What benefits did Sai Baba say people would get from hearing or reading his stories?

Sai Baba promised significant spiritual rewards for those who engage with his stories. According to Chapter 2, he explained that by hearing, singing, and contemplating his life events, devotion would be born and ignorance would be immediately destroyed. He assured that faith would arise in the listeners' hearts, leading naturally to self-experience and a state of blissful happiness. Ultimately, Baba stated, the devotee would gain knowledge of their true self, the soul and Shiva would find harmony, and the formless Consciousness would manifest. This, he said, is the entire goal of the Vedas.