Astrology of 2024 US total solar eclipse

What can the stars tell us about life on Earth?

Yasmin Boland is an award-winning astrologer and The Sunday Times best-selling Hay House author of the books Astrology Made Easy and Moonology, and the creator of Moonology oracle cards -- possibly the best-selling oracle deck in the world.

She appeared on Coast to Coast AM with Host Lisa Garr (theawareshow.com) to discuss this moonth's Moon-day's April 8th, 2024, solar eclipse and how to use the eclipse in manifestation (Law of Attraction, Law of Vibration, Law of Manifestation).

Boland explains the phenomenon of eclipses, pointing out that there are typically at least four eclipses every year, which occur in pairs and occasionally even in threes in a single season.

According to Boland, eclipses serve as significant moments of change. Moonday's eclipse is particularly notable as it will be visible across parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

There's a 13th sign people ignore: 

Boland emphasized the significance of this eclipse taking place in Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, signaling the start of a new cycle.

Eclipses in Aries mark the beginning of a new 19-year cycle and often prompt individuals to reflect on their goals and intentions for the future, she says.

Boland stresses the importance of releasing negativity before setting intentions during this potent time, likening the process to tuning a radio into a desired station to ensure clear transmission of desires or wishes to the universe.

On this show, Boland also shares her personal journey into astrology, recounting how a chance encounter with astrology books led her to pursue a career in the field.

Meditation is key

I'll get ahead of this eclipse and manifest.

She highlights the transformative power of meditation in shaping her path and describes her decision to embrace astrology despite initial doubts of it being woo-woo nonsense.

Boland reflects on the symbolism of the eclipse's dark phase, emphasizing its significance as a time for release and renewal.

She encourages listeners to let go of past burdens and set intentions for the future regardless of their reasonable disbelief in astrology [which many say is woo-woo nonsense], as it can lead to positive transformations in their lives. More + AUDIO (April 6, 2024)

• Yasmin Boland, Lisa Garr (coasttocoastam.com, 4/6/24); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Pfc. Sandoval, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Black spirituality at WoManifesting (video)

Guest Abiola Abrams (womanifesting.com), Host Lisa Garr (The Aware Show, 1/17/24); Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

We should manifest our best life -- rich, happy, and prospering for everyone around us!

My website is full of videos to watch, gifts, and things to do right now to start living!

The world is made for pleasure

Today Wisdom Quarterly's beloved and ever so slightly brain damaged friend Lisa Garr (host of Aware with Lisa Garr (theawareshow.com) on Pacifica Free Speech Radio at KPFK.org, co-host of Coast to Coast, host of Gaia's Inspirations with Lisa Garr) had on Abiola Abrams, African goddess priestess (womanifesting.com), sharing a Law of Attraction message of self-esteem building, empowerment, and manifestation of dreams. Is this the way to riches and fulfillment? Whether it is or isn't, it sure sells. I believe in myself. So I'll listen to the Goddess Temple Podcast to believe in Abiola. Why? Lisa said so.

• Sonia Barrett, spirituality on KPFK with "The Expansion Zone"
• Cary Harrison prevents truth decay with Rethinking Heroes: Life After the Military
• Buddhist Radio (Something's Happening honoring Roy of Hollywood), Thursdays at midnight and Sunday mornings at 8:00 am
• American Indian Airwaves
• CODEPINK Radio
• Alan Watts all on kpfk.org

It's starting to feel like Xmas (cartoon)

Crystal Q., CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; Simpsons; The Grinch Who Stole Christmas; Small Town Titans, "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch"; Mercyful Fate "No Presents for Xmas"

(Manda Flax) The Simpsons: Lisa's path to Buddhism, posted March 9, 2022, from The Simpsons' episode "My Way or the Highway to Heaven," Season 30, Episode 3.

• "My Way or the Highway to Heaven" (The Simpsons)

The Simpsons: "Lisa Becomes a Buddhist (clip) (Cartoon Guy), posted March 23, 2017: The Simpsons, "She of Little Faith," Season 13, Episode 6.

• "She of Little Faith" (The Simpsons)

LYRICS: "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

You really are a heel

You're as cuddly as a cactus

And as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch

You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel

Just face the music you're a monster, Mr. Grinch

Your heart's an empty hole

Your brain is full of spiders

You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch

I wouldn't touch you with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch

You've got termites in your smile

You have all the tender sweetness

of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch

Well given the choice between the two of you

I would take the seasick crocodile

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch

You're a nasty wasty skunk

Your heart is full of unwashed socks

And your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch

The three best words I would

Use to describe you are

as follows and I quote:

Stink! Stank! Stunk!

"Heat Miser Snow Miser" (1974)

Me 'n My Buddha: Our Search for Liberation

Simpsons; Harry Nilsson "Me and My Arrow"; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

The Simpsons: Lisa's path to Buddhism

Richard Gere, are you peeking?

