Nikola Tesla said, “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.”

Welcome to The Soul Podcast. I’m Stacey Wheeler. 

Today, we’re diving into a question that’s as old as humanity itself: The question of The Soul. What if the soul is just energy vibrating at a frequency we can’t yet measure? Let’s connect the dots across ancient wisdom, modern science, and Tesla’s vision to find out.” 
We’ve always known, deep down, that we’re more than our bodies. From the moment humans started scratching stories into cave walls or building pyramids, we’ve sensed there’s something eternal about us. Ancient cultures across the globe—Egyptians, Indigenous tribes, Vedic sages—buried their dead with rituals and offerings, believing the soul journeys on. The Egyptians wrote about the ka, a spark of life that persists beyond death. Neanderthals placed flowers in graves 50,000 years ago. It’s like humanity has always been whispering to each other: there’s more to this ride than what we see. I can remember many times as a child when I felt a great and vast connection to everything. So did you, if you pause to remember. 

One day, when I was about eight, I was laying in the grass in a field of long grass, staring at the sky, watching the clouds moving and folding; watching the birds soaring.... listening to the sounds around me. I felt connected to everything in nature. Every chirp of a bird, every rustle of leaves, every breeze—it was like I was part of this giant, humming universe. I felt it again years later, hiking through forests, the world alive around me. And when I started meditating? That same sensation washed over me—a quiet knowing that I’m part of something bigger. You’ve felt this sensation too, haven’t you? That moment when the world feels alive, and you’re not just in it—you’re of it. When you’re able to transcend the judgments of your minds and distractions of the human experience and simply be? 
Tesla had a name for that feeling. He said, “My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.” 

Tesla believed our minds tap into something bigger—a cosmic core. Could this be the soul, or the spark that ancient cultures revered? Let’s explore. That sense of connection points to the mystery of consciousness. 

Today, science can map every neuron in your brain, but it still can’t explain why you feel like you. They call it “the hard problem of consciousness.” Why do a bunch of cells create your inner world—your thoughts, your dreams, your essence? Researchers like David Chalmers, a professor at NYU, who wrote the influential book The Conscious Mind, say it’s one of science’s greatest puzzles. And then there are near-death experiences, where people describe vivid awareness when their bodies were clinically “off.” Studies, like those by Dr. Sam Parnia, a British associate professor of medicine at NYU and author of the books, Erasing Death and Lucid Dying, show some patients recall details they shouldn’t know—like conversations in the operating room. It’s as if consciousness, maybe the soul, isn’t tied to the body alone. 
Tesla saw science catching up to these mysteries. He said, “The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.” 

What if he’s right? What if the soul is energy science hasn’t measured yet? Physics gives us a clue: the first law of thermodynamics says energy can’t be created or destroyed, only transformed. If everything in the universe is energy, vibrating at different frequencies, maybe your soul is energy too—a spark that shifts forms but never fades, just like Tesla’s vision. After all, aren't we all energy? A body void of life, is a body void of energy. The energy that once animated it has transformed. Our loved ones don't die, they transform. Evidence seems to suggest we've known this since the start of consciousness. 
Let’s connect the dots. Ancient rituals, that feeling of oneness in nature, the mystery of consciousness, the laws of physics—they all whisper the same truth: you are more than your body. You’re a spark of eternal energy, vibrating through this cosmic amusement park we call life. When we remember this, we are able to connect with that deep part of ourselves. That space where joy resides. 

So, as you move through your day, remind yourself: you’re on an epic soul journey. Feel the breeze, hear the birds, let your heart hum with the universe. That part of you—the part that feels, dreams, and connects—the part which never dies. Until next time, keep connecting the dots.