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The Nectar of Devotion
Sometimes an impersonalist may gradually elevate himself to the personal conception of the Lord. The  Bhagavad-gītā  confirms this: “After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me.” By such surrender, an impersonalist can be elevated to the Vaikuṇṭha-loka (spiritual planet) where, as a surrendered soul, he attains bodily features like the Lord.
In the  Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa  it is stated: “Those who have achieved liberation from material contamination, and those who are demons and are killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, become absorbed in the  Brahman  concept of life and reside in the spiritual sky of the  brahma-jyoti .” That spiritual sky is far beyond the material sky, and it is confirmed also in the  Bhagavad-gītā  that beyond this material sky there is another, eternal sky. The enemies and the impersonalists may be allowed to enter into this  Brahman  effulgence, but the devotees of Kṛṣṇa are promoted all the way to the spiritual planets. Because the pure devotees have developed their spontaneous love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are allowed to enter into the spiritual planets to enjoy spiritual bliss in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In the Tenth Canto, 87th Chapter, 19th verse, of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the  Vedas  personified address the Lord in this way: “My dear Lord,  yogīs  meditate upon Your localized features, and thus they achieve the spiritual perfection of being merged in the impersonal  brahma-jyoti . Persons who treat You as an enemy achieve the same perfection without meditating. The  gopīs , who are embraced by Your serpentine hands and who have such lusty attitudes, also achieve the same perfection. And, as far as we are concerned, being different demigods in charge of the different parts of Vedic knowledge, we are always following in the footsteps of the  gopīs . Thus we hope to attain the same perfection.” By “the same perfection” we must always remember the example of the sun and the sunshine. Those who are impersonalists can merge into the sunshine-like  brahma-jyoti , whereas those who are in love with the Supreme Person enter into the supreme abode of the Lord, Goloka Vṛndāvana.
The “lusty attitude” of the  gopīs  does not refer to any sort of sex indulgence. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains that this “lusty desire” re-