WHAT ARE HIGHER LAWS?

Have you ever had the feeling like there is more going on in this life than what appears to be,  a sense that there really is a higher power in whatever context you believe that to be?  I’ve had this feeling all my life.  It is this feeling that took me on a  journey in search for answers to my big questions of why am I here and what am I supposed to be doing.  My search took me to the far away land of Indonesia, to spiritual books, churches and even to sweat lodges.  I found some evidence that I could not deny and some truth and yet I did not have a complete picture of what this life is really about.  That is until I learned one principle that made all the puzzle pieces fit together, that answered my big questions and pointed me in the direction of understanding the plan that the universe has for me and how I could work within that plan to create the life I longed for and live my purpose.  So what was that principle I learned that created this earth shattering collaboration with the universe? 

It's a Pendulum Thing

The principle that helped me to become a partner with the creator was learning and understanding the principle of Higher Laws.  What are Higher Laws you might be asking?  Sound kind of flaky?  Well it’s not.  Higher Laws are very real and tangible.  Simply put, higher Laws are principles that create results that work upon a paradox.They are a set of laws outlined by the Creator that when we align to a Higher Law, we get an alternate result.  It’s a pendulum thing.  When you take a long necklace with a pendulum on the bottom and swing it, you take an action on one side by drawing up the pendulum and then release it.  And what happens next?  It swings right?  The action that you take on the one hand creates an alternate response as the pendulum swings up the other side. It’s kind of counter intuitive. If you want the pendulum to go to the left shouldn’t you just be able to push the pendulum to the left?  You can but it’s not sustainable because the moment you let go, it’s going to swing to the right. To go in the direction we want to go, we need to take an action in what seems to be the completely opposite direction. That’s how the universe set up higher laws.  There is an opposite to all things.  To create the results we want we must do the action that is in alignment to the Higher Law that corresponds with the result we want.  

Have I confused you enough?  Let me give you an example. 

One example of how a principle works is that people who are constantly looking for love and taking their own temperature to know if they are happy will not be happy. People who are looking outside themselves and trying to serve others out of pure love are happy. It’s a pendulum thing, we cannot find happiness through an inward search for happiness. Finding happiness requires us to do the opposite by looking outward to serve those around us. As Mahatma Gaundi so eloquently put it, “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” 

Higher Laws are Steadfast

I have sometimes struggled with truly understanding what higher laws are and how they affect me. Stephen Covey explains that “the fundamental idea is that there are principles that govern human effectiveness - natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging and arguably ‘there’ as laws such as gravity are in the physical dimension.” 

Brandon Broadwater helped me to understand higher laws best when he relayed a story told by Frank Koch in the Proceedings, a Navel Institute magazine. 

"Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I was serving on the lead battleship and was on watch on the bridge as night fell. The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all activities. 

Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing of the bridge reported, “Light, bearing on the starboard bow."

“Is it steady or moving astern?” the captain called out.

Lookout replied, “steady, captain”, which meant we were on a dangerous collision course with that ship. 

The captain then called to the signalman “signal that ship: we are on a collision course, advise you change course 20 degrees."

Back came a signal “advisable for you to change course 20 degrees."

The captain said “send, I’m a captain, change course 20 degrees."

“I’m a seaman second class. You had better change course 20 degrees” came the reply.

By that time, the captain was furious. He spat out, “send, I’m a battleship. Change course 20 degrees."

Back came a flashing light, “I’m a lighthouse."

We changed course. 

What does that story teach us about higher laws? Higher laws are like lighthouses. They are unmoving principles like gravity. We cannot change them because they are not in style or convenient or even socially preferred. As Cecil B. DeMille said “It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.” Brandon Broadwater explains that “the reality of such principles or natural laws becomes obvious to anyone who thinks deeply and examines the cycles of social history. These principles surface time and time again, and the degree to which people in a society recognize and live in harmony with them moves them toward either survival and stability or disintegration and destruction.” So I guess the question we need to know is; in our own lives are we moving towards stability, peace and even prosperity, or towards destruction, even if that destruction is a slow disconnection with the people we love. 

