But for the most part I thought it was just their way of gently letting me down. After a while I guess I just accepted it.



Does Everything Really Happen for a Reason?

Years later one of my brilliant mentors gave me additional perspective on this belief: everything happens for a reason and it serves me. I decided to explore this added nuance and began saying that phrase over and over.

When things didn't "go my way", I would say, "OK, everything happens for a reason and it serves me." Well, if it serves me, then show me how!

Hello, My Name is Anger

One day I was feeling particularly out of sorts and really angry about something and all of a sudden that phrase popped into my head. I thought, "OK, Anger, if it's true that everything happens for a reason and it serves me, then tell me why you're here! I want to know because it doesn't feel like you're helping me right now".

And what came to mind was: "I'm here to give you strength; to help you face whatever it is that you're so upset about. I'm here to bring your awareness, energy and focus to whatever is troubling you. I'm here to put you in a position of strength and focus so that you can say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done."

After hearing those messages and having that awareness, I began to settle down and breathe more deeply. I became more relaxed and more prepared to address the situation in a much more powerful, calm and centered fashion.

I knew why Anger came and how it was meant to serve me. It wanted me to speak up. I was able to collect my thoughts, take appropriate action and say what I needed to say. Surprisingly, without any anger, hostility or resentment.

Fascinated by this experience, I paid attention to other emotions and how they too were there to serve me. I gradually realized that I possessed an Internal Guidance System, a 7th Sense, linked to my emotions.

It was natural, automatic and well-intentioned. When I pay attention to my 7th Sense, I am well served. When I don't, I usually encounter trouble!

You Too Have a 7th Sense!

After years of exploration and testing, a technique for communicating with the 7th Sense unfolded. People who tapped into their 7th Sense experienced greater power, centeredness and resourcefulness.

The results of these sessions have been uplifting. In every case, every emotion, even the most painful, revealed its positive intention and service.

Once understood and accepted, the emotion could be released. And if it ever arose again the person knew why it was there and what is was guiding them to do. All they had to do was recognize its intended service and it was gone as quickly as it had come.

In some cases, patterns of all-consuming rage were wiped out. In others, feelings of fear, self-doubt or depression were gone in one session.

In some people with physical pain accompanying the emotions, the pain was also released along with the emotion. I can think of at least three clients with long-term Rheumatoid Arthritis who were pain free and remained so after one or two 7th Sense sessions.

In each case, after the release of rage, fear, self-loathing or whatever specific emotion the person was dealing with, a feeling of power and greater certainty came in its place. When limiting emotional patterns, like anxiety, stress or depression were released people found they were able to handle things that used to upset or derail them with ease and confidence.

So the next time anger, fear, self-doubt, frustration, confusion or virtually anything upsetting arises in you, ask: "Why are you here? How are you supposed to serve me?" The answers will surely surprise and liberate you.