In Shri Nathji’s own narration:
There was a time when I went for a short while to Simla. When I returned, Shri Babaji Bhagwan took me by the hand and led me to his own seat and asked me to sit upon it. I demurred. I had far too great a respect for Shri Babaji to sit upon his chair.
I said to Shri Babaji: “Prabhu! How can I put my feet in that place where I always put my head!”
And Shri Babaji Bhagwan said: “He, before whom you used to bow your head, now sits within you! There can be no hesitation on your part in placing Him in the seat where He belongs!”
I had no alternative but to obey Shri Babaji Bhagwan. And so I sat down upon the chair indicated. The moment I had rested my back against the chair, this verse rang in my heart:
Madhosh ba yak saagar ai peere mugaan kar dee
Tan burdi o jaan burdi betaabo tavaan kar dee
With a single cup Thou didst fill me with self-forgetfulness, O Master,
My body, my life and my strength were all taken away by Thee.
I began to cry and said to Shri Babaji Bhagwan: “Bhagwan! Take back this seat from me. I do not feel myself worthy enough to sit upon it as yet!”
Shri Babaji Bhagwan said: “I have not given you a seat with a mere cushion. I have given you a seat with permanent sovereignty.”
I bowed my head in silence.
Tere vaade par jeeye ham to ye jaan jhoot jaanaa
Ke khushi se mar na jaate agar aitbaar hotaa
I lived on Thy promises knowing them to be false,
For would I not have died with joy had I known them to be true!