(Manda Flax) The famous American TV show The Simpsons, which has run longer and more successfully than any other, except maybe Survivor, once had an episode called "My Way or the Highway to Heaven." It was Season 30, Episode 3, and here's a clip. Lisa was already a Buddhist from way back, even before Bart went Zen.

My Way or the Highway to Heaven (plot)

In heaven, God and St. Peter are visited by the Buddha, who encourages them to open heaven to other religions.

Back on earth, in Sunday School, Lisa tells her class that besides redemption and good works (wholesome karma), there is The Bodhisattva's Way of Enlightenment. She then shares a story she calls “The Princess not affiliated with Disney, unless we are now owned by Disney.”

In Lumbini, outside the Shakya Kingdom during the 6th century BCE, a spoiled princess Siddmartha (a female version of Buddhism's founder Siddhārtha) remained dissatisfied despite having it all. She sought a Middle Way between extreme austerities and decadence.

Carl, shouldn't we be chanting? - Yes, Lenny.

She ventured out of the palace disguised as a poor boy. In search of scholars she goes to Kathmandu U. but frustratingly finds the university a party school.

Being void of ideas, she opts instead to sit under a Bodhi Tree until she awakens enlightened.

Meanwhile, back in heaven, St. Peter notices that Lisa is a good person, a good Buddhist, and God agrees that “all the good souls are welcome.”

Lisa should do yoga, too. Right, Homer? - Huh, what, Marge?

Learn storytelling from radio star Lisa Garr

Host Lisa Garr, The Aware Show; Ananda (Dharma B Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

Lisa Garr co-hosts on Coast

Radio host Lisa Garr is offering a free call Monday, January 30th, at 3:00 pm Pacific Time, and she really hopes everyone can join in. It’s fulfilling to hear each other's stories and recognize that we are all on similar journeys but with flavors unique to each of us. Often the biggest blockages to living lives that are deeply nourishing are just muddied visions of ourselves and our stories. And she’s come up with a refreshing way to help us lift our gaze. Bring a cup of tea and join her this Monday at 3:00 pm by clicking the link here to save a spot. She looks forward to connecting with everyone then.

In love & gratitude,

Lisa

The Aware Show (KPFK.org)

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Register first. Then save this information for the call on January 30th:

• When: Monday, January 30th at 3:00 pm PST
• Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89637671303
• Meeting ID: 896 3767 1303
• Passcode: Community

Best of The Aware Show (podcast)

Marci Shimoff: Your Year of Miracles 2023 – Part 1 (January 25, 2023 • 31 mins) Do you believe that miracles can happen to you? Or are they just found in fairytales? Today’s guest, New York Times best-selling author of Happy for No Reason Marci Shimoff says anyone can set up the conditions for miracles to occur. She’s a well-known happiness expert who has been featured in The Secret and has built a community of more than 500,000 people from 88 countries around the world who have participated in her “Your Year of Miracles” program over the last 10 years. Dr Sue Morter and Lisa Garr are also co-hosts of the program. How is it that so many people worldwide participate? According to Marci, happiness is a universal language! But she wasn’t always the happy person she is today. In fact, Marci says she “was born depressed.” Although she had a wonderful upbringing, she always felt like she had a dark cloud around her. Marci experienced continuous existential angst which may have been caused by past lives or ancestorial linage. This led her to seek out people who were truly happy and she learned how to raise her Happiness Setpoint. She has developed a formula so we can all have a bit more happiness in our lives and she shares tips which can be used daily. Learn how 2023 can be a “restart” so that you can truly be the creator of your own reality! For more information about her program and to receive a free eBook, please visit theawareshow.com/miracles.

Buddhist prayer to heal emotional pain (video)

Author Gregg Braden (greggbraden.com); Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Gregg Braden is a great researcher. Long ago, he came on The Aware Show with host Lisa Garr to talk about his breakthrough Judeo-Christian discovery he made while going around the world in search of something -- a lost form of prayer he dubbed "the Isaiah Effect."

It is thanking and feeling grateful in the body for a thing as if it is already manifested and present. This brings it into being (by what we now call the Law of Attraction or The Secret because of the maxim, "Nature abhors a vacuum").

• BOOK: The Wisdom Codes: Ancient Words

C2C Host Lisa Garr

He didn't stop there. Like Dr. Bruce Lipton, Braden has made breakthrough after breakthrough with every adventure and book.

In his newest audiobook, he reveals another great discovery: a Buddhist prayer to heal emotional pain.

