Sixth Sense - Door to the Temple of Wisdom

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The Thirteenth Step toward Riches
THE “thirteenth” principle is known as the SIXTH SENSE,
through which Infinite Intelligence may, and will
communicate voluntarily, without any effort from, or
demands by, the individual.
This principle is the apex of the philosophy. It can be
assimilated, understood, and applied ONLY by first
mastering the other twelve principles.
The SIXTH SENSE is that portion of the subconscious mind
which has been referred to as the Creative Imagination. It
has also been referred to as the “receiving set” through
which ideas, plans, and thoughts flash into the mind. The
“flashes” are sometimes called “hunches” or “inspirations.”
The sixth sense defies description! It cannot be described to
a person who has not mastered the other principles of this
philosophy, because such a person has no knowledge, and
no experience with which the sixth sense may be compared.
Understanding of the sixth sense comes only by meditation
through mind development from within. The sixth sense
probably is the medium of contact between the finite mind
of man and Infinite Intelligence, and for this reason, it is a
mixture of both the mental and the spiritual. It is believed
to be the point at which the mind of man contacts the
Universal Mind.
After you have mastered the principles described in this
book, you will be prepared to accept as truth a statement
which may, otherwise, be incredible to you, namely:
Through the aid of the sixth sense, you will be warned of
impending dangers in time to avoid them, and notified of
opportunities in time to embrace them.

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There comes to your aid, and to do your bidding, with the
development of the sixth sense, a “guardian angel” who will
open to you at all times the door to the Temple of Wisdom.
Whether or not this is a statement of truth, you will never
know, except by following the instructions described in the
pages of this book, or some similar method of procedure.
The author is not a believer in, nor an advocate of
“miracles,” for the reason that he has enough knowledge of
Nature to understand that Nature never deviates from her
established laws. Some of her laws are so incomprehensible
that they produce what appear to be “miracles.” The sixth
sense comes as near to being a miracle as anything I have
ever experienced, and it appears so, only because I do not
understand the method by which this principle is operated.
This much the author does know - that there is a power, or a
First Cause, or an Intelligence, which permeates every atom
of matter, and embraces every unit of energy perceptible to
man - that this Infinite Intelligence converts acorns into oak
trees, causes water to flow down hill in response to the law
of gravity, follows night with day, and winter with summer,
each maintaining its proper place and relationship to the
other. This Intelligence may, through the principles of this
philosophy, be induced to aid in transmuting DESIRES into
concrete, or material form. The author has this knowledge,
because he has experimented with it - and has
EXPERIENCED IT.
Step by step, through the preceding chapters, you have been
led to this, the last principle. If you have mastered each of
the preceding principles, you are now prepared to accept,
without being skeptical, the stupendous claims made here.
If you have not mastered the other principles, you must do
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so before you may determine, definitely, whether or not the
claims made in this chapter are fact or fiction.
While I was passing through the age of “hero-worship” I
found myself trying to imitate those whom I most admired.
Moreover, I discovered that the element of FAITH, with
which I endeavored to imitate my idols, gave me great
capacity to do so quite successfully.
I have never entirely divested myself of this habit of hero-
worship, although I have passed the age commonly given
over to such. My experience has taught me that the next
best thing to being truly great, is to emulate the great, by
feeling and action, as nearly as possible.
Long before I had ever written a line for publication, or
endeavored to deliver a speech in public, I followed the
habit of reshaping my own character, by trying to imitate
the nine men whose lives and life-works had been most
impressive to me. These nine men were, Emerson, Paine,
Edison, Darwin, Lincoln, Burbank, Napoleon, Ford, and
Carnegie.
Every night, over a long period of years, I held an imaginary
Council meeting with this group whom I called my
“Invisible Counselors.”
The procedure was this. Just before going to sleep at night, I
would shut my eyes, and see, in my imagination, this group
of men seated with me around my Council Table. Here I had
not only an opportunity to sit among those whom I
considered to be great, but I actually dominated the group,
by serving as the Chairman.
I had a very DEFINITE PURPOSE in indulging my
imagination through these nightly meetings. My purpose
was to rebuild my own character so it would represent a

