The Science of Animal Souls
Based on my own spiritual faith and personal experiences, I believe wholeheartedly that both humans and animals have souls. However, I do recognize that many people are still awaiting tangible proof of such existence. I cannot help but wonder whether a soul’s energy might one day be visible to us when science and technology have advanced further. After all, there was a time when humans were unaware of germs, and then the microscope came along and changed everything.
According to the first law of thermodynamics, everything is made up of energy. That means your pets are humming with life, just like you are. The first law also states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change form. In earthly terms, we immediately think of the three states of matter learned in elementary school: solid, liquid, and gas. We may not see gas, but we know it exists.
For most people seeing is believing, and there is nothing wrong with that. Fortunately, life provides us with frequent reminders that there are indeed other worlds waiting to be explored even though we don't see them. They are above, below, and all around us. John Edward, a well-known author and medium, once shared a useful analogy. Pour a glass of water and leave it out on the table for a couple of weeks. As the days pass, the water level drops because the molecules gradually evaporate into the air. Inevitably, one would ask, "Where did the water go?" The answer: You can't see it because it has changed form, but the water is still around. A soul's departure works much the same way.
To me, this is where science and religion converge. Some may argue that the laws of thermodynamics only apply to the human or animal's physical body, which changes form as it breaks down after death; however, I believe a being is made up of more than just the energy that presents itself as the physical body. I think the soul’s energy is also integrated with the body and must make a transformation of its own.
Perhaps the part of our energy that is the soul just vibrates at a higher level than what the naked eye can see. When we die, our energy has to go somewhere, since it cannot be destroyed. Most people believe their energy or spirit moves into some sort of afterlife space. Maybe it's a different dimension or maybe it's the same one occupied by the living. Regardless, it stands to reason that since animals are made up of energy too, that energy must continue to exist, albeit in a different form upon death.
After years of researching different theories, this is what resonates with me as truth: animals exist in the afterlife just as we do.