Principles in Action

There was a time in my life when I desperately wanted financial results.  I recall one day doing the budget with my husband Andy. I kept looking from our bank account to our budget hoping that if I looked at it just one more time I would see something different.  Tears began to well up in my eyes as I took in what I saw.  Our bank account was not only reading a negative amount, it was reading a very negative amount. I looked over at Andy and he must of saw the look of despair, hopelessness and panic in my eyes as he wrapped his arms around me and said “it’s going to be okay Con, we’ll figure this out.”  I felt a small bit of relief in his words but had no idea how we would ever figure it out. 

Fast forward a couple days and we are on a coaching call with our mentor Brandon Broadwater.  He had asked for an update about how things were going and as he listened intently to my fears and anxiety about our financial situation, he asked “so you want to make more money each month?” “yes” I responded. A glimmer of hope entered my mind and I thought “okay finally Brandon will help us to get somewhere.” Then Brandon asked me a question that cut to my very core and helped me begin to understand Higher Law principles. He asked “so how is your relationship?”  “My relationship?” I gasped. “What does my relationship have anything to do with making more money?” Again Brandon asked with piercing truth “you want to make more money right?” “yes” I responded again now losing a little patience and grace. “Your relationship has absolutely everything to do with your financial situation.” 

In that moment as the truth of that statement sunk into my very core I realized that I had a lot to learn about how to get results in my life.  It is incredible how once Andy and I began to improve the connection in our relationship, other tangible things like money fell into place.  We started to work together more on financial planning, we were more supportive of each other’s ideas and solutions, we became a team.  I know that might not sound like much but for us it made all the difference.  We went from being in conflict over money to being a team that worked towards creating a better future, which included more financial security.  What was the result? We went from being $1200 in the hole every month to having enough money for our living expenses, savings and paying off debt.  We paid debt off faster than we ever had before and at the time paid off 80 percent of our $100,000 debt in a couple of years.  The best part was that we were happy together and that our capacity to love one another and work together no matter the circumstance increased.  We saw Higher Laws in action as we created a healthier relationship which resulted in healthier finances. 

Let’s Make Sure We’ve Got it

• Higher Laws are just as real as physical laws such as gravity
• higher Laws are principles that create results that work upon a paradox
• We cannot change Higher Laws, we can just break ourselves against the laws when we choose to not follow them
• Following Higher Laws creates the results and blessings we desire in this life

Digging Deep

Whether Higher Law principles are new for you are not, here are some ideas that will help you to dig deep in your own life and apply the principles to get the results you want even more of. You can choose to ask yourself these questions, or not but I promise you that those people who dig deep and apply what they are learning are the ones who will get results. 

1. If Higher Laws principles are new to you, how can you educate yourself about them? 
2. If you know about Higher Law principles, what is the next Higher Law you need to align to & what is one step you can take towards aligning within the next 24 hours?

I’m humbled and grateful to be on this journey with you. I know that as you apply the Higher Law principles that you learn, you will experience more results in your life. They may not come in your timeline, but they will come. It is a pendulum thing and a predictable law like gravity is; if we align to our Creator’s laws, we will get the attached result or blessing to that law. After all, we cannot build the spiritual muscles of the soul by sitting on the couch of mediocrity. I promise that learning about Higher Law principle is one of the most important things we can do in this life. It is when we understand Higher Laws that we strengthen our spiritual muscles and can create the life we desire.  There are a few places that you can learn about Higher Laws. You will find pieces of truth in many places, however one of the place I have found the most truth is through the Higher Laws company by attending the Master Your Power Within event. What an adventure life becomes when our spiritual eyes are opened and we can see things as they really are.  

