Can we act completely independently of God?

In truth, nothing and no one is independent of Krishna, God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The ultimate cause of all creation and all annihilation is none other than the Supreme Lord, Krishna, in His aspect of eternal time.

One day, upon learning that his brother had been killed by the Yaksas, King Dhruva Maharaja decided to seek them out and make them pay for this crime. But as a worthy devotee of Krishna, he felt guilty for having killed so many men.

Having learned of King Dhruva Maharaja's situation and distress, the treasurer of the celestial beings addressed him, telling him that he was free from all sin.

The king, indeed, considering himself responsible for the deaths of many Yaksas, could have considered himself guilty. This is why Kuvera assured him that he had not actually killed any of them, and therefore there was indeed no trace of sin in him.

All things considered, he had done his duty as king, as established by the laws of nature.

Kuvera also clarified: Do not think that your brother was killed by the Yaksas, for he died in due time, killed by the laws of nature. It is eternal time, one of the aspects of the Lord, which is ultimately responsible for all creation and destruction. You are not responsible for these events.

In reality, the erroneous notion of “me” and “you,” based on a bodily conception of existence, or “bodily conception of existence,” is a product of ignorance. Ignorance of the knowledge of God as He really is, of our true spiritual identity, of spiritual knowledge, and of existential and absolute truth.

This bodily consciousness is the cause of successive deaths and rebirths, and it indefinitely subjects the being to material existence.

The concept of “me” and “you” as separate from one another is due to our forgetting the eternal relationship that unites us with Krishna, God, the Supreme Personality. Lord Krishna is at the center of all relationships, and we are all tiny fragments of His Person.

When we come to understand that an eternal bond unites us with the Supreme Lord, Krishna, this distinction based on a bodily conception of existence naturally disappears. When spiritual beings are enfolded in Krishna consciousness, there is no longer any distinction such as “me” and “you,” since all participate in the Lord's service. Indeed, since the Lord is absolute, the services offered to Him are also absolute.