Acharya Prashant addresses a question regarding Adi Shankaracharya's statement that a human being travels from death to death. He explains that if one's starting point is rooted in incompleteness or spiritual death, the entire journey remains a state of death. He asserts that most people are born as 'living corpses' because they are driven solely by physical instincts and tendencies rather than consciousness. While birth is an opportunity to breathe life into this 'dead' state, most individuals fail to utilize this chance and remain enslaved to their biological and social conditioning. He emphasizes that true life is synonymous with consciousness, which is the ability to distinguish between the real and the unreal, and the truth and illusion. Acharya Prashant further clarifies that the human condition is often a descent rather than an ascent. He critiques the common idealization of childhood innocence, noting that a child is merely a bundle of latent tendencies and physical needs. As a person grows, these latent tendencies, such as lust and violence, become active, often making the person 'more dead' than they were at birth. He argues that unless consciousness is awakened, a person remains a walking corpse, regardless of physical movement or technological enhancements. The journey from death to death occurs because the individual never attains the understanding or awareness required to truly live. Responding to a query about why consciousness is rare despite being a universal potential, Acharya Prashant explains that the Creator provides both inertia and consciousness, along with the freedom to choose between them. He states that once the power of choice is given, the responsibility lies entirely with the individual. One cannot blame a higher power for the prevalence of ignorance; instead, one must question their own repeated choice of the false over the true. He concludes that while the potential for life exists in everyone, it only becomes a reality for those who actively choose consciousness over their inherent mechanical nature.