What are the spiritual benefits of reading or listening to Sai Baba's stories, according to what he himself said?

Sai Baba detailed several profound spiritual benefits that would come to those who engage with his stories. In Chapter 2, he explains that the acts of hearing, singing, and contemplating his stories would cause devotion to be born and ignorance to be destroyed. He promised that this practice would cultivate faith in the listeners' hearts, leading them to experience self-bliss and a state of genuine happiness. Furthermore, Baba stated that a devotee would gain knowledge of their true form, achieving a harmony between the soul and the divine (Shiva). He described this as the manifestation of the "unperceivable, formless, and dense Consciousness," which is the ultimate goal of the Vedas.