(I' in the exact same boat as you) --- >>trying to settle into a "lowest energy state" possible? What if its actually the reverse: Its attempting and succeed

(I' in the exact same boat as you) --- >>trying to settle into a "lowest energy state" possible? What if its actually the reverse: Its attempting and succeeding to be the most it can be given the eddy of forces around it - the particle is "becoming" - not "falling apart"