the mind and vital and the body itself were more conscious and plastic, death would not be necessary.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume I - Part 3
Fragment ID: 10400
Death is there because the being in the body is not yet developed enough to go on growing in the same body without the need of change and the body itself is not sufficiently conscious. If the mind and vital and the body itself were more conscious and plastic, death would not be necessary.