According to the source, what are the spiritual benefits of reading or hearing Sai Baba's stories?

The spiritual benefits are profound and transformative. Chapter 2 explains that by hearing, singing, and contemplating Sai Baba's stories, sincere devotion is awakened, and ignorance is immediately destroyed. Baba assures that He is subservient to devotion combined with faith. Listening with true feeling cultivates this faith, which in turn leads to direct self-experience, self-bliss, and a lasting state of happiness. The ultimate goal, as stated, is that the devotee gains knowledge of their true form, the soul and Shiva find harmony, and the formless, dense Consciousness manifests. This process is described as the entire goal of the Vedas.