Entropy and Oneness

The laws of thermodynamics state that total energy is constant. It cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed. They also state that every time that energy changes form, the amount of usable energy decreases. This is called entropy. Entropy, put simply, is the tendency for things to go from order to chaos. Without input energy, a system's entropy always increases until there is no usable energy left. For example, you burn gasoline to power your car, but the gasoline is transformed into useless heat and exhaust. A more grand example is the universe itself. The universe is the largest machine known. Its mechanisms are the nuclear fusion in stars, the gravitation of mass, the reactions of chemistry, etc. As the the Buddha taught, the universe is never the same for two consecutive instants--always in a state of flux, or anicca. This is because entropy drives the universe towards the final equilibrium (called heat death, where there can no longer be energy transfer). This is sure to happen because the universe is, as far as we know, not receiving energy from an outside source. However, it is highly efficient at recycling and reapplying energy. This can be seen in the weather systems of Earth. So what does all of this science speak have to do with Monism? We are all part of the machine, man! We are the cogwheels a-turning. We are part of this great and wonderful process. Our biology and our interactions with our environment are the inevitable use of energy. We are truly one. In fact, this idea seems to confirm and be confirmed by eastern philosophy. Om. . . the sound of the universe. (O)mmmmmm. . . the buzzing of the machine. Om is where we can come to know this great mechanism. The Buddha taught that the greatest knowledge is when one can be still and see the universe for what is really is. Granted, my idea is an attempt at cleverness, but science and philosophy are different roads to different images of the same truth. Om, and experience the machine of existence.