What are the spiritual benefits of reading or hearing Sai Baba's stories, as described in the text?

Chapter 2 details the profound spiritual benefits of engaging with Sai Baba's stories. The text explains that by hearing, singing, and contemplating these narratives, devotion to Sai is born and ignorance is immediately destroyed. It is said that where there is devotion with faith, Sai is always subservient. This process cultivates true faith in the listeners' hearts, leading to self-experience, self-bliss, and a general state of happiness. Ultimately, the devotee gains knowledge of their true form, the formless Consciousness manifests, and the soul finds harmony with Shiva, which is described as the entire goal of the Vedas.