Hi Lovers
I shall make this short.
There is no such thing as death or dead, there is only life, therefore, dead means unconscious.
So yes, the unconscious are lost at sea and dead.
The only death therefore is spiritual, not knowing and being who we are.
http://www.advaita.org.uk/discourses/real/talkreality.htm (trying to see new things through old eyes. Habit dies hard!)
With love
Thank you Dan