One winter day the Master expressed a wish to eat jamruls (star apples). It is a juicy tropical fruit, only available in summer. Shashi knew that the Master was a man of truth and that such a person’s wish could not go unfulfilled. Moreover, the scriptures say that nature fulfills all the wishes of a knower of Brahman. The heroic devotee Shashi inquired and discovered that someone had a jamrul tree that produced fruits out of season. He collected some jamruls and offered them to the Master. The Master asked him with wonder, “Where did you get jamruls in this season?” Shashi told him, and he was happy to serve the Master. (Source: God Lived with Them)
Swami Shivananda wanted to open a centre in the Nilgiri Hills, where the monks could practise sadhana. The scripture says the wishes of the knower of Brahman are always fulfilled. Shivananda wrote in a letter: “Mysterious is the power of the Master! A low caste washerman has donated two acres of land. He had a dream: His chosen deity, Mother Sitala, said to him, ‘Very soon some people will come to you for a piece of land to establish a monastery. Be sure to give them what they want.’ Having this dream for three consecutive nights, he thought, ‘Nobody is coming to me for land.’ One day while searching for the land, the local devotees met the washerman and told him what they were looking for. Immediately he said, ‘For all these days I have been searching for you. Please come along and take two acres of land from my twenty-two acres.’ Forthwith, he executed a registered deed of transfer for it.” Detailed plans were then made so that an ashrama could be established quickly. (Source: God Lived with Them)
Just a few days before the Master passed away, Durga Charan went to see him. As he entered the room he heard Sri Ramakrishna express a desire to eat an amalaki fruit, which is soothing for the throat. A devotee replied that none were available as they were out of season. But Durga Charan thought that if the word amalaki came from the lips of the Master, then it must be available somewhere. Without saying anything, he left in search of the fruit. For two days he checked different gardens in the suburbs of Calcutta, and at last on the third day, he appeared before the Master with a few amalaki fruits. The Master was very pleased and asked the Holy Mother to cook some rice and hot curry for Durga Charan. But when the food was served Durga Charan would not touch it. It was his fasting day (Ekadashi, the eleventh day of the moon). However, when the Master touched the food and sanctified it, Durga Charan took it as prasad. And in his exuberant devotion, he ate not only the food, but the leaf-plate as well. From that time on, the devotees were careful when serving him prasad on a leaf-plate. As soon as he had finished the meal they would snatch away the leaf-plate. They even removed seeds and pits from fruit before offering them to Durga Charan, lest he swallow them also. (Source: They Lived with Them)