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)