The Wisdom Codes is an audiobook that covers the power of one such "wisdom code" that in voicing the deep truth of our loss, we are acknowledging our inner pain. And it's precisely this acknowledgement that frees us from being stuck in our emotions while we awaken our healing. More

Codes: Ancient Words to Rewire Our Brains and Heal Our Hearts

Buddha in a [time traveling?] bell, Borobudur Pyramid Buddhist Temple, Java, Indonesia

Radical Resilience exclusive online course | Event Listings | Gregg Braden

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Hidden Codes of Ancient Wisdom and the Sacred Prayer for Protection

(Gregg Braden Official) The Wisdom Codes delves into the world's timeless texts, gathering the powerful words we've always turned to in times of need. When life brings danger, doubt, hurt, or loss to our doorstep, these words provide reassurance, protection, and healing. In this video, Gregg Braden offers a brief introduction to the prayer for personal protection.

DISCLAIMER: Please do not practice Wisdom Codes while driving or operating machinery, which may lead to accidents. The audio in this video is brought by HayHouse & Wisdom Traditions. Follow this link (greggbraden.com/product...) to learn more 😊

Free life-changing weekend event: Unsinkable

Unsinkable.com via Lisa Garr (Aware Show); Amber Larson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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Hi, I'm Lisa Garr!

Lisa Garr says she just heard about something unbelievably special happening THIS Saturday. She highly recommends you attend. (And it won’t cost you a cent!)

Many of the top "Bounce Back” experts, teachers, and motivational speakers from the blockbuster hit movie Unsinkable: The Secret to Bouncing Back are coming together in a powerful FREE all-day “Unsinkable” global online conference.

The focus will be on one thing – YOU and how YOU can live YOUR greatest life in 2020! Go here to reserve your spot now.

This brand new exclusive event is hosted by Garr's good friend Sonia Ricotti. She is a #1 bestselling author, one of the top "Bounce Back” (resiliency) experts in the world, and the executive producer of the Unsinkable movie.

Resilient: How to quickly bounce back

Thanks, Lisa. This sounds like "The Secret" all over again. So I can be a millionaire, too?

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This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity where you can learn from Bob Proctor, Lisa Nichols, John Assaraf, Les Brown, Rhonda Britten, Shellyann Siddoo, and Marci Shimoff!

With a front row seat to this all-day event, here’s a sneak peek at some of the life-changing sessions you’ll experience:

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  Famous motivational salespeople

  Sonia Ricotti: 3 Steps to Bouncing Back BIG and Living Your Greatest Life!
• Bob Proctor: Shift Your Paradigm, Shift Your Destiny
• Lisa Nichols: Winners Never Quit: Rising Above the Impossible
• John Assaraf: How to Reprogram Your Brain for Success in 2020
• Marci Shimoff: The Secret to being Happy (Even When Life Isn’t Perfect)
• Rhonda Britten: Forgiving the Unforgivable
• Les Brown: Mind Over Health: The Magic of Believing
• Sonia Ricotti: 6 Steps to Manifesting Money in 2020
• …and LOTS more!

This is one of those “must attend” events, so make sure you reserve your spot and block off your calendar to be there. Go here to reserve a spot now.

P.S. Because of the long length of this event, it will most likely not be recorded. Do everything you can to attend the entire event. It’s going to be incredible! This is one you really don’t want to miss!

Lisa Simpson Buddhist for X-mas (Dec. 26)

The Simpsons; Ananda (Dharma Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Ellie Askew (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

(MonkeySaki) Lisa Simpson opens her third eye (ajna chakra) in meditation.

The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest:
Selected Texts from the Pali Canon and the Commentaries compiled and translated by Ven. Nyanaponika Thera

Unshakable deliverance of mind -- nirvana -- is the highest goal in the Buddha's Teaching. Here, deliverance means the freeing of the mind from all limitations, fetters, and bonds that tie it to the Wheel of Suffering and the Cycle of Rebirth.

It means the cleansing of the mind of all defilements that mar its purity, the removing of all obstacles that bar its progress from mundane (lokiya) to supramundane consciousness (lokuttara-citta), that is, to full enlightenment or awakening.

Many are the obstacles that block the road to spiritual progress. But there are FIVE in particular that, under the name of the Five Hindrances (nivarana), are often mentioned in the Buddhist texts:

1. Sensual desire (kamacchanda)
2. Ill-will (byapada)
3. Sleepiness and laziness (thina-middha)
4. Restlessness and remorse (uddhacca-kukkucca)
5. Skeptical doubt (vicikiccha).

Lenny, Carl, that's not the Buddha. That's Putai.

They are called "hindrances" because they hinder and envelop the mind (and heart) in many ways, obstructing its development (bhavana). According to Buddhism, spiritual development is twofold.

Kagyu Samye Ling (dunehypnotherapy.co.uk)

It comes about through tranquillity (samatha-bhavana) and through insight (vipassana-bhavana). Tranquillity is gained by complete serene-concentration of the mind during the meditative absorptions (jhanas).

