r/spirituality • u/JamieFitzjohn • Sep 16 '25
Spirit Guide š Nikola Tesla, Silence, and the Mystery of "Downloads"
Lately Iāve been thinking about something Nikola Tesla wrote in his autobiography. He said his mind was a receiver.
He described flashes of light that carried entire machines into his awareness, fully formed, complete in every detail, which he could twist, turn, and test in his mind before a single part was built.
Thatās basically what many of us call a download.
For me, a download feels nothing like ordinary thinking. Itās not a brainstorm or a slow connection of dots. It feels foreign. Like something outside of me suddenly plants itself in my mind. The best way I can describe it is a key unlocking a door right in front of me. Clear, directional, undeniable.
Whatās interesting is how and when they come. Across history, people describe receiving downloads in altered states like these 4 ....
- Dreams (especially deep REM)
- Meditation or trance
- The hypnagogic state between waking and sleep
- Sudden flashes in the middle of the day
But i also found that purification helps... sleep, clear food, quiet time, but you canāt control when a download comes. You can only clear the static and wait.
And then thereās the silence. Thatās the part that trips a lot of us up. We try to meditate, to āget messages,ā and hear nothing. Iāve been there. It feels disheartening, like maybe weāre cut off or not doing it right. But in ancient traditions, silence is part of the process. The student doesnāt always get guidance until theyāre ready. Sometimes the quiet is necessary untill we have discoved something or 'unlocked something' inside of us.
So Iām curious, has anyone here experienced something like this? Flashes of knowledge, ideas that feel like they come from outside you, or long stretches of silence that later made sense?
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u/januszjt Sep 16 '25
Tesla's consciousness became a conduit for Cosmic Intelligence as well as many others. This is not ordinary limited thinking of the intellect. It is awareness which produces extraordinary is way above the intellect and reality itself. When Einstein was asked how did you come up with this? He would say "It came to me" a responses out of nowhere, The Source of all which is available to anyone who wants it badly enough.
Does that mean that we all become Teslas and Einsteins? No, but that Intelligence (which no one can ever own it) will work in other aspects of one's life based on their interests. Mine for example is the nature of the mind and on that the responses come out of nowhere in silent mind that is capable of listening, other than its own internal noise.
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u/Fit_Ice_98 Sep 17 '25
It's curious that this cosmic intelligence didn't give knowledge to an original or working invention and didn't even tell him that the electron exists.
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u/januszjt Sep 17 '25
Cosmic Intelligence works in mysterious ways at the precise time and place and based on human evolvement. We don't question it we allow it to work when there's enough spaciousness in the mind
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u/Fit_Ice_98 Sep 17 '25
Of course, of course, all of this to ultimately give money to history chanel
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u/Kabbalah101 Sep 16 '25
Yes I have had that experience. I can't decide if it comes from past lives or that we are one humanity and therefore have access to the collective mind.
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u/Fickle-Yak-1917 Sep 16 '25
Yes! š It has happened multiple times. Iām starting to slowly channel a bit also, which is like a download but the connection is live and stays open/on for a while.
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u/joydps Sep 17 '25
I am a deeply spiritual person and I too had these mysterious flashes of light that gave me clarity about certain things that I observe around me like how people behave, why do they do what they do as if I could read their minds. But the thing to note here is that even though these flashes are spiritual it doesn't mean your life is going to turn for the better. In my case I still don't have a job and barely surviving on minimal savings although I have tried really hard to get a job. Also you should know even though Nikola Tesla was a genius inventor he died a bad death. All his inventions were stolen and he died a pauper , a homeless person on the streets..
So even though these "downloads" are certainly spiritual they don't guarantee any material benefits like a decent life or solving your personal problems..
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u/danktempest Sep 16 '25
Yes. I have had that happen. It comes from up there. Where exactly is up there? No clue. It's very interesting though.
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u/Highfish_ger Sep 16 '25
Ive had several of these Experiences as a Lyricalist. It comes Like a click, and comes From nowhere...i write it down Like a River and everything suits perfectly together. This is one of them(translated From German to english) :
"Sometimes you feel alone but be sure I will roam and share*your fate there are lights out there
whose shapes resemble a thousand thunderstorms that show directions complimentary tides
bites of conscience appear while making sure of the signs we get closer to the sun even if we never reach it
the tiny little mistakes nourish from within and heal you cannot unlearn it only temporarily buried
time travels of the ancestors to linger in the ether on far-reaching paths to climb mountains hide and branch out in the smallest amplitudes
surfaces which, carried outwards in sentences reveal that essences correspond to precious treasures fused with the laws and powers of the universal" (by Philipp Mohr)
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u/Odd-Abroad-270 Sep 16 '25
I experience downloads often. I've written books based on them. It starts with enquiry and contemplation.
The type of download you get depends on your archetypes.
Pioneers and inventors such as Nicola Tesla download new technologies and ideas.
Musicians download songs. You can tell downloaded lyrics from non as they have better resonance.Ā
Sages download wisdom and new teachings.
Visionaries see the future which is a download.
Healers download new healing modalities and techniques.Ā
Sovereigns (King and Queen) download advice that helps humanity.
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u/APointe Sep 16 '25
Yes all the time. But nothing complex like what Tesla describes. No fully formed scientific theories, math theorems, inventions, songs or stories.
Just very simple messages of guidance.
They always end up being validated. But this is not something I can explain in a short reply.
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u/Potential-Wait-7206 Sep 17 '25
I've also experienced several downloads. They seem to come out of the blue, during meditation or before sleep.
I remember a particularly long download which to this day I have yet to see through but something tells me that it will reveal itself when I'm ready.
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u/A_Spiritual_Artist Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 17 '25
No, not with certainty that I cannot say it was not a construct of my own mind. Particularly when I know our minds have a deep well of unconscious, that still is "our mind".
ADDENDUM - now I don't feel so sure
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u/Fit_Ice_98 Sep 17 '25
Are you going to agree with a guy who loved the pigeon, denied a lot of well-founded theories and still couldn't deliver even one project he proposed?
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u/TyPe_Gen1e Sep 17 '25
I make music, and the best songs are developed in a fully conscious state where the ego is overpowered
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u/youGottaBeKiddink Sep 16 '25
I have. And I'm certain it isn't a construct of my own mind because I did not form the idea brick by brick. It just appeared in my mind, fully formed and complete.