According to the source, what spiritual benefits are gained by hearing and contemplating Sai Baba's stories?

Engaging with Sai Baba's stories offers profound spiritual benefits. Chapter 2 explains that by hearing, singing, and contemplating these narratives, devotion to Sai Baba is born and ignorance is immediately destroyed. Baba assures that listening with true feeling fosters faith, which in turn leads to self-experience, self-bliss, and a state of happiness. The ultimate gain is the devotee's realization of their true form, where the soul and Shiva find harmony. Sai Baba equates this outcome with the entire goal of the Vedas, stating that the unperceivable, formless Consciousness will manifest, enriching the devotee.