Mahavatar Babaji, the Immortal Yogi of Modern India: Selection from Autobiography of a Yogi, Part 2 of 2

Only one reason, therefore, can motivate Babaji in maintaining His physical from century to century: the desire to furnish humanity with a concrete example of its own possibilities. Were man never vouchsafed a glimpse of Divinity in the flesh, he would remain oppressed by the heavy magic delusion that he cannot transcend his mortality. Thus it came about that a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya was present when Babaji deemed the time to be ripe for Him to proclaim the possibility of bodily immortality. The great ones speak their words and participate in the seemingly natural course of events, solely for the good of man.