For achieving these absorptions, the overcoming of the Five Hindrances, at least temporarily, is a preliminary condition. It is especially in the context of achieving the absorptions that the Buddha often mentions the Five Hindrances in sutras or discourses. More

Lisa Simpson: Buddhist for X-mas

Whaddya looking at? - You. - Look within.

One X-mas Lisa Simpson got sick of Christian consumerism and corruption during the holidays. In Episode 6, Season 13, she wants to know the meaning of life. She wants enlightenment. She wants freedom. She finds it in Buddhism at the Springfield Buddhist Temple with Richard Gere and the 14th Dalai Lama, Lenny and Carl, and her conscience. FREE RSVP:

• Why Lisa Simpson became a Buddhist for X-mas
• Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, 7:00-8:30 PM
• Dharma Buddhist Meditation
• The Ahiah Center for Spiritual Living
• 150 N. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, CA 91103

Have a very Buddhist Christmas! (cartoons)

The Simpsons; Wilson Hurley (VOA News); Ajahn Brahm (Buddhist Society of Western Australia); Family Guy; Rebeca Castella; Amber Larson, Crsytal Quintero, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The historical Buddha, Sid Gautama, is different than the Fat Happy Budai, a Chinese monk and bodhisattva who was fat, jolly, and carried a sack of candy to give out to children.

Christmas -- the Buddhist Way

It has long been true that Xmas is not just for Christians any more. Many people of many different religious persuasions or of no persuasion at all celebrate the day and the Yule season. Suli Yi of VOA's Mandarin Service has this story about the meaning of Xmas for followers of Buddhism in the Washington area. It is narrated by Brian Allen.
 

Merry Buddhamas! with Ajahn Brahm

Responding to an online request, British Ajahn Brahm talks about celebrating "Buddhamas" on the 25th of December. He and the other Western monks in Thailand once asked the famous Ajahn Chah about Christmas. "Christmas, what's that?" he answered. They explained, and he liked it, and thereafter they all celebrated "Buddhamas." Ajahn Brahm discusses that the whole idea of spirituality is not to divide the world but to unite it. More: "Peace at Christmas Time" (Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Dec. 2015).

Humor the "Family Guy" way

USA sent US Treasury Sec'y Steve Mnuchin his gift on time: a box full of manure

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Whether ya think ya can or can't, you're right

(Watch Mojo) Sick! These "jokes" cross the line! Family Guy has gone too far. It's all pretty bad, but these are worse. These are the Top 10 that go too far in assaulting our US sense of uptightness and Puritanism. There's an appearance by Jesus who becomes a super star, Herbert the Pervert, Brian eating Stewie's poop, and the all-American family makes us all look bad by airing our real dirty laundry. Now the whole world knows we're hypocrites and phonies.

 

What does Christmas mean to a Buddhist?

Follow Rebeca on her Latin American adventures and get tips on how to meditate at (RebecaCastella.com). What does Xmas mean to you, and how are you deciding to celebrate these holidays? Share in the comment section. Happy Winter Solstice and Merry Xmas!

(Ms Mojo) Top 10 best Lisa Simpson storylines on The Simpsons

VAXXED: How vaccines cause autism (audio)

Wisdom Quarterly; Lisa Garr, TheAwareShow.com (KPFK); JJU; vaxxedthemovie.com

Vaccine and Autism Truth Exposed

Dr. Andrew Wakefield MD, a highly acclaimed gastroenterologist who publicly disclosed the link between the MMR vaccine and autism in 1998, is the co-founder and director of the AutismMediaChannel.com. He publicly advocates for safe vaccines, which are possible, and campaigns for the rights of the skyrocketing number of families with vaccine-injured children ignored by the pharmaceutical companies making billions on selling unnecessary vaccinations for kids and others.
 
There has long been a suspicion that there is a causal link between certain vaccines and autism. Now there's proof that the CDC intentionally omitted crucial data in their final report on the relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism.

That proof -- revealed by a CDC whistleblower -- is finally being exposed. Film producer Del Bigtree and medical doctor and director Andrew Wakefield made the new documentary, "Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe." Lisa Garr gets the details from Dr. Wakefield and Del Bigtree in this eye-opening interview. More

(The Health Ranger) VAXXED: ABC News interview Big Pharma fears

Del Bigtree is the producer of the controversial documentary "Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe," directed by Dr. Wakefield. Bigtree was an Emmy Award-winning producer of the daytime talk show "The Doctors" for six years. Del has a background as a filmmaker and investigative medical journalist.

There has long been a suspicion that there is a link between vaccines and autism.  And now there's proof that the CDC intentionally omitted crucial data in their final report on the relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism. That proof is finally being exposed -- with little thanks to Robert DeNiro and Tribeca, who caved in under pressure to ban the film.

• VIDEO: Vaccine Injuries and Exemptions: the Right to Refuse (AutismOne Media) with Patti Finn

Mass vaccinations cause harm
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