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Transcending the Political Blame Game

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politicalblamegameThe post-election political blame game occurring right now has reached almost Olympian proportion. I haven’t seen this much blame bashing and finger-pointing in all my 25+ years as a therapist.

What blame game, you might ask? Unless you have been living in a sterile bubble on Mars, this contentious race is still not over. There are those still hoping that someone will wave a magic wand, undo the election results, and their deepest wish for the first woman president will be granted.

We don’t always get what we want, so after Hillary Clinton lost the Electoral College count, the accusations began erupting fast and furious. It is sad to say, but what we are now witnessing is a nation of chronic blamers.

Hillary blames FBI Director James Comey for her loss; Bernie supporters blame the DNC for sabotaging his campaign (when polls showed he would have beat Trump); the pollsters blame those lying “unknown” Trump supporters for skewing polling results; Clinton supporters blame the press for painting an unrealistic “rosy” picture of Hillary’s chances of winning, and the blame list goes on and on.

At least Vladimir Putin is getting a break from always being blamed. This time around the U.S. disallowed Russian diplomats from observing the election process (fearing they would somehow influence it). Both sides have provided this service to each other for years in order to avoid voter fraud. If they hadn’t prevented observers this year, I’m sure they would be blaming Putin right now as well.

From a therapeutic standing, any good mental health professional will tell you that one can’t begin to transcend anger and heal until one first does some painful soul-searching and accepts responsibility for life choices. This whole election process is no different. First comes a little compassion and understanding…

In a recent viral post, Bernie Sanders acknowledged that Trump’s narrow victory (by about 300,000 votes) was a result of the anger of the American people. Anger towards the establishment, of which people view Hillary Clinton as a part of, as well as low wages, lack of decent jobs, and unfair tax advantages the rich enjoy.

The nation’s great divide was spotlighted in a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, asking voters to compare their lives with those of people like them 50 years ago. When Trump supporters were asked that question, 4 in 5 said life in the U.S. today is worse for people like them. A nearly equal number of voters backing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said life today is just as good or better.

This is extremely eye-opening. We are clearly a nation out of touch with our fellow-man—calling them idiots, racists, and a wholeblamegame torrent of “deplorable” labels. The question is WHY? They’re hurting and we dismiss them as somehow inferior to us. We all have some prejudices, so to point the finger at someone else is spiritual arrogance. There are a lot of people I don’t see eye to eye with, but name-calling is not the answer. Both sides are now equally guilty of hate speech.

There is finger-pointing going on with the Republican side as well. President-elect Trump blames “professional protestors” for trying to incite a civil war. Unfortunately, he may be right on that point. It is no secret that some of the anti-Trump protests in the US have been organized by groups that were sponsored by Clinton sympathizer and billionaire George Soros.

According to USA Today, last Wednesday saw protests in the streets of at least 10 major U.S. cities. Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., St. Paul, Minn., Seattle, and several other cities. A long caravan of chartered coach buses was caught bringing protestors into Chicago—many who had responded to Soros-sponsored multi-city Craigslist ads offering them as much as $1500 a week to cause unrest.

stoptrumpadBack in August, hackers from a group called DC Leaks got into the private documents of The Open Society, an organization founded by George Soros. DC Leaks referred to Soros as “the architect and sponsor of almost every revolution and coup around the world for the last 25 years”.

While protesting might seem like fun and games to unemployed, directionless individuals, some of these people are now responsible for causing millions of dollars in property damage as well as personal injury.

People are pushing back. This week Soros was sued for over $500 million by the family of a Dallas policeman who was killed by a Soros-sponsored protestor. Peaceful protest is one thing. It’s our constitutional right to have our voice heard, but attempting to stir up violence and potential civil unrest to manipulate the masses for some elite political agenda clearly falls in the category of domestic terrorism.

It’s time to awaken from our shock and denial. A display of retaliatory anger and violence is not the answer. The hangover is lifting and we must accept that we are all Americans together. So when I talk about taking responsibility for one’s choices, the first would be the responsibility to see information from all sides.

I discovered early in the election process that CNN and other mainstream media were not reporting all the news we Americans needed to hear. I couldn’t understand why the networks had all colluded to ignore the damning information coming out of WikiLeaks using the lame excuse that the Russians were responsible for the hack, which somehow justified totally ignoring the content. I wanted to know what was not being revealed so I started including Fox TV News in my information gathering process.

