One day Kali’s father came to Cossipore and told Ramakrishna that his wife was crying bitterly for her son; he requested the Master to send Kali home for a visit. Ramakrishna immediately sent Kali home; his parents were delighted to see him. Kali wrote in his autobiography:
With tears in her eyes my mother asked me to have supper and to stay for the night. But within half an hour I felt uncomfortable at home. I felt as if I were in hellfire. My heart was restless and thoughts of the Master haunted me. I tried to control my desire to run away from home, but failed. After hurriedly eating some refreshments, I said goodbye to my parents and returned to Cossipore. The Master was surprised to see me and asked, “Did you not go home?” “Yes, sir. I did.” “Your parents must have asked you to stay at home. Why did you not stay?” “I did stay.” “How long?” “For half an hour.” “But why did you return?”
“I went with the idea of staying at home tonight. My parents also begged me to stay. But I felt great agony while I was there. My mind longed to return to you. While there I felt as if I were in hell, so I ate a few sweets and hurried back here after saying goodbye to them. My mind was pacified only after arriving back here.”
With a faint smile the Master said to me affectionately: “Very well! There is no doubt that you will have peace here.” In fact I always felt peace and joy when I was around the Master. Parental affection seemed insipid compared to the Master’s pure love. (Source: God Lived with Them)