Freedom means you must have independence. But because you are not absolutely independent, so you suffer. The Absolute Independent is God, Krsna. Just like government. The government orders: let this crowd be shot. Let there be bullet shot. Hundreds of men die. But government is not responsible for such death. But if you kill one man, you'll be responsible. So your independence is subordinate independence. Similarly, all living entities, they have been given independence by God, but his independence is subordinate to the independence of God. This is our position, jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109].
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