Everybody can attain God-hood by making supreme efforts in the right direction. God is neither the creator nor the destroyer of the universe. He is merely a silent observer and omniscient. One who, even after knowing the whole universe, can remain unaffected and unattached is God. Every soul is independent.
None depends on another.
He, who conquers himself through himself, will obtain happiness. A man is seated on top of a tree in the midst of a burning forest. He sees all living beings perish. But he doesn't realize that the same fate is soon to overtake him also. That man is fool.