What did Sai Baba mean when he said, 'He is merely a pretext; I myself shall write my own story'?

When Sai Baba uttered the words, "He is merely a pretext; I myself shall write my own story!" He was explaining the divine nature of the work the author was about to undertake. As Chapter 2 clarifies, this statement meant that the author was simply an instrument or a channel for a higher power. The true author, the creative force behind the stories, would be Sai Baba Himself. For this to occur, the author had to fulfill the crucial condition of dissolving his ego and surrendering it at Baba's feet. Once the ego was removed, Baba promised, "I myself shall enter with 'I-ness' and write with my own hand," signifying that the work would be a direct manifestation of divine consciousness, not the product of an individual's intellect.