Much love,

Connie 

THOUGHTS ON BRANDON BROADWATER - HIGHER LAWS SEMINAR

My thoughts on the "Master Your Power Within" seminar

Brandon Broadwater and Higher Laws

Have you ever had an unexpected person show up in your life that taught you exactly what you needed to learn in the very moment that you needed it? Brandon Broadwater is that person for me. I will never forget the first time I met him. A friend of mine invited me to the Master Your Power Within Event. As she enthusiastically raved about the speaker and how her life had completely changed because she went to the event I could tell that she was edging towards inviting me to attend.

I was reluctant to go to yet another event, especially after I had been burned so many times before by other speakers making grand promises of happiness, freedom and prosperity ending with only disappointment and a jaded view of undelivered promises.

I wondered how Brandon Broadwater could possibly be any different than what I had experienced before. I agreed to go to the Higher Laws event not knowing that my life was about to make a shift larger than anything I thought was possible and in a direction that would take me on a journey of adventure, hope and peace that would transform me forever.

The day of the Master Your Power Within Event arrived and as I looked up at the man on the stage, I thought "what's this guy going to teach me about life?" Then I saw something that I hadn’t seen before in all the past trainings I had gone to, I was shocked by the genuine look in his eyes and I started to ask myself “is it possible that this guy could be different?” As he began to speak, I felt the gentle arrows of truth pierce my soul. I could see that he cared about the people in that room and a seed of hope started to grow within me that maybe he would be able to help us create real change. Slowly my heart began to soften as if each truth he shared washed away one protective layer surrounding my heart at a time. This could not have been easy, as I had spent the better part of the last two decades allowing layers to accumulate in an attempt to protect what I so desperately wanted healed. He created opportunities for us to discuss my lessons with other participants and this allowed me to really process the principles he was teaching and get a clear picture of what I wanted different in my own life.

Brandon Broadwater teaching at Master Your Power Within event - Higher Laws seminar

As my heart softened, I began to inch forward on my chair engaged the stories Brandon Broadwater told of his journey of going from a struggling student to becoming a millionaire by the time he was 29, and stories of lessons his wife Lesly taught him about creating loving and lasting relationships.

As Brandon Broadwater spoke something incredible happened, I began to understand why my life had gone in directions that I didn’t want it to go in the past and exactly what I could do to get it back in the direction I wanted it to go in. For the first time in as long as I could remember I felt excited about the future and hopeful about what was in store for my family as I continued on this path to discovery. So I listened and had my life change faster than I could have imagined.

 

My Life Before Master Your Power Within

There was a time when my life seemed perfect.  I was married to the most amazing man I had ever met, we were completely in love with each other. We got married and I thought that the connection and love we felt for one other would just keep getting better. 

Then as the years passed and after the birth of our first child, I noticed something shifting.

It was unnoticeable at first, just a few more hours watching television each night, a few date nights missed. Eventually it seemed as though the color we once had in our relationship was slowly draining out and we did not know where the paints were to add more. My husband who I had once looked at as the epitome of what I wanted in a man started to lose his luster as my endless pleas for help and support fell short. I was emotionally and physically disconnected from the one person I needed the most and the more he desperately tried to connect with me through physical touch, the more I withdrew from him.  I was resentful, disappointed and hurt and my husband Andy felt like he was failing me, frustrated and rejected. 

On top of the frustration that was building within our marriage, I was caught off guard with the realization that our first daughter, who I so desperately wanted had a mind of her own that didn’t jive sometimes with what I wanted her to do.  The "What the Expect When You’re Expecting" book had not prepared me for hours of crying, wakefulness and isolation that occurred as I desperately tried to survive my new parenting role. I remember many nights sitting in the dark bouncing my screaming child on the edge of bed with tears streaming down my face and looking over at my sleeping husband with resentment and bitterness growing in my heart.

The home and lifestyle that we wanted and saw our friends enjoying became more difficult to afford and so we compensated with magical credit that we did not have a plan to pay off.  The stress of our financial situation carried with it such a weight that I would cry every time I worked on our budget as I struggled to find a way to dig our way out of the financial hole we were in. At one point I recall feeling a sense of utter anxiety as I was faced with the realization that we were nearly $100,000 in debt and we were going deeper in debt by $1200 every month. I saw no way out. 