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composite of the characters of my imaginary counselors.
Realizing, as I did, early in life, that I had to overcome the
handicap of birth in an environment of ignorance and
superstition, I deliberately assigned myself the task of
voluntary rebirth through the method here described.
BUILDING CHARACTER THROUGH AUTO-
SUGGESTION
Being an earnest student of psychology, I knew, of course,
that all men have become what they are, because of their
DOMINATING THOUGHTS AND DESIRES. I knew that
every deeply seated desire has the effect of causing one to
seek outward expression through which that desire may be
transmuted into reality. I knew that self-suggestion is a
powerful factor in building character, that it is, in fact, the
sole principle through which character is builded.
With this knowledge of the principles of mind operation, I
was fairly well armed with the equipment needed in
rebuilding my character. In these imaginary Council
meetings I called on my Cabinet members for the
knowledge I wished each to contribute, addressing myself to
each member in audible words, as follows:
“Mr. Emerson, I desire to acquire from you the marvelous
understanding of Nature which distinguished your life. I ask
that you make an impress upon my subconscious mind, of
whatever qualities you possessed, which enabled you to
understand and adapt yourself to the laws of Nature. I ask
that you assist me in reaching and drawing upon whatever
sources of knowledge are available to this end.
“Mr. Burbank, I request that you pass on to me the
knowledge which enabled you to so harmonize the laws of
Nature that you caused the cactus to shed its thorns, and

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become an edible food. Give me access to the knowledge
which enabled you to make two blades of grass grow where
but one grew before, and helped you to blend the coloring of
the flowers with more splendor and harmony, for you,
alone, have successfully gilded the lily.
“Napoleon, I desire to acquire from you, by emulation, the
marvelous ability you possessed to inspire men, and to
arouse them to greater and more determined spirit of
action. Also to acquire the spirit of enduring FAITH, which
enabled you to turn defeat into victory, and to surmount
staggering obstacles. Emperor of Fate, King of Chance, Man
of Destiny, I salute you!
“Mr. Paine, I desire to acquire from you the freedom of
thought and the courage and clarity with which to express
convictions, which so distinguished you!
“Mr. Darwin, I wish to acquire from you the marvelous
patience, and ability to study cause and effect, without bias
or prejudice, so exemplified by you in the field of natural
science.
“Mr. Lincoln, I desire to build into my own character the
keen sense of justice, the untiring spirit of patience, the
sense of humor, the human understanding, and the
tolerance, which were your distinguishing characteristics.
“Mr. Carnegie, I am already indebted to you for my choice
of a life-work, which has brought me great happiness and
peace of mind. I wish to acquire a thorough understanding
of the principles of organized effort, which you used so
effectively in the building of a great industrial enterprise.
“Mr. Ford, you have been among the most helpful of the
men who have supplied much of the material essential to
my work. I wish to acquire your spirit of persistence, the

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determination, poise, and self-confidence which have
enabled you to master poverty, organize, unify, and simplify
human effort, so I may help others to follow in your
footsteps.
“Mr. Edison, I have seated you nearest to me, at my right,
because of the personal cooperation you have given me,
during my research into the causes of success and failure. I
wish to acquire from you the marvelous spirit of FAITH,
with which you have uncovered so many of Nature’s secrets,
the spirit of unremitting toil with which you have so often
wrested victory from defeat.”
My method of addressing the members of the imaginary
Cabinet would vary, according to the traits of character in
which I was, for the moment, most interested in acquiring. I
studied the records of their lives with painstaking care.
After some months of this nightly procedure, I was
astounded by the discovery that these imaginary figures
became, apparently real.
Each of these nine men developed individual
characteristics, which surprised me. For example, Lincoln
developed the habit of always being late, then walking
around in solemn parade. When he came, he walked very
slowly, with his hands clasped behind him, and once in a
while, he would stop as he passed, and rest his hand,
momentarily, upon my shoulder. He always wore an
expression of seriousness upon his face. Rarely did I see
him smile. The cares of a sundered nation made him grave.
That was not true of the others. Burbank and Paine often
indulged in witty repartee which seemed, at times, to shock
the other members of the cabinet. One night Paine
suggested that I prepare a lecture on “The Age of Reason,”
and deliver it from the pulpit of a church which I formerly

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attended. Many around the table laughed heartily at the
suggestion. Not Napoleon! He drew his mouth down at the
corners and groaned so loudly that all turned and looked at
him with amazement. To him the church was but a pawn of
the State, not to be reformed, but to be used, as a
convenient inciter to mass activity by the people.
On one occasion Burbank was late. When he came, he was
excited with enthusiasm, and explained that he had been
late, because of an experiment he was making, through
which he hoped to be able to grow apples on any sort of
tree. Paine chided him by reminding him that it was an
apple which started all the trouble between man and
woman. Darwin chuckled heartily as he suggested that
Paine should watch out for little serpents, when he went
into the forest to gather apples, as they had the habit of
growing into big snakes. Emerson observed - “No serpents,
no apples,” and Napoleon remarked, “No apples, no state!”
Lincoln developed the habit of always being the last one to
leave the table after each meeting. On one occasion, he
leaned across the end of the table, his arms folded, and
remained in that position for many minutes. I made no
attempt to disturb him. Finally, he lifted his head slowly,
got up and walked to the door, then turned around, came
back, and laid his hand on my shoulder and said, “My boy,
you will need much courage if you remain steadfast in
carrying out your purpose in life. But remember, when
difficulties overtake you, the common people have common
sense. Adversity will develop it.”
One evening Edison arrived ahead of all the others. He
walked over and seated himself at my left, where Emerson
was accustomed to sit, and said, “You are destined to
witness the discovery of the secret of life. When the time
comes, you will observe that life consists of great swarms of

