Rupa-Vilasa: After one lecture someone asked, “What is it like to be always in touch with God, to be situated in God consciousness?” Prabhupada pondered the question for a few seconds and then said, “Without fear,” and he smiled one of those gargantuan smiles. When I heard this, I started grinning like an idiot. I felt emotional and ecstatic and the hairs on my arms were standing on end. I thought, “Boy, I don’t want to make an idiot of myself.” But I looked around the room and everybody else was in the same state—a wave of ecstatic feeling passed through the room. For that moment, nobody had any fear and everybody had symptoms of ecstasy. Later I read in Caitanya Siksamrta that by associating with someone on the uttama-adhikari platform, you can briefly, by their grace, experience symptoms of bhava.
Reference: Remembrances by Sidhanta Das- Folio Vedabase
