Please note that my answer is applicable only for certain qualified devotees who are sincerely aspiring for madhurya bhava, under the guidance of a bonafide Guru. So, my answer may not be generalized.
Among the sages of Dandakaranya who received the forms of gopis, some of them were not able to join the Maha-Rasa Lila that takes place once a year in the autumn season, during Krishna’s manifest pastimes in this world. Thus, few of them weren’t able to meet Krishna and had to wait for another night, another year, until their mood of separation sufficiently matured for Krishna. Only when their bhava fully matured, all their household barriers were destroyed by the merciful arrangement of Yoga-Maya and thus they were able to finally meet Krishna for the very first time.
Point to be noted. No one can and should artificially or prematurely imitate the mood of separation of Srimati Radharani. It is impossible for any conditioned living entity or even a liberated entity to ever do so. As a sadhaka, while living in a current material body, one should sincerely nourish one’s intense greed by constantly chanting the holy names of Krishna and serving the instructions of the advanced pure devotees, who are situated in a similar mood.
Finally, when one is liberated from this material body and takes a spiritual birth in the eternal manifest pastimes of Krishna, the bhava will advance to the topmost possible limit through receiving the fortunate association of eternal associates of Srimati Radharani. That is the success of life. Only then, one will meet Vamshidhari.
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