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energy, or entities, each as intelligent as human beings
think themselves to be. These units of life group together
like hives of bees, and remain together until they
disintegrate, through lack of harmony.
These units have differences of opinion, the same as human
beings, and often fight among themselves. These meetings
which you are conducting will be very helpful to you. They
will bring to your rescue some of the same units of life
which served the members of your Cabinet, during their
lives. These units are eternal. THEY NEVER DIE! Your own
thoughts and DESIRES serve as the magnet which attracts
units of life, from the great ocean of life out there. Only the
friendly units are attracted - the ones which harmonize with
the nature of your DESIRES.”
The other members of the Cabinet began to enter the room.
Edison got up, and slowly walked around to his own seat.
Edison was still living when this happened. It impressed me
so greatly that I went to see him, and told him about the
experience. He smiled broadly, and said, “Your dream was
more a reality than you may imagine it to have been.” He
added no further explanation to his statement.
These meetings became so realistic that I became fearful of
their consequences, and discontinued them for several
months. The experiences were so uncanny, I was afraid if I
continued them I would lose sight of the fact that the
meetings were purely experiences of my imagination.
Some six months after I had discontinued the practice I was
awakened one night, or thought I was, when I saw Lincoln
standing at my bedside. He said, “The world will soon need
your services. It is about to undergo a period of chaos which
will cause men and women to lose faith, and become panic
stricken. Go ahead with your work and complete your

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philosophy. That is your mission in life. If you neglect it, for
any cause whatsoever, you will be reduced to a primal state,
and be compelled to retrace the cycles through which you
have passed during thousands of years.”
I was unable to tell, the following morning, whether I had
dreamed this, or had actually been awake, and I have never
since found out which it was, but I do know that the dream,
if it were a dream, was so vivid in my mind the next day that
I resumed my meetings the following night.
At our next meeting, the members of my Cabinet all filed
into the room together, and stood at their accustomed
places at the Council Table, while Lincoln raised a glass and
said, “Gentlemen, let us drink a toast to a friend who has
returned to the fold.”
After that, I began to add new members to my Cabinet, until
now it consists of more than fifty, among them Christ, St.
Paul, Galileo, Copernicus, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Homer,
Voltaire, Bruno, Spinoza, Drummond, Kant, Schopenhauer,
Newton, Confucius, Elbert Hubbard, Brann, Ingersol,
Wilson, and William James.
This is the first time that I have had the courage to mention
this. Heretofore, I have remained quiet on the subject,
because I knew, from my own attitude in connection with
such matters, that I would be misunderstood if I described
my unusual experience. I have been emboldened now to
reduce my experience to the printed page, because I am
now less concerned about what “they say” than I was in the
years that have passed. One of the blessings of maturity is
that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful,
regardless of what those who do not understand, may think
or say.

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Lest I be misunderstood, I wish here to state most
emphatically, that I still regard my Cabinet meetings as
being purely imaginary, but I feel entitled to suggest that,
while the members of my Cabinet may be purely fictional,
and the meetings existent only in my own imagination, they
have led me into glorious paths of adventure, rekindled an
appreciation of true greatness, encouraged creative
endeavor, and emboldened the expression of honest
thought.
Somewhere in the cell-structure of the brain, is located an
organ which receives vibrations of thought ordinarily called
“hunches.” So far, science has not discovered where this
organ of the sixth sense is located, but this is not important.
The fact remains that human beings do receive accurate
knowledge, through sources other than the physical senses.
Such knowledge, generally, is received when the mind is
under the influence of extraordinary stimulation. Any
emergency which arouses the emotions, and causes the
heart to beat more rapidly than normal may, and generally
does, bring the sixth sense into action. Anyone who has
experienced a near accident while driving, knows that on
such occasions, the sixth sense often comes to one’s rescue,
and aids, by split seconds, in avoiding the accident.
These facts are mentioned preliminary to a statement of fact
which I shall now make, namely, that during my meetings
with the “Invisible Counselors” I find my mind most
receptive to ideas, thoughts, and knowledge which reach me
through the sixth sense. I can truthfully say that I owe
entirely to my “Invisible Counselors” full credit for such
ideas, facts, or knowledge as I received through
“inspiration.”
On scores of occasions, when I have faced emergencies,
some of them so grave that my life was in jeopardy, I have

