What spiritual benefits are said to come from hearing and contemplating Sai Baba's stories?

Engaging with Sai Baba's stories offers profound spiritual benefits. Chapter 2 explains that by hearing, singing, and contemplating these narratives, devotion to Sai is born and ignorance is immediately destroyed. The text states that where there is devotion coupled with faith, Baba is always subservient. This process leads to self-experience and self-bliss, resulting in a state of happiness. Ultimately, the devotee is said to gain knowledge of their true form, achieving harmony between the soul and the divine (Shiva), and the unperceivable, formless Consciousness manifests itself, which is described as the entire goal of the Vedas.