Svāminī walks down the road with Kundalatā, with Lalitā and Viśākhā on Her either side and so many sakhīs and mañjarīs surrounding Her.
On the way Svāminī makes so many intimate jokes with Her friends! Tulasī walks behind Her, holding Her brittle waist, being afraid that it will break. How much loving care this maidservant takes! How much loving feeling of possessiveness she feels!

When Śrīmatī becomes tired on the way She holds Her arm on Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī’s shoulder. The practising devotee should think of him/herself walking behind Svāminī also, always worrying about Her welfare and comfort.
We want the vicinity of our sevyā.

Smaraṇa means mental association. This God-realized smaraṇa can only take place in the heart and mind of someone who is free from the faults of attachment and hatred and so on.
When smaraṇa becomes very intense this mental association becomes an actual experience.

Śrīpāda Rāmānujācārya teaches: bhavati ca smṛter bhāvanā prakarṣād darśana rūpatā – “When smaraṇa deepens all other thoughts subside and the attention becomes one-pointed, which will result in actual experiences.”

“I’m chanting the holy name, and Śrī Gaurasundara is hearing it, mad of ecstasy!”
This is the kind of experience we want.  bhāvite bhāvite Kṛṣṇa sphuraye antare (C.C. Madhya 19,235) – “By constant meditation Kṛṣṇa becomes manifest in the heart.”

When we hear and chant the holy words of the ācāryas we experience the deity’s vicinity.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa told Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura: “I’ve heard all of your words and I’m right here with you. Your words sound like nectar to My ears, therefore your book will be called Kṛṣṇa Karṇāmṛta!”

The Lord will be happy when the devotee relishes the sweetness of each and every item of bhajan. Then his practice has become a success.
(Srila Ananta das Babaji)