But in the current dark age, not only will priests, imams, rabbis, pastors, etc., accept such duties, but they will do so even for insignificant positions. These are some of the characteristics of the current age that threaten the general good of humanity.

Do humans really rule their nations, the world?

No, because it is God who rules the world and on earth in particular, not man.

Truly, man can do nothing without the consent of Lord Krishna.

Truly, within every living being (in every celestial being, in every human being, in every terrestrial and aquatic animal, and in every plant) there are two spiritual entities: the individual and distinct soul of Godhead, each of us, and the Supreme Soul, Krishna.

This Supreme Soul is Krishna, God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Lord, and the distinct soul is His eternal servant. It is the Lord who inspires the distinct soul to “create” what He has already created, and it is through His goodwill that a seeker, for example, will be given full credit for his discovery. Along the same lines, no one can create or do anything without the Lord's consent, since each person possesses a vision that is commensurate with their abilities, and these abilities are also granted by the Lord in proportion to one's desire to serve Him.

Therefore, one must voluntarily offer oneself to serve Krishna; He, in return, will empower us according to the degree of our surrender to Him.

Lord Krishna reveals to us that it is He who directs our existence: I am in the heart of every being, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness. The Supreme Lord is in the hearts of all beings and directs their wanderings, each of them being as if on a machine (the material body) constituted by material energy.

Lord Krishna reveals to us the beautiful qualities of the soul that each of us is: The soul is indestructible, eternal, and immeasurable; only the material bodies it borrows are subject to destruction. Armed with this knowledge, engage in battle. Ignoring the one who believes that the soul can kill or be killed, the wise man knows well that it neither kills nor dies.

The soul knows neither birth nor death. Living, it will never cease to be. Unborn, immortal, original, eternal, it never had a beginning, and will never have an end. It does not die with the body.

How could one who knows the soul to be unborn, immutable, eternal, and indestructible kill or cause to be killed?

At the moment of death, the soul puts on a new body, the old one having become useless, just as one sheds worn-out clothes to put on new ones.

No weapon can split the soul, nor fire burn it, water cannot wet it, nor wind dry it.