According to Sai Baba, what are the spiritual benefits of listening to and contemplating his stories?

Sai Baba detailed several profound spiritual benefits that come from engaging with his stories. As mentioned in Chapter 2, he stated that hearing, singing, and contemplating his stories would cause devotion to be born and ignorance to be destroyed immediately. He emphasized that he is always subservient where there is devotion with faith. For listeners with true feeling, faith would arise, leading to self-experience, self-bliss, and a state of happiness. Baba explained that this process ultimately helps a devotee gain knowledge of their true form, find harmony between the soul and Shiva, and experience the manifestation of the formless Consciousness, which is the entire goal of the Vedas.