And there he would manifest himself in 16,000 forms—one for each gopi—and proceed to make love to each in the way most desired by her. This brought all the energy contained in the desire for merging that exists between a lover and the beloved (as two, i.e., dualism) into the service of union in total love with God. Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, “Do what you do but dedicate the fruits of your acts
