Reminiscence of Swami Shivananda:
Sri Ramakrishna had the power to transmit spirituality to others and lift them to higher states of consciousness. This he could do either by thought, look, or touch. Like Swami Vivekananda, many of us used to visit the Master and we had the good fortune to be lifted to higher planes of consciousness according to our capacities. I myself was privileged to attain that high spiritual consciousness [samadhi] thrice by his touch and wish during his lifetime. I am still living to bear testimony to his great spiritual power. It was neither hypnotism nor a mere state of deep sleep, for such realizations brought about changes of character and outlook which were more or less permanent.
Sri Ramakrishna had the power to transmit spirituality to others and lift them to higher states of consciousness. This he could do either by thought, look, or touch. Like Swami Vivekananda, many of us used to visit the Master and we had the good fortune to be lifted to higher planes of consciousness according to our capacities. I myself was privileged to attain that high spiritual consciousness [samadhi] thrice by his touch and wish during his lifetime. I am still living to bear testimony to his great spiritual power. It was neither hypnotism nor a mere state of deep sleep, for such realizations brought about changes of character and outlook which were more or less permanent.