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been miraculously guided past these difficulties through the
influence of my “Invisible Counselors.”
My original purpose in conducting Council meetings with
imaginary beings, was solely that of impressing my own
subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-
suggestion, with certain characteristics which I desired to
acquire. In more recent years, my experimentation has
taken on an entirely different trend. I now go to my
imaginary counselors with every difficult problem which
confronts me and my clients. The results are often
astonishing, although I do not depend entirely on this form
of Counsel.
You, of course, have recognized that this chapter covers a
subject with which a majority of people are not familiar. The
Sixth Sense is a subject that will be of great interest and
benefit to the person whose aim is to accumulate vast
wealth, but it need not claim the attention of those whose
desires are more modest.
Henry Ford, undoubtedly understands and makes practical
use of the sixth sense. His vast business and financial
operations make it necessary for him to understand and use
this principle. The late Thomas A. Edison understood and
used the sixth sense in connection with the development of
inventions, especially those involving basic patents, in
connection with which he had no human experience and no
accumulated knowledge to guide him, as was the case while
he was working on the talking machine, and the moving
picture machine.
Nearly all great leaders, such as Napoleon, Bismark,
Joan of Arc, Christ, Buddha, Confucius, and
Mohammed, understood, and probably made use of the

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sixth sense almost continuously. The major portion of their
greatness consisted of their knowledge of this principle.
The sixth sense is not something that one can take off and
put on at will. Ability to use this great power comes slowly,
through application of the other principles outlined in this
book. Seldom does any individual come into workable
knowledge of the sixth sense before the age of forty. More
often the knowledge is not available until one is well past
fifty, and this, for the reason that the spiritual forces, with
which the sixth sense is so closely related, do not mature
and become usable except through years of meditation, self-
examination, and serious thought.
No matter who you are, or what may have been your
purpose in reading this book, you can profit by it without
understanding the principle described in this chapter. This
is especially true if your major purpose is that of
accumulation of money or other material things.
The chapter on the sixth sense was included, because the
book is designed for the purpose of presenting a complete
philosophy by which individuals may unerringly guide
themselves in attaining whatever they ask of life. The
starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. The finishing
point is that brand of KNOWLEDGE which leads to
understanding - understanding of self, understanding of
others, understanding of the laws of Nature, recognition
and understanding of HAPPINESS.
This sort of understanding comes in its fullness only
through familiarity with, and use of the principle of the
sixth sense, hence that principle had to be included as a part
of this philosophy, for the benefit of those who demand
more than money.

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Having read the chapter, you must have observed that while
reading it, you were lifted to a high level of mental
stimulation. Splendid! Come back to this again a month
from now, read it once more, and observe that your mind
will soar to a still higher level of stimulation. Repeat this
experience from time to time, giving no concern as to how
much or how little you learn at the time, and eventually you
will find yourself in possession of a power that will enable
you to throw off discouragement, master fear, overcome
procrastination, and draw freely upon your imagination.
Then you will have felt the touch of that unknown
“something” which has been the moving spirit of every truly
great thinker leader, artist, musician, writer, statesman.
Then you will be in position to transmute your DESIRES
into their physical or financial counterpart as easily as you
may lie down and quit at the first sign of opposition.
FAITH VS. FEAR!
Previous chapters have described how to develop FAITH,
through Auto-suggestion, Desire and the Subconscious. The
next chapter presents detailed instructions for the mastery
of FEAR.
Here will be found a full description of the six fears which
are the cause of all discouragement, timidity,
procrastination, indifference, indecision, and the lack of
ambition, self-reliance, initiative, self-control, and
enthusiasm.
Search yourself carefully as you study these six enemies, as
they may exist only in your subconscious mind, where their
presence will be hard to detect.

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Remember, too, as you analyze the “Six Ghosts of Fear,”
that they are nothing but ghosts because they exist only in
one’s mind.
Remember, also, that ghosts - creations of uncontrolled
imagination - have caused most of the damage people have
done to their own minds, therefore, ghosts can be as
dangerous as if they lived and walked on the earth in
physical bodies.
The Ghost of the Fear of Poverty, which seized the minds of
millions of people in 1929, was so real that it caused the
worst business depression this country has ever known.
Moreover, this particular ghost still frightens some of us out
of our wits.

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