In my attempt to make sense of, and to cope with death and loss, I’ve been reading about the theories of entropy and energy….and thinking about our souls, our unique energy, and what happens to our energy when we die.
Here are some thoughts that I found:
theory of entropy – entropy is the basis of continuum
According to the second law of thermodynamics the entropy of an isolated system never decreases; such a system will spontaneously evolve toward thermodynamic equilibrium,
Physical chemist Peter Atkins, for example, who previously wrote of dispersal leading to a disordered state, now writes that “spontaneous changes are always accompanied by a dispersal of energy”.[48]
In death there is variation, new beginnings, and chances are unlimited. Dynamics provide a universe that never runs out of variations, but like a fractal creates infinite numbers of the same patterns expressed differently.
And one more….
through thermodynamics, energy can not be created nor destroyed.. it can simply change states. The total amount of energy in an isolated system does not, cannot, change.
According to the law of conservation of energy, when you die not a bit of you is gone; you’re just less orderly.
I believe that your energy will always be there, and that thought gives me great comfort.