The
INTELLIGENT
GUIDE
to the 6 TH
SENSE
HEIDI SAWYER
Heidi Sawyer, 2010
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Dedication
To the misunderstood
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First I would like to thank my mother. Her beliefs were the inspiration to write this book, and her continued dedication to helping me with childcare made it possible to get this work published. I would also like to thank my father, and I appreciate my husband for remaining awake with me until two oclock in the morning while I wrote it. Last but not least, I would like to thank my sister Kimberly for her never-ending belief and loyalty.
FOREWORD
We all have questions about the mysterious, the miraculous, the inexplicable and seemingly impossible phenomena that occur in our lives. They come at various stages in life, sometimes gradually and sometimes out of the blue, when one is faced with events that fall out of harmony with our everyday experiences. Often, such happenings can prompt the big life questions of existence and purpose. We all must face the questions of our existence, the Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where do I go when I die? questions. We also often question the purpose of our existence, wondering, Why is this happening? What does it mean? Why me? Sometimes those questions simply will not cease being asked; as the poet Emily Dickinson once wrote, they are like teeth that nibble at the soul, refusing to let go of ones psyche. What do we do with them? How do we answer them? How do we deal with them?
Indeed, we all must face these questions, and each one of us will respond uniquely. Yet when we begin to explore them, when we begin to take notice of what is happening in and around us, we begin to notice that we are not alone with these questions. After all, we do not live in isolation! Instead, there are histories of people we begin to come into contact with who have the same questions that we do! Chances are that you are one such person: someone who has been prompted to search deeper and to explore, someone for whom the mundane is not enough, someone who simply has to know more. I, too, am one such person. From early in my life I began to ponder the nature of existence and its purpose. I was beset with curiosities about a life beyond this one. As a result I have been blessed with myriad fantastic experiences and meetings with remarkable people to whom I have listened, with whom I have engaged in various ways, with whom I have talked and shared, and from whom I have learned and continue to learn. It is difficult to articulate how grateful I am for those questions and the individuals around me who sought to help me answer them!
Heidi Sawyer is one such remarkable person; indeed, she is truly remarkable! Having heard about her work, I had the privilege of meeting Heidi, thanks to an introduction from a respected friend and colleague who told me that we simply had to meet. We met first on the telephone. It was one of those meetings that brought an immediate sense of familiarity, of intimacy and of respect, even though we met only through our voices transmitted over the ether. Nevertheless, our telephone calls led us to the immediate conclusion that we had to meet in person. Intuitively, instinctively and psychically I knew that this would be a life-changing meeting, one that would lead to developments and consequences that would affect not only both of our lives but also the lives of countless others.
When we met in one of my consulting rooms at The Diagnostic Clinic in New Cavendish Street, London, my initial impression was immediately confirmed. I found myself in the presence of an unusually gifted, intelligent and powerful woman committed to living an authentic life; her forthright honesty and courage immediately became evident. Heidis journey through disease to deepening health and wholeness has brought her through great suffering of all types: physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. As we began to explore our respective situations, it was clear to both of us that the next steps demanded nothing less than total commitment. The work that Heidi describes in this book, her lifes work thus far, is all about that commitment. This is no work of theory or fancy intellectualism. This is the outcome of a life of dedication, of long training, practice and deep inner resolve. It is the fruit of a vine that has been meticulously and very carefully pruned and nurtured.
I have worked as a physician, scientist, journal editor, academic and healer for over 30 years. Since early childhood I have been interested in the magical and in mystery, utterly fascinated by the transformation of one thing into another, such as the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into the butterfly. I was keenly aware of the healing effects of my mothers hands that could become so very hot and made me feel so wonderfully different when she touched me if I was ill. I have always been acutely sensitive to the fact that some people could touch me and knew so much more about me than could have been known by ordinary means. I knew whilst at school that biomedical science could not provide me with the answers I was seeking. Nevertheless, I knew I needed to understand its language in order to function and progress in my understanding and to bridge the worlds I had met: the numinous, which Rudolf Otto used to describe those wholly other invisible worlds, and the material world, the visible, physical world of everyday experience. The apprenticeship in science during my tenure as a medical student restricted my exploration of the psychic and healing realms, but the incessant search to keep those faculties alive never died. I nurtured them, stored up the experiences and determined that I would bring them all together, determining ultimately to utilize them in serving others. Heidis book is a brilliant guidebook for those seeking to do the same, to explore what it means to identify, understand, use and develop those skills. Her work is the instruction manual needed not only to begin that work but also to develop it.
In my own work as a consultant physician and medical homeopath in integrative medicine and healthcare and in Jungian analytical psychology and healing, I have encountered many people with great wisdom, knowledge and understanding, alongside charlatans and impostors claiming psychic abilities, healing gifts and mystical knowledge. Yes, the world of healing is a professional minefield! Amongst them all, Heidi Sawyer is a gem, a genuine soul of great integrity. Her book is a direct, down-to-earth, practical and no-nonsense resource, clearly written to assist and support individual and collective healing. It is a book that shows that there is a science to this work, there are roadmaps, and that there is structure that conforms to law. If followed, her guidance will help those seeking to find their way and to come to their senses, especially the sixth! This material may be centuries old, but it is no less relevant now than it was in the farthest reaches of antiquity. Even if she were only describing the terrain and the range of phenomena that there are to be encountered in the field, this book would render great service.