As days went by Ram saw more and more of Sri Ramakrishna’s extraordinary spiritual powers, and his skepticism was replaced by faith. One day on the way to Dakshineswar, Ram bought some jilipis, a sweet that the Master liked very much. While crossing a bridge a little boy begged for one of them. Ram tried at first to ignore him, but then he thought that perhaps the boy was God in disguise and he gave a piece to him. After arriving in Dakshineswar, Ram put the sweets in the Master’s room and spent the day there. In the afternoon Sri Ramakrishna asked for some refreshments and Ram immediately placed the jilipis in front of him. Sri Ramakrishna touched them and looked up. He then broke a few and, shaking his head, expressed his unwillingness to eat them. After this he washed his hands. Ram was mortified. He could not understand why the Master had refused his sweets. He was so upset that he threw the jilipis away and returned home. After a few days Ram came to Dakshineswar again and the Master said to him: “When you bring something for me, don’t give any of it to anyone else beforehand. I can’t take anything without offering it to God, and I can’t offer anything to Him that has been defiled by being offered to someone else first.” This incident convinced Ram that the Master was omniscient. (Source: They Lived with God)
When Manomohan became drawn to Sri Ramakrishna and his teachings, his mother, four sisters, and three brothers-in-law also became devoted to the Master. Rakhal, who was later known as Swami Brahmananda, was married to Vishweswari, Manomohan’s third sister. It was Manomohan who brought Rakhal to the Master. One of Manomohan’s aunts, however, could not understand their attitude. Seeing Manomohan’s great dependence on Sri Ramakrishna, she one day warned Manomohan’s mother: “Please don’t allow your son to visit Dakshineswar so frequently. What will you do if he renounces the world?” Shyama Sundari replied, “Will such a blessed day come when my son dedicates his life to the service of holy people?”
Manomohan overheard their conversation, and when he arrived in Dakshineswar Sri Ramakrishna said to him: “Look, a devotee visits me, but his aunt does not like it, and she is trying to incite his mother so that he may not come here. Can you tell me whether he will stop coming here or not?” Manomohan was dumbfounded and understood that the Master was all-knowing. (Source: They Lived with God)
One day Balaram decided to test Sri Ramakrishna’s power of omniscience. As he carried a tray of sweets to the Master, he mentally selected two of them for the Master to take. Balaram was amazed when the Master smiled at him and took those very two sweets. (Source: They Lived with God)
Once Yogin-ma said: “Several times I noticed that whenever a question arose in my mind, someone else would ask the Master the same question. Thus, in answering that person’s question, the Master would remove the doubts in my mind also. He was all-knowing.” (Source: They Lived with God)
Nistarini knew that the Master was omniscient and that he answered the devotees’ sincere prayers. She described the following incident to Sister Devamata (Laura Glenn, an American devotee):
One Sunday we were all at Dakshineswar. A poor woman came bringing four rasagollas [sweet, juicy cheese balls] for the Master, but his room was so full of devotees that she dared not enter and offer them to him. She went to the Holy Mother’s veranda [at the nahabat] and began to weep bitterly that she had come so far and now she must go away without seeing the Master. We knew too that to bring even these four rasagollas meant a great sacrifice for her. Suddenly while she was thus weeping, Gurumaharaj [Sri Ramakrishna] appeared on the round veranda overlooking the river. He stood for a few minutes gazing at the Ganges, then he came down the steps and walked quickly towards the Mother’s house. When he entered the veranda, he looked hither and thither as if searching for someone. Then, seeing the poor woman, he went to her and said, “I am feeling very hungry; can you give me something to eat?” The woman in great joy offered him her rasagollas. He ate all the four with evident relish and returned to his room, while she went home with her heart full of happiness. (Source: They Lived with God)