Is Death a Conspiracy: Conceptions about Death

In this world, we have so far understood that death is an undeniable truth.
Rarely are there any who ask, "What is death?"
Rarely does anyone understand what death truly is.
Otherwise, everyone accepts death as an undeniable truth.

Call it the irony of life or destiny, people cannot even ponder:
What is death? Why does it happen? What is after death?
Why are we alive now? Perhaps someone might think there's some reason behind it.
I asked many people what their feelings were regarding death.
Everyone had the same answer: death is bound to happen one day.

Why must death happen? What is its reason?
And who is behind it? Perhaps some might think I am too eager,
And many might think my curiosity is useless.
People are burdened by responsibilities,

And where is the time to think such things?

Many people might think this is destiny, or it is certain.
But how many would have thought why it is so?

Perhaps there is no answer to this question.
People have decided for their lives what they want and what they don't want.
Perhaps this is where that insatiable curiosity ends,
Or else that inner thought gets suppressed under the burden of responsibilities.

The unspoken thoughts of the mind cannot be expressed.

Who knows what responsibilities people have taken on?
And when, at the time of death, loved ones speak of what will come in their share,
then it is truly proven who belongs to whom here.
Then perhaps it is proven that someone else resides within the body.

Death is the final stage for all people.

Rarely would any hope remain,
or could not be fulfilled, or they tirelessly say, "I will do this, I will do that."
But death dashes all hopes and expectations.
Still, people cannot understand why death happens.

People can never comprehend that death is a conspiracy.
They are born, slowly grow up, experience youth, then old age, and finally meet death.
And during this cycle, there's marriage, worldly responsibilities, having children, 

And in this period, people's emotions are carried away in so many directions.
Perhaps there are few as impatient as I am.

Death is inevitable one day, yet why this endless curiosity and all this fuss?
And when I see what responsibilities people have taken on,

People believe they have to fulfil their responsibilities,

Or how many have tied bundles of hope, or how many have set their targets.
Death puts a stop to all these hopes and expectations.

Why don't people ask why they are so busy with work here?
And people have turned earning money and chasing it into a race.
And many have lost their lives running in this race,

And many have accumulated mountains of money, perhaps hoping it would save them.
But that doesn't happen; this ceaseless race stops one day.
Yet people say, "If only we could have lived a few more days."

Chasing money has become a kind of obsession for some people.
Seeing the urgency with which those people earn money,

It truly makes me think, perhaps they are accumulating money to buy a plot in heaven.
And in this hunger for money, everyone, from the poor to the rich, is involved.
People are busy fulfilling their needs, and then one day, death takes them into its embrace.
People spend their entire lives but fail to understand how precious this time is.

People also don't understand what to do and what not to do.
In this dilemma of what to do and what not to do, people spend their lives.
People don't understand that acquiring knowledge is necessary to make life's journey meaningful.
People spend their lives in heedlessness and various forms of greed and desire.
And in this sequence, death one day draws life's final line.

There are many people who have made so many plans for life,
Those people keep making plans in life's program,
Should we call this their purpose of living, or madness, or is this life a harsh reality?
They stray quite far from what they were supposed to achieve in life,
Then one day, they exit the race of life, and in the end, only regret remains.

In this race of life, countless people are involved,
They are just earning, eating, and living,
They have no concern for what to take, what to gain, what to lose, or what to live for,
In my opinion, as human beings, living this way is foolish.

In this world, countless billions of yogis and great personalities have existed,
Ultimately, their goal was also to attain immortality,
They pushed themselves to the very end of life, struggling in their yearning,
But even they could not deny this reality of death,
And one day, they departed after taking their last breath.

In this world, there is an abundance of agony, restlessness, and separation,
To overcome life's problems, one has to suffer immensely,
And in this agony, a very large segment of youth and tired, defeated people, 

Fulfilling family needs, they are suffering.
That state of restlessness shows no sign of ending,
Finish one, another appears; finish the second, a third appears,
Who knows what restlessness and troubles people have to go through?

In this world, for countless ages, the melody of separation has resounded,
After spending a long period together, how much pain does separation cause?
Similarly, the breaking of trust, or sudden death, or death due to illness or accident,
Behind all types of death, there are certainly some reasons,
Meeting and separation have become a custom, yet people don't ask why this is so.

People are so busy in the race to get ahead that they have no time to think,
People have created countless problems for each other,
People have even piled up mountains of lawsuits to win against each other,
And people pick countless battles even to conquer the world,
My question is: how much will you fight this world, and how much will you win from it?
And when one day death comes, it puts a stop to all wins, losses, and battles.

I have heard wise people say that there is no certainty in this world. Everything in this world perishes, no matter how valuable it may be. And who knows how many empires, countries, and civilisations have been destroyed in this world? I have also heard about the deaths of billions of people in countless wars recorded in the pages of history. Arrogance takes over people, leading to innumerable battles, only for it all to end one day.

In this conflict-ridden world, what kind of battles do we always have to witness? Sometimes these battles are between the high and the low; sometimes they are about racial discrimination. Sometimes these battles are about caste, sometimes about asserting dominance, and sometimes about seizing power. In this capitalist world, country fights against country; is there any place where there are no battles?

Has there been any century in the world where there was no war? Even dogs have divided their territories. My question is, in what kind of world are you living, or hoping to live? For what purpose are you living? Why are you trapped in such busyness here?

Great sages, ascetics, and yogis have also tried to control death. Great religious leaders have also tried to conquer death. But no one has been able to conquer death till today; this suggests that death is an unchangeable truth. But have you ever thought about human life being so short, followed by the journey through millions of forms of life? And then the soul (jivatma) attaining human life after a long journey through 8.4 million species – isn't this a conspiracy? Have you ever thought why so many countless creatures were created? There must be some secret!

Diversity is certainly beautiful, but have you ever thought, why caste discrimination? Have you ever thought why there are countless castes, religions, and social classes (varnas) in this world? Have you ever thought why this very diversity, as beautiful as it is, also creates such divisions? Why is there caste hatred and varna hatred in people's hearts and minds?

Then, not being able to live peacefully on this earthly plane and then meeting death in various ways... Have you ever thought why humans have to face various problems? Why were human races of different colours created in this world? Why is there so much wealth and poverty in society? Don't you think, why is there so much inequality on the very Earth of God where we live?

Generally, people have the perception that death is an undeniable truth,
But this perception is the biggest lie,
Because, according to the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, this body is a garment,
And the soul keeps changing this garment,
Therefore, the soul is not being destroyed; it is the body that is being destroyed.

People have established various concepts regarding death in different religions.
Which religion's concept is true is a matter dependent on proof.
Abandoning the body is death, but no one comes here to provide proof.
For the soul to be born and to attain death,
And to receive a body according to the fruits of karma, this is a kind of compulsion.
According to Hindu scriptures,

All living beings in this world are bound in the cycle of birth and death.

The thought-provoking thing is that someone's hand compels us to be born and die.
Someone wants us to remain stuck in foolishness,

And someone wants us not to know the truth.
Someone wants us to remain entangled in these worldly troubles.
The world today needs a true liberator who can free it from all kinds of evil.