Chapter (অধ্যায়): FORESHADOWING THE FUTUREPage: 42 of 89
It is needless to say that her innate spiritual
longing combined with hard sadhana, and above
all the guidance of a personality like that of Sri
Ramakrishna, had a tremendous effect on the life
of Sarada Devi. But she had a great capacity to
hide her achievements in that sphere. Swami
Premananda, an intimate disciple of the Master,
once remarked that even Sri Ramakrishna had
external manifestations of his spiritual powers in
the form of constant samadhi, but the Holy
Mother had so much control over herself that
nobody knew what a mine of spirituality she possessed.
Carefully suppressing all outward manifestations
she lived like an ordinary woman doing
the usual household duties of a poor middle-class
home.
Once the Holy Mother asked Yogin-Ma, a
devotee and her companion, to request the Master
to see that she (the Holy Mother) might have
the bliss of samadhi. When Yogin-Ma broached
the subject to Sri Ramakrishna he looked grave
and Yogin-Ma dared not say anything further. Bu