiment of the ego that Baba instructs must be dissolved. Baba's command to 'dissolve his ego and surrender it at my feet' and His warning that 'where there is a mind for argumentation, there is abundance of ignorance' were directly addressing the author's core disposition. For Baba to write His own story through the author, as He promised, the vessel had to be emptied of its argumentative and ego-driven tendencies.