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

Chapter 2 details the profound spiritual rewards of engaging with Sai Baba's stories. Baba states that by hearing, singing, and contemplating his stories, devotion is born and ignorance is destroyed. He emphasizes that He is subservient to devotion with faith. Listeners who approach the stories with true feeling will find faith arising in their hearts, leading to self-experience, self-bliss, and a state of happiness. Ultimately, this process helps the devotee gain knowledge of their true form, harmonizing the soul with the divine, and allowing the formless Consciousness to manifest.