On Saturday, 11 April 1959, Baba visited the Poona School and Home for the Blind in Koregaon Park. He had been invited by the school's superintendent, Mr. Kale. Baba arrived there at 9:00 A.M. There were about 150 blind students and a dozen teachers, also blind. The boys sang before Baba, and one of them sang a welcome bhajan composed by Madhusudan and taught to him by Subhadra, expressing their appreciation to the Avatar of the Age for sanctifying their institution with his presence.
Baba gave this message, which Nana Kher read out:
People generally think that the blind are unfortunate. You may also sometimes think so. But it is people with eyesight who are really unfortunate. They think that all the things they see are real. But they do not see God, Who alone is real.
All those who do not see God are blind. The only thing worth seeing is God. So even those who have physical sight may be more blind than those who are physically blind and love God within.
Today, I embrace you with my love so that some day you may have real Sight and see me everywhere.
Baba then gave each of the students and teachers a touch of his Reality by embracing them.
During the program, one of the younger blind boys sat on Baba's lap for a while and clung to him so tightly that he had to be forcefully removed.
On the way back to Guruprasad, Baba remarked, "I liked that boy very much. There is a reason why he is blind. My visit to the institution was particularly for him."
Baba instructed Ramakrishnan to go back to the school and bring the boy to Guruprasad the following morning. When the boy was brought, Baba caressed the child again and kept him with him until noon.
On Sunday morning, 12 April, during the darshan program, Dr. Moorty requested that Baba give darshan in West Bengal. Deshmukh requested that he to do the same in Nagpur. Baba made Deshmukh sit on his right and Moorty on his left, and insisted they settle between themselves whether he should give darshan in Calcutta or Nagpur. A long discussion ensued. At one point, Deshmukh gained the upper hand in the debate. But Baba gave Moorty a few points to consider, and again they went on arguing with no definite result.
Baba took keen interest in their debate and finally observed, "What can I do? You two cannot arrive at a decision. I want to go to only one place, but you both want to drag me to your respective homes. So for the rest of 1959 do not bring up this issue again. Remind me about it next year; that is, if I don't drop my body. Until then, you [Moorty] will have much work to do spreading my name."
That afternoon, a shehnai player gave a performance and Baba explained about the spiritual planes.
The Andhra lovers were present, and, seeing Manikyala Rao, Baba remarked to Moorty, "Just see how he is getting leaner and leaner out of his love for me, while you grow fatter by the day. You are murdal [lifeless] Moorty!"