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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
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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 built.


• 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.


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• 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 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, that enabled you to turn defeat into
victory, and to surmount staggering
obstacles.
• Emperor of Fate, King of Chance, Man of
Destiny, I salute you!

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• “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.


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• “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.


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• 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
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 9 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
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.


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• 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 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 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 that 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 that harmonize with the nature of your
DESIRES.”
• “Your dream was more a reality than you
may imagine it to have been.”


• 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
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.
• I have never since found out which it was.

• 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.
• 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

• Jesus Christ • Spinoza
• Saint Paul • Drummond
• Galileo • Kant
• Copernicus • Schopenhauer
• Aristotle • Newton
• Plato • Confucius
• Socrates • Elbert Hubbard
• Homer • Brann
• Voltaire • Ingersol
• Bruno • Wilson

William James
• 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.


I Still Regard My Cabinet
Meetings As Being Purely
Imaginary, The Members
Purely Fictional And The
Meetings Existent Only In
My Own Imagination


Eventually You Will Find
Yourself Incredible Power
• They have led me into glorious paths of
adventure.
• They have rekindled an appreciation of true
greatness
• They encouraged creative endeavor
• They 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 that arouses your emotions, and
causes your heart to beat more rapidly than normal
may, and generally does, bring your 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.
• The sixth sense aids us by split seconds to avoid the
accident.
• 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 that 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 that 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 you if your aim is to
accumulate vast wealth.
• You do not need it if your desires are more
modest.


Nearly All Great Leaders
Used Their Sixth Sense
• Napoleon
• Bismark
• Joan of Arc
• Jesus Christ
• Buddha
• Confucius
• Mohammed


The Major Portion Of Their Greatness
Consisted Of Their Knowledge Of
How to Use Their Sixth Sense

• 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.


The Major Portion Of Their Greatness
Consisted Of Their Knowledge Of
How to Use Their Sixth Sense

• 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.


The Reason Is 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.
• 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.
• Give no concern as to how much or how little
you learn at the time.


• To throw off discouragement
• Master fear
• Overcome procrastination
• Draw freely upon your imagination.


• Then you will have felt the touch of that unknown
“something” that 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.


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