I must admit I have never been a Fox News watcher and was shocked I would even consider it, but I did. To my amazement, I learned Fox was extensively reporting on the content of the WikiLeaks emails, just as was the online “alternative media”. Even though I am not a Trump supporter, I began to understand the Trump phenomenon. It soon became evident (at least to me) this was becoming a bigger movement than I thought.

Throughout the election process I was amazed that so many people I talked to didn’t have a clue about what was really going on in the Heartland of America or what was coming out of those multiple source email leaks. They, like so many others, were all mainstream media watchers.

Michael Moore, filmmaker of the documentary “TrumpLand”, saw the writing on the wall early on. He lives in the Heartland of America, not in the bubble of California Democratic Land, as I do. He knew Trump could win.

The only thing during this election that California got right was from the USC/LA Times poll which clearly showed Trump consistently ahead. The other national polls always showed Clinton with a rosy digit lead.

Were these other pollsters over-sampling Democrats, as some believe, or did they want us to believe their unrealistic numbers? These are questions we should all be asking ourselves. CNN and the other mainstream media stations quickly dismissed the USC/LATimes Poll as being “too experimental” even though this polling method, using a proprietary algorithm, showed the most accurate numbers during the Obama election as well. Now experts are calling this once “too experimental” poll as the new gold standard in polling. Unfortunately, it comes too late for much of the nation who was told to dismiss it.

A friend of mine, who is an intellectual news junkie, warned me before the election that anything outside of the mainstream papers was an “unreliable” news source which I shouldn’t pay any attention to. I didn’t listen, of course, and kept my thoughts to myself. I was on an open information quest.

After the election, this same friend revealed that he now felt betrayed by the same media he had always trusted and would never make that mistake again. He admits perhaps deep down he desperately wanted to believe what he was being told, which he now recognizes as a propaganda machine that mesmerized so many with false data.

Days after the election, the publisher of The New York Times penned a letter to readers promising that the paper would “reflect” on its coverage of this year’s election while re-dedicating itself to reporting on “America and the world” more honestly.

The publisher’s letter was released after the paper’s public editor, Liz Spayd, took the paper to task for its election coverage. She pointed out how its polling feature Upshot gave Hillary Clinton an 84 percent chance as voters went to the polls. She compared stories that the paper ran about President-elect Donald Trump and Clinton, where the paper made Clinton look functional and organized and the Trump discombobulated.

Spayd wrote, “Readers are sending letters of complaint at a rapid rate. Here’s one that summed up the feelings succinctly, from Kathleen Casey of Houston: “Now, that the world has been upended and you are all, to a person, in a state of surprise and shock, you may want to consider whether you should change your focus from telling the reader what and how to think, and instead devote yourselves to finding out what the reader (and nonreaders) actually think.”

Spayd cited another reader who asked the paper to focus on the electorate instead of “pushing the limited agenda of your editors.” It said: “Please come down from your New York City skyscraper and join the rest of us.”

Yes, much of the middle class is hurting and hoping that Trump will “drain the swamp” of political corruption in Washington. While some people’s intent may be seen by some as naive, or misplaced, none of this matters in the bigger picture. We are all more than the sum of this election. We are actually on the cusp of a real spiritual and political revolution.

Whether Trump will be the leader some people hope he will become, we will just have to wait and see. Like him or not, it’s time to give him a chance to prove himself. For most people, Trump represents fear of the unknown. Fear is not only the great destroyer, but the tool that has been used to manipulate the masses for centuries. Yes, Trump is certainly a wild card and, while not perfect (nor was Hillary), wouldn’t it floor us all if he actually managed to do some good?

I’m choosing to focus on him actually accomplishing positive change. If we are indeed all co-creators of our reality, then it is up to each one of us to choose cooperation over discord. I suspect this is really an evolutionary test for mankind. While it’s clear some of us are really struggling with the fear this election has stirred up, I trust we will work it out together in time. It’s really not the end of the world as some people might tell themselves.

So let’s take responsibility today for our thinking process as well as our behavior. Focus on the positive; let go of blame. Ultimately, we all want what is best for this country and we can make it happen.

