Shri Babaji Maharaj had so lost himself in the divine bliss of God Realisation that he seldom, if ever, moved out of his house to go out into the city. And it was thus that he remained seated in one spot in his bed for a period of thirty-two years over his life span. Indeed the moments when he even looked out of the window of the house were also very rare. This was not part of any spiritual discipline or practice which he imposed upon himself, it was simply because his heart was always at rest, and no desires of any kind existed in it.
There was a time in Amritsar when Shri Babaji Maharaj had gone out into the city with the young Shri Nathji in a horse drawn carriage–a tonga. The people of the city were pleasantly surprised at the sight of Shri Babaji striding forth into their midst. It was as if the sun had come out unasked. However, even in this slight diversion, Shri Babaji Maharaj was still at rest within. Even while roaming in a world of diversity, all that Shri Babaji Maharaj had before him was the Unity of the underlying Reality, God. Shri Babaji was firmly enthroned on his seat of rest even in this apparent movement.
On his way into the city, Shri Babaji Maharaj narrated the following verse to Shri Nathji:
“Yak chand dareen arsaa pareshaan gashtem
Guftem giraan shavem arzaan gashtem
Dar taalaye maa kasaade baazaari bood
Aayinaa farosh shaihare koraan gashtem
I roamed this world in a state of disquiet for a while,
I wished that my worth be high, but it came down instead,
It was in my destiny to sell for a fallen price,
For I had come to sell mirrors in the city of the blind!
And Shri Babaji Maharaj said to Shri Nathji: “Betaa-son-I should now either shatter all my mirrors to pieces or else give eyes to all those who are blind, so that they can see their own faces in these mirrors and learn to value them.”