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sense often comes to one's rescue, and aids, by split seconds, in avoiding the ac-
cident.

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 difficul-
ties through the influence of my "Invisible Counselors."

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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 under-
stand 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 work-
ing on the talking machine, and the moving picture machine.

Nearly all great leaders, such as Napoleon, Bismark, Joan of Arc, Christ, Bud-
dha, 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