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Dr. Kathy Forti is a clinical psychologist, inventor of the Trinfinity8 technology, and author of the book, Fractals of God: A Psychologist’s Near-Death Experience and Journeys Into the Mystical

Vote Your Consciousness vs. The Lesser of Two Evils

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end-evil-step-out-of-line-vote-third-partyThe 2016 U.S. Presidential Election is not just about voting your conscience, but more importantly about “VOTING YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.” What does this mean when the two main candidates are both controversial, equally disliked, and voters find themselves in the uncomfortable position of voting for the lesser of two evils?

Any way you look at it, voting the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. When one consciously votes for someone they know or feel to be at odds with their core values, then energetically that person is welcoming that evil into their world. Consequently, they are agreeing to all the ramifications that invite entails. This is how the energetic world works, whether it be for good or evil. It means you can expect that evil to personally touch your life in some shape, manner or form—afterall, you agreed to it. So think long and hard about who you decide to vote for during this presidential election.

I’m not suggesting abstention from voting, but rather to Vote Your Consciousness. If your consciousness resonates with Trump’s ideals and beliefs, then you should vote for him. If you trust Hillary to put the needs of the people and this nation above all else, both corporate and political, then you should vote for her.

A vote for Hillary is a difficult one for many who still remember such past scandals as Whitewater, Troopergate, Filegate, and Bill’s Monicagate during the former Clinton administration. Scandals and investigations seem to follow the Clintons wherever they go and scandal doesn’t seem to be going away for them even today. It can’t all be due to a “vast right-wing conspiracy,” as Hillary claims. Do we really want a leader under investigation for perpetual allegations of improprieties, because you can bet there will be more coming down the pike.

A recent Associated Press (AP) poll shows half of Clinton’s own supporters consider her slightly or not at all honest, and more than a third say she’s slightly or not at all likable. Forty-seven percent of Trump’s supporters consider him slightly or not at all civil, 39 percent say he’s slightly or not at all likable and 31 percent say he’s slightly or not at all qualified. Of those backing him, 14 percent consider him at least somewhat racist.

It’s time for honesty. If you have any doubts at all about the integrity or true leadership ability of either Trump or Hillary, then heed your consciousness. On a national scale, both candidates show a 67% untrustworthy rating—the highest in election history. These are dismal ratings for candidates seeking the highest office in the land.  Is this what we really want for America?

Let us not forget that there are other choices out there besides Hillary and Trump. It’s now or never to step out of line and start exploring our third-party options. Consider voting Progressive, Green Party, or Libertarian instead. They might better reflect your true consciousness. It’s senseless political propaganda that tells you your vote only counts if you vote either Democratic or Republican.

“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil.” – President John Adams

Support for Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein went up over a whopping 1000% when Bernie Sanders endorsed Clinton. Stein’s message is simple: “Forget the lesser evil, fight for the greater good.” (Sorry Bernie, but not all your supporters are sheeple ready to embrace Hillary just because you tell them to. Perhaps you, too, should consider a #Hillaryotomy like some of your supporters.)

Finally mainstream media is beginning to take note and address the matter of voter choice dissatisfaction, as evidenced in this Chicago Tribune political piece on Dr. Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. In any other election year these two would be forgotten candidates, but in this election year their numbers are increasing.

If you’re a diehard Bernie supporter and can’t see voting for anyone but Sanders for President, then you should write in his name on the ballot if this means Voting Your Consciousness. We’ve all heard the argument that voting for someone who “can’t possibly win” is throwing away your vote. Wrong. That’s just more political propaganda. No one ever thought Sanders or Trump would ever come as far as they did, so pay no heed to what others want you to believe. They don’t have all the answers either. Our collective consciousness is changing world events and beliefs minute by minute. This is anyone’s game. At least, it’s spiritually better to know you did not compromise your ideals.

Democrats are telling us that we have to vote for Hillary, even if we don’t like her, because otherwise Trump will win and it will be the end of the civilized world as we know it. Voting for someone you don’t trust, just because you are scared of the alternative means a vote based on fear. Fear is the great destroyer. Don’t let fear manipulate you and/or compromise your true beliefs. No one should ever have to base their vote on FEAR. This would be the ultimate wasted vote.