I remember at one point sitting on the couch with my husband Andy watching television, I looked over at him and paused the show.  Then I said something to him that I will never forget and that made us both become aware of the depth of the situation we were in and the need for us to do something different.  I turned to him and I said “Is this all there is?” There was a stunned and hurt look in his eyes as he began to comprehend my dissatisfaction with our life and our need to change things. 

At that moment we knew things needed to be different but we had no idea how to recover from our dissatisfied marriage, regain financial control, and find joy and peace in our lives again.

Then I met someone who would change the course of our lives forever and give us the answers we longed for about how to create abundance in all areas of life; financially, in our relationship, in our parenting roles and in our ability to have purpose and happiness in this life. 

I am so grateful for the struggles we went through because it began a process of lasting change.  The pain of our situation allowed us to have the desire we needed to find tools and support to create life we want and gave us the hope and trust we needed to attain it. The help came in the form of an unexpected teacher. Once we began being students again and learning how to create a life of connection, abundance, and hope, our lives shifted beyond what I believed was possible.  The joy I felt I had lost returned with a greater measure than before.

So what has changed since meeting Brandon Broadwater?  Everything! 

Changes in Me

The biggest change that has happened is within me. I used to feel like I was on an emotional roller coaster, being pulled around by the circumstances and feelings of the day. I didn’t understand how to have my priorities in order and how to turn things around when I was in a rut in my life. As Jim Rohn once said “for things to change, I must change. For things to be better, I must be better.” So that is exactly where I started to create lasting change in my life. I began working on changing myself, and doing that one thing created momentum that allowed everything else to fall into place. As I learned how to manage my priorities, I became empowered because I realized that although I could not control all the things that happen to me, I can control my response to them. At the Master Your Power Within event I learned about the 4 primary laws of success, which helped me to finally understand why my life was not going the way I wanted it to and I learned the specific steps to take to create the life I want. A life centered around giving and feeling loved, helping those around me and being connected to my creator. I can honestly say that because of the principles I learned at the Master Your Power Within event, everything shifted for me. I fell in love with my husband again, I found the joy in being a mom that I so desperately desired, our financial situation completely turned around and I felt the true happiness I longed for.

Changes in My Marriage

Now my relationship with my husband Andy is better than the day we got married.  He knows what to do to be my hero and I know what to do to hit his heart and make him feel loved.  Our relationship has completely turned around in all areas...emotionally, spiritually and yes...even physically!  One of the moments that made me realize just how much life had changed was one day in a coffee shop when I received an unexpected email.  I was waiting for some girlfriends for lunch and opened my e-mail to keep myself occupied in the busy cafe.  I saw an email from Andy and when I clicked on the button to open the e-mail I was overcome by the thoughtful and vulnerable message that was waiting for me.  You see, Andy hates writing poetry but he loves me and he knows how much I love receiving a poem written for me.  So despite his dislike in writing poetry, he had painstakingly written me a love poem.  As I began reading his words, a feeling of being loved so deeply welled up inside of me and I started to tear up.  In that moment my girlfriends arrived and saw me sitting alone at the table with tears welling in my eyes. They asked me what was wrong and when I said "it's Andy", they wrongly assumed the worst because that's the common story is this world. When I explained that Andy had sent me a love poem, an audible awe drifted across our table and as they read the poem they began to tear up too.  In that moment Andy had shown me that he cared more about hitting my heart than he did for his own comfort and since that day he has done so many incredibly loving gestures that have brought us closer together.  As my husband Andy has won my heart over, I have been entirely motivated to show him how much I love him and let him know that he has become the man of my dreams. 

