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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.
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
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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 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 astonish-
ing, 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
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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 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.
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
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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.
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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CHAPTER 15
HOW TO OUTWIT THE
SIX GHOSTS OF FEAR
Take Inventory of Yourself, As You
Read This Closing Chapter, and Find
Out How Many of the “Ghosts” Are
Standing in Your Way
BEFORE you can put any portion of this philosophy into
successful use, your mind must be prepared to receive it. The
preparation is not difficult. It begins with study, analysis, and
understanding of three enemies which you shall have to clear out.
These are INDECISION, DOUBT, and FEAR!
The Sixth Sense will never function while these three negatives,
or any of them remain in your mind. The members of this unholy
trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close
at hand.
INDECISION is the seedling of FEAR! Remember this, as you
read. Indecision crystalizes into DOUBT, the two blend and become
FEAR! The “blending” process often is slow. This is one reason why
these three enemies are so dangerous. They germinate and grow
without their presence being observed.
The remainder of this chapter describes an end which must be
attained before the philosophy, as a whole, can be put into practical
use. It also analyzes a condition which has, but lately, reduced
huge numbers of people to poverty, and it states a truth which
must be understood by all who accumulate riches, whether
measured in terms of money or a state of mind of far greater value
than money. The purpose of this chapter is to turn the spotlight of
attention upon the cause and the cure of the six basic fears. Before
we can master an enemy, we must know its name, its habits, and
its place of abode. As you read, analyze yourself carefully, and
determine which, if any, of the six common fears have attached
themselves to you.
Do not be deceived by the habits of these subtle enemies.
Sometimes they remain hidden in the subconscious mind, where
they are difficult to locate, and still more difficult to eliminate.
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THE SIX BASIC FEARS
There are six basic fears, with some combination of which every
human suffers at one tune or another. Most people are fortunate if
they do not suffer from the entire six. Named in the order of their
most common appearance, they are:—
The fear of POVERTY } at the bottom of
The fear of CRITICISM
} most of one’s
The fear of ILL HEALTH
} worries
The fear of LOSS OF LOVE OF SOMEONE
The fear of OLD AGE
The fear of DEATH
All other fears are of minor importance, they can be grouped
under these six headings.
The prevalence of these fears, as a curse to the world, runs in
cycles. For almost six years, while the depression was on, we
floundered in the cycle of FEAR OF POVERTY. During the world-
war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF DEATH. Just following the
war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF ILL HEALTH, as evidenced by
the epidemic of disease which spread itself all over the world.
Fears are nothing more than states of mind. One’s state of mind
is subject to control and direction. Physicians, as everyone knows,
are less subject to attack by disease than ordinary laymen, for the
reason that physicians DO NOT FEAR DISEASE. Physicians,
without fear or hesitation, have been known to physically contact
hundreds of people, daily, who were suffering from such contagious
diseases as small-pox, without becoming infected. Their immunity
against the disease consisted, largely, if not solely, in their absolute
lack of FEAR.
Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in the
form of an impulse of thought. Following this statement, comes
another of still greater importance, namely, MAN’S THOUGHT IM-
PULSES BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO TRANSLATE THEMSELVES
INTO THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT, WHETHER THOSE
THOUGHTS ARE VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY. Thought
impulses which are picked up through the ether, by mere chance
(thoughts which have been released by other minds) may determine
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one’s financial, business, professional, or social destiny just as
surely as do the thought impulses which one creates by intent and
design.
We are here laying the foundation for the presentation of a fact
of great importance to the person who does not understand why
some people appear to be “lucky” while others of equal or greater
ability, training, experience, and brain capacity, seem destined to
ride with misfortune. This fact may be explained by the statement
that every human being has the ability to completely control his own
mind, and with this control, obviously, every person may open his
mind to the tramp thought impulses which are being released by
other brains, or close the doors tightly and admit only thought
impulses of his own choice.
Nature has endowed man with absolute control over but one
thing, and that is THOUGHT. This fact, coupled with the additional
fact that everything which man creates, begins in the form of a
thought, leads one very near to the principle by which FEAR may be
mastered.
If it is true that ALL THOUGHT HAS A TENDENCY TO CLOTHE
ITSELF IN ITS PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT (and this is true, beyond
any reasonable room for doubt), it is equally true that thought
impulses of fear and poverty cannot be translated into terms of
courage and financial gain.
The people of America began to think of poverty, following the
Wall Street crash of 1929. Slowly, but surely that mass thought was
crystalized into its physical equivalent, which was known as a “de-
pression.” This had to happen, it is in conformity with the laws of
Nature.
THE FEAR OF POVERTY
There can be no compromise between POVERTY and RICHES!
The two roads that lead to poverty and riches travel in opposite
directions. If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any
circumstance that leads toward poverty. (The word “riches” is here
used in its broadest sense, meaning financial, spiritual, mental and
material estates). The starting point of the path that leads to riches
is DESIRE. In chapter one, you received full instructions for the
proper use of DESIRE. In this chapter, on FEAR, you have complete
instructions for preparing your mind to make practical use of
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