When Napoleon Hill published “Think and Grow Rich” in 1937, it wasn’t as critically acclaimed as it is today. But it’s since gone on to become one of the most quoted, read and critically acclaimed personal growth books ever. Yet despite written for an audience that had never heard of things like “meditation”, the book contained one technique that was highly controversial.
It is called the “Invisible Counselors Technique”. Napoleon Hill claimed that it allowed him to tap into the imaginary minds of anyone living or passed one, to source ideas and inspirations.
Napoleon Hill admits to having spiritual meetings with Jesus, Lincoln, Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Homer, Newton, Burban, Edison and William James, among others.
Hill said “while the meetings 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.”
Later, publishers edited out parts of this chapter, fearing that Hill’s audience might question his sanity. Personally, I think Hill was ahead of his time.
What’s so cool (and so strange) about this technique? Watch the video below.
If you’d like a free copy of the book (to read online) visit this link on Scribd (like YouTube, but for documents). The Invisible Counselor Technique is described in Chapter 14: The Sixth Sense, Doorway to the Temple of Wisdom. The chapter starts on page 134. Enjoy.
If you have read the book and tried the technique, share your thoughts below…
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Napoleon Hill in his book think and Grow rich he took it as a pure imagination…but in my opinion it doesn’t really matter whether it’s real or not as long as you get insights and bright new ideas
This is a fantastic book to read. I read this book every week. I use this book with a great mastermind group 30 day mental cleanse. We as a group read a chapter every week, write about it from your impression and once a week on Wed 3pm and 8pm Est time we discusses the chapter. This book changes your out look of life and business.
This is an important exercise in the Jesuit order as founded by St. Ignatius. Has he asked people to step into the bible stories as if they were alive then, and see what happened. This was totally new and was challenged at the time. But it has held and the Jesuits of the many orders today are some of the most hardy and rugged spiritual servants.
Great article, I was hoping the second video was up.