Monday, October 27, 2014

Where There's a Will, There's A Way

Back in September, I wrote about the struggles that my husband and I were having financially due to his unemployment. We wanted to go to University 101 in November but we had no idea how to make it happen! Everything about the situation said that it was not logical that we should spend money to travel to the U.S. for this event. My husband’s severance package had run out and he didn’t get the job offer from a recent interview that had seemed so certain.  He had not even received his first unemployment cheque and I had a part-time salary.

 It was now the beginning of October and we had made no travel plans. I knew that Higher Laws taught us that we need to align to
principle vs. circumstance so I asked the Heavenly Guide for help in getting us to the event. What happened over the next two weeks was astounding to me!

Within a day, I had booked our flights from Edmonton to Las Vegas, having been able to use our Air Miles to fly. The first day I had looked for Air Miles flights from Edmonton to Las Vegas, there were no Air Miles flights available. However, I was prompted to search again the next day and an Air Miles flight from Edmonton to Las Vegas magically appeared! Secondly, we were able to get a great deal on a car rental from Las Vegas. Next, my husband chatted on Facebook with a family member and found out that she lived in Hurricane, UT which is just a 25 min. drive from St. George. She offered to let us stay with her during University 101!  Our biggest worry was finding child care for our soon to be 5 year old son (whose birthday was the day we left for Las Vegas) but my husband’s cousin and his wife who live just outside of Edmonton agreed to take our son for a week! After all this, husband got a job offer to work remotely from home, I got money in the mail that I was not expecting, got a VISA gift card from a friend, and found some U.S cash stashed away in a dresser drawer. Last but not least, two close friends who needed accommodation are now renting rooms from us for the next couple of months while their lives are in transition. I cannot believe all the miracles that have been happening in our lives and it’s because we chose to align to principle vs. circumstance, requested help from the Heavenly Guide, followed inspiration, and had enough faith to take the next step! I will be attending University 101 a week from now and I can’t wait.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Things That Are Spiritual are Not Logical

In May 2014, my husband and I attended The Answer to Everything in Edmonton. Near the end of the third day, Brandon Broadwater offered an incredible opportunity to attend University 101, 202 and 303 over a three year period. After the offer, I was distracted for the next hour or more as I agonized over the decision to sign up. Our circumstances were that three months earlier, my husband had become unemployed. Although we were blessed that he had received a 6 month severance package, it did not seem logical that we would spend money on this investment when our financial future was so uncertain! My mind was overwhelmed with thoughts and I felt anxious and confused. I could barely focus on what Brandon was teaching as my mind raced. I looked over to the flip charts on the wall, searching for the one with the notes on the Heavenly Guide. It said that the guidance from the Heavenly Guide came in few words and with feelings of peace and that the Hyena used many words and logic and produced feelings of tension. I said a mental prayer to my Heavenly Guide to help me know what decision to make and then I was inspired to JUST LISTEN. After some time, I started to feel peace and the anxiety went away. While I was intently listening to Brandon, a thought popped into my head, “Just Do It”! At the next break, I told one of the Higher Laws team that I had decided that I was going to sign up. My husband decided he did not want to be left behind and so he joined up too! I considered it an investment in our marriage and family.

It is a month before University 101. It’s been over six months and my husband does not have a job. Once again, I agonized over the decision to go to University 101. The circumstances were crazy!  Now that we had only my part time salary to rely on, how could we possibly still go to University 101? Yet my heart knew that if we aligned to principle vs. circumstance, we would get results and that Brandon had taught that things that are spiritual are not logical. So I emailed my Personal Results Specialist and told him of our situation and he shared with me a little known fact that he almost didn’t make it to University 101. He told me that someone strongly encouraged him to go and that because he did, he experienced the greatest shifts in his life! Well, if that wasn’t encouragement enough, we decided that we would somehow find a way to go too…and now we are working on taking the next steps.

Wish us luck!

