There are two common conceptualization problems for kanisthas, because of retaining materialistic concepts of what is spirit; 1. that Srila Prabhupada is not an ordinary man, is not subject to material law, and 2. that the jiva has free will in the pure status. As one advances and understands Krsna and the nature of spirit better, then one can handle and deal with the more demanding information.
1.Spirit is not limited, is beyond linear time, and can communicate and assist us even though not in readily apparent material bodies. The Sri Guru is pure spirit. 2. Krsna does not require to enslave us, so we have free will, and yes, some choose to leave, and yes, that was us once upon a time. Deal with it.
The bound mind / kanistha mind boggles at the concepts of unlimited eternal time and spiritual freedom, so they seek to bind all into in well-ordered systems that give them something they can grasp readily, and consequently, argue about. The mere categorization soothes their minds. Thus, they say spiritual master dies, not grasping the powerful unfettered nature of pure spirit, and they say the spirit is born somewhere impersonal, has a beggining, contradicting Sri Krsna who said that there was "never a time when we all did not exist." Sometimes our Gurus say such lower-concepts to satisfy the minds of restless kanistha disciples and bean counters.
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