Why is love in separation considered the highest form of love?
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so why is love and separation the highest? is it because Krishna is most pleased by that love? yes, see generally whenever there is love there is some amount of reciprocation that we do something for the other person and the other person does something for us but the test of love is when that other person doesn’t do something or can’t do something for example say it’s a boy and a girl form a relationship but then the boy loses his job and the girl says I want to be with some other boy or say the girl loses her beauty and the boy says I’ll be with some other girl then what is happening? there is no real deep connection over there it is not the connection of the person it is what the person looks or the person’s possessions or whatever so when the other person is unable to reciprocate if the love continues at that time then that is special love that is pure love that means when there is reciprocation at that time when there is love that is good that is natural but when there is no reciprocation and even when there is love then that is very special love so when the devotee love and separation means what? the devotee is loving Krishna but Krishna is not there so it is as if Krishna is not reciprocating the devotee is calling to Krishna but Krishna is going somewhere else so even when Krishna does not reciprocate the devotee keeps loving Krishna and that means the devotee is showing Krishna that Krishna my love is so selfless so unconditional that even your rejection will not break that love and that love wins Krishna’s heart because it is utterly selfless so Krishna tells the gopis that I cannot repay you that the service you have done is so great that I cannot repay you that means Krishna is feeling indebted so Krishna becomes overwhelmed when a devotee loves him even when there is reason to stop loving so love and separation means there is a reason to stop loving Krishna but when the devotee does not stop loving Krishna then from Krishna’s perspective Krishna becomes very pleased with that devotee and that is why that love and separation is the closest we can come to unconditional love and that is why it is the highest but what about all the rasas that we have