Friday, October 3, 2014

Be an Example of the Believers

In the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Timothy 4:12 says:

“…be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

For years I felt guilt and shame as I struggled to align my faith in that scripture with my actions in choice of language. It was easy to watch my language in front of others of my own faith, but as soon as I was out of their company and confronted with circumstances that triggered strong emotion, there would be an outpouring of bad language.

I prayed often to the Creator in help with conquering this weakness. For awhile, some co-workers and I decided to start a swear jar but the small financial penalty was not enough incentive or deterrent to make a permanent change. I felt discouraged and thought that I was never going to be able to be the kind of example that I wanted to be.

In May 2014, I attended The Answer to Everything in Edmonton, AB. One of the major things I learned about was the two parts of ourselves –
the Hyena (or ego) and the Lion (or higher self). I knew that these two parts of myself existed but I had forgotten all about them. As I sat in the event listening to Brandon Broadwater talk about these two opposites and their characteristics, I gained perspective and started to see how the Hyena had been playing a dominant part in my life with respect to my decisions. Brandon talked about Pride and the Pride Cycle which were not new concepts to me from scripture study but I had never really likened them to myself. I had never considered myself a prideful person. I learned how one of the three Pillars of State is Language / Meaning.  As the 3 days of the Answer to Everything unfolded, my perspective was raised and I started to see where I had been prideful, where I was shrinking and where I was holding back. I saw how I had made most of my decisions based on circumstance vs. principle. I saw where I was feeding my Hyena instead of my Lion.

As the weeks and months after the event followed and I strove to align to Higher Laws, I noticed an interesting thing happen. I did not have a desire to use bad language anymore!!! It was a natural consequence of striving to be a Lion!  My prayers had been answered and I had finally learned the secret to stop swearing. Now that my perspective was raised, I could clearly see that Lions use good language and Hyena’s use bad language. The kind of language you use is a clear sign of which part of yourself you are feeding.

Thanks to Brandon and the Higher Laws team for helping me to see how I can be an even better example of the believers!

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Who Else is Going to Give You a Broken Arrow?

In late 2013, I received an invitation from a married couple that I knew to play this game called Abundance. I didn’t really want to play it, but an invisible force called the Creator pushed me towards it. During the game, we took turns sharing personal stories whenever a Spiritual Man card was drawn. I confessed to this couple some of the struggles I had been having in relationships.  They told me that they had experienced some of the same struggles but had learned to overcome them after learning certain principles at The Answer to Everything. They offered me two tickets to the next event and I accepted. I felt hope and knew that the opportunity I had just been given was an answer to prayer.

About a week before the event, fear overwhelmed me and I almost backed out. I thought to myself, “What’s the point?”  However, I once gain felt the Creator push me towards what I feared. I asked my husband if he would go with me to the event, he said yes, and then I took the next step to make it happen.

During the May 2014 event in Edmonton, Brandon Broadwater had us write an issue that we wanted to release on the side of a wooden arrow. After much thought, I finally wrote “Doubting my husband’s love for me”. With courage, I placed the head of the arrow against my neck and pushed the tail against my partner’s neck until it broke!!! I never doubted my husband’s love for me again.

The first line of the song Broken Arrow by Robbie Robertson is “Who Else is Going to Give You a Broken Arrow?” I learned that Broken Arrow is a Native American expression meaning “peaceful end of conflict”. After the event was over, miracles started happening in my life.

Through the Morning Empowerment Ritual and Evening Sacred Questions, my perspective increased and I started seeing my own pride and where I was holding back. I pondered things my husband had done for me that I was grateful for and started admiring him daily. I took steps to make my relationship with my Creator the highest priority and earnestly sought his desires for me. I had finally learned that if I wanted things to change, I needed to change. If I wanted things to be better, I needed to be better. It all had to start with me. And you know what? My relationship with my husband started to get better!

Thanks to Brandon and the Higher Laws team for giving me a broken arrow! The Answer to Everything has brought peace to my life. This is only the beginning!