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

According to Chapter 2, reading, singing, and contemplating Sai Baba's stories offers profound spiritual benefits. Sai Baba describes these stories as a "resting place for the soul." He promises that by engaging with them, devotion will be born and ignorance will be destroyed immediately. This process cultivates faith, which is essential, as Baba says, "Where there is devotion with faith, I am always subservient." Ultimately, the listener or reader can attain self-experience, self-bliss, and knowledge of their true form, which is described as the entire goal of the Vedas.