Chapter 14: The Sixth Sense: The Thirteenth Step to Riches

Positioned as the apex of the entire philosophy, the sixth sense functions as a conduit between conscious rational thought and the subconscious mind, enabling individuals to receive intuitive insights, premonitions, and creative inspiration that transcend logical analysis. Hill emphasizes that this principle cannot be meaningfully understood or accessed without first mastering the preceding twelve principles, including desire, faith, autosuggestion, and decision-making. The sixth sense operates as what Hill describes as a spiritual antenna attuned to Infinite Intelligence, a universal creative force that guides individuals away from danger and toward opportunity alignment. A central component of this chapter involves Hill's personal practice of the Invisible Counselors—a deliberate visualization technique wherein the practitioner mentally convenes with historical figures of exceptional achievement and wisdom. Through nightly mental rehearsal and autosuggestion, Hill claims this practice allowed him to internalize the characteristics, perspectives, and guidance of these figures, ultimately influencing his own thinking and personal development. Hill contextualizes the sixth sense not as mystical superstition but as an advanced form of mental functioning resulting from disciplined practice, emotional mastery, sustained faith, and repetitive mental conditioning. He acknowledges that this faculty typically emerges only after decades of internal development and spiritual maturation, suggesting that most individuals will not fully activate this capacity until their forties or fifties. The chapter addresses how fear operates as a barrier to intuitive receptivity while faith serves as the unlocking mechanism for higher mental functioning. Throughout his discussion, Hill maintains that the sixth sense operates within natural law rather than violating it, representing an elevated state of consciousness achievable through systematic mental discipline rather than supernatural intervention.