परमहंस रामकृष्णदेव गङ्गा-किनारे बैठ जाते थे एक ओर रुपये-पैसोंका ढेर लगाकर और एक ओर कंकड़ोंकी ढेरी रखकर एक मुट्ठीमें पैसे और एकमें कंकड़ लेकर वे कहते- ‘यह कंकड़, यह पैसा’ और फेंक देते दोनों मुट्ठी गङ्गामें।
‘ये कंकड़’ वे पैसोंकी मुट्ठीको देखकर कहते औरफिर कंकड़ोंकी मुट्ठीको देखकर कहते- ‘ये पैसे!’ दोनों मुट्ठी फिर गङ्गाजीमें विसर्जित हो जातीं। परमहंसदेवके इस अभ्यासके फलस्वरूप ऐसी स्थिति हो गयी कि उनके शरीरसे कोई धातु भूलसे छू जाती तो वह अङ्ग सूना पड़ जाता। बहुत देरमें उस अङ्गकी चेतना लौटती ।
Paramhans Ramakrishnadev used to sit on the banks of the Ganges, placing a pile of money and money on one side and a pile of pebbles on the other, taking money in one hand and pebbles in the other, he would say – ‘This pebble, this money’ and throw both fists into the Ganges.
‘These pebbles’ he would say looking at the handful of money and then looking at the handful of pebbles he would say – ‘this money!’ Both the fists would then be immersed in Gangaji. As a result of this practice of Paramhansdev, such a situation happened that if any metal was touched by mistake from his body, then that organ would have become desolate. After a long time the consciousness of that part would return.