Changes in Parenting

After learning some principles about state management at the Master Your Power Within event, I went from being the angry, stressed out mom to becoming more of the mom I wanted to be with more patience and love for her than I knew possible. I remember one time feeling particularly mad at the massive atomic meltdown that Zoe was having in our kitchen. I could feel the frustration well up inside me to the point where my face was getting hot. In the past I would have broke down in frustration and yelled at Zoe even though that’s not how I wanted to handle things. Since learning the 5 keys to having an amazing state at the worst of times, I knew there was a different way I could go. A way that would leave me feeling more empowered as a parent and Zoe feeling more loved. So I stopped in the chaos of Zoe screaming and started doing jumping jacks in our kitchen. Zoe looked up with me shocked by what she was seeing and in a moment of disbelief her tantrum stopped and her mouth hung open. The next things she did was started doing jumping jacks with me! Now we were both in the kitchen doing jumping jacks together and laughing! From that one decision, the destiny of our entire day changed. 

Now years later I have two more little ones and although logically I should be more stressed out, I’m not. I feel much more relaxed and have more fun with my kids in small daily moments of joy throughout the day. I’m not perfect but when I make a mistake, I get back up fast and do the next right thing. I have pure moments built into my day now that bring me so much happiness. Zoe and I have a ritual that we sit on our two seater swing in our back yard for her night time snuggle time. We grab a cozy blanket and cuddle together under the stars while I tell her what I love about her and ask about her favorite part of the day. Zoe often tells me her favorite part is “right now”. Sitting under the stars cuddled in a blanket talking about her day allows us to end the day on a high and have a small daily routine that brings us closer together.  

Changes Financially

Our finances have totally turned around too! Before attending the Master Your Power Within event, we were in the hole $1200 a month and in debt close to $100,000.  After applying the principles that Brandon Broadwater taught us we have paid off more debt than we ever have before (around $90,000) and in a place where we can save 10 percent of our income & give away over 10 percent of our income.  We were able to move out of survival mode to create the life of our dreams with traveling to places like Hawaii and Disneyland and moving to a beautiful warm place with palm trees.

Using the principles of the 4 keys of business I was able to replace our employment income so I could live my dream of staying home to raise our kids. Andy was able to replace his income from his job too and now he is able to be home with us so he no longer misses out on midday milestones like seeing our little baby Arya walk for the first time!  

Changes in Health

We were always relatively active people but never had a beat on eating healthy food consistently. Our vision of healthy eating was a salad with our burgers. Andy was told by his doctor that he would need to lose a great deal of weight and that his hereditary cholesterol problem would require him to go on medication. His doctor was not optimistic that dietary changes would stop him from needing to go on medication. He thought he would try anyway. Then we learned about the HealthFix program at a Higher Laws event and everything shifted for us. Since participating in the 30 day Healthfix program, Andy has lost over 25 pounds, reversed his cholesterol condition so that he does not need to take medication and is looking pretty smoking hot to this happy wife. I have lost over 5 pounds and can finally fit into my pre pregnancy jeans and have more energy than I ever have before. Our family now knows how to have family bright futures around healthy food and our kids get pretty excited about vegan milkshakes and green smoothies.  

Changes in My Spirituality

The principles I learned from Higher Laws helped me go from a place of having a distant, blaming relationship with God to a place where I know and feel connected and loved by the Creator.  I finally know my purpose in this life and am living that purpose. I feel more happiness and peace than I ever have before.

I know that Higher Laws principles change lives so if you would like more happiness, more financial freedom, more love and connection, more purpose in your life, I encourage you to attend a free Path to Prosperity Workshop in your area. Path to Prosperity workshops are 2 hour free workshops that cover some important Higher Laws principles. You also get a free catered meal when you attend the workshop! To find out more information or register for the next Path to Prosperity workshop in your area, call 702-577-1675.

I cannot say how grateful I am for Higher Laws and the difference it has made in my life.  Since my first event five years ago I have had the opportunity to get to know Brandon Broadwater and his family personally and I am constantly in awe of how much love they have for each other and the people they serve.  It truly is an honor to know Brandon and to have learned the lessons Higher Laws taught me so that I could create the life I have always dreamed of.  So thank you, Brandon Broadwater, for helping me to create a life of adventure, passion, connection and love.  

Much love,
Connie