What are the spiritual benefits of engaging with Sai Baba's stories, as described in the source text?

Chapter 2 details the profound spiritual outcomes of engaging with Sai Baba's stories. It states that hearing, singing, and contemplating these narratives provides a "resting place for the soul." This practice is said to give birth to devotion and immediately destroy ignorance. Baba asserts, "Where there is devotion with faith, I am always subservient." Listening with true feeling is promised to generate faith, leading to self-experience, natural self-bliss, and a state of happiness. Ultimately, the devotee is said to gain knowledge of their true form, find harmony between the soul and Shiva, and witness the manifestation of the formless Consciousness.