Questions on today's Swami call: How should we understand descriptions of Gopis in their highest state of love merging with Krsna from a devotional vs. monistic perspective? Radha is known as Kartika (born of Kirtida). Any reading to do this month on how Radha is connected to Radha? Recommendations for sadhana during Kartika to make spiritual advancement? Does one’s material psychology have any impact on how much one can surrender in Bhakti? What is a meditation to have going into marriage and grihasta ashram? How to understand a friend converting to Christianity after experiencing the divine light of the cross in his heart?