The argument that “every vote counts” no longer holds true either. We know elections areIMG_3703 rigged or stolen all the time in every country of the world. In 2012, Karl Rove, Bush’s former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor, then working as a Republican party strategist, had an on-air meltdown on Fox News on election night when they called Ohio for Obama and not Romney. “It’s wrong,” he declared adamantly. How could he know? The story goes that he was in on the fix in the voting software, and it was discovered and corrected at the last-minute without his knowledge. (FULL STORY)

Yet, how do we know it wasn’t then skewed in Obama’s favor by those who found the rigging? We will never know. Shenanigans and dirty tricks happen on both sides. During this year’s Democratic primary season, there were many voting irregularities in several states leading to class action lawsuits. In my home State of California, Sander’s supporters filed a fraud lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Deborah Schultz Wasserman for blatant voter suppression and bias towards Hillary. Legal experts are calling such practices worse than the crimes of Watergate.

I, and thousands of others Californians who were either registered as independents or independents who had recently re-registered as democrats to vote in the primary, were told when we got to our voting precinct that we had already voted by mail ballot and had to vote a provisional ballot instead. None of us had ever signed up for vote-by-mail. The DNC had automatically classified many cross-over voters in this category without consent. They knew these people would be Bernie voters. As a result, over 60,000 provisional ballots by independents in favor of Sanders were not counted in Los Angeles County alone. Many across California reported similar voter suppression tactics.

The DNC clearly stole the vote from Bernie Sanders. His supporters have every right to be good and mad. Their vote was silenced. Thousands of newly registered young voters complain they are completely disillusioned with the entire process. Unchecked dishonesty only invites more dishonesty. Unless things change, this kind of voter fraud will continue to occur.

A Stanford study showed that pre-election polls were successful at predicting Clinton’s numbers in states with paper trails, with a clear favoritism to Hillary. However, Clinton over-performed an average of 9% in the states that use electronic voting machines but who fail to provide paper evidence of this vote. Simply speaking, Clinton beat expectations ONLY in states with unaccountable voting machines.

Two of the three companies that control the electronic voting machine market, Dominion Voting and H.I.G. Capital (i.e. Hart InterCivic) are on the list of big money donors that donated to the Clinton campaign, as shown by DNC documents recently leaked to WikiLeaks by the Romanian hacker known as “Guccifer”. One would think this would be a clear conflict of interest.

Playing the blame game, the DNC and Hillary are deflecting attention away from the shocking content of these leaked emails and blaming the Russians for election interference (as if our own CIA has never done such a thing). The American people should not forget that the blame resides solely with Hillary for exercising poor judgment in the first place. She’s the one that put our nation’s security at risk by using an unsecured private server that anyone could hack, and obviously many did.

WikiLeaks warns us there are more leaked emails to come—some even worse than what we have already seen. What new bombshells can we expect? Insiders speculate that these additional email leaks may lend credence to the IRS’s launched investigation of The Clinton Foundation for foreign influence peddling, an allegation that was documented in the recent “Clinton Cash” documentary, based on investigative journalist Peter Schweizer’s book of the same title.

It’s amazing that despite whatever new evidence of impropriety or corruption comes to light, many still deny or dismiss these revelations as inconsequential or meaningless. It’s a classic case of cognitive dissonance at its worst.

Will all these new revelations affect the people’s votes come November? For some, most certainly. In the bigger picture your vote ultimately only matters to you, not to anyone else. So Vote Your Consciousness since it is highly likely both parties will be rigging and manipulating the electronic voting machines. The Karl Roves of the world will make sure that your vote does not interfere with whomever they have already decided will be the next President. You can bank on it (but not at Goldman Sachs). If you really want to see how easily voter fraud is accomplished, just watch the documentary, “Hacking Democracy.” The writing may already be on the wall that the fix is in for Hillary.

IMG_3030Just remember, that if you vote for a third-party or write in who you really think would be the best leader, your vote is not going to throw the election to the other party. Those who advocate voting for a flawed candidate strictly to win are themselves the problem. These people are usually the first to loudly complain when those same flawed candidates later make policies they don’t like.

Let’s hold in our higher consciousness the intent that we don’t want leaders who are psychopaths. We don’t want leaders who are narcissists. And we certainly don’t want more leaders who are pathological liars. We the People have been lied to enough.

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” – John Quincy Adams

As someone once said: “Humanity is the candy in the coal mine of Consciousness.” So be true to yourself and your ideals. Please join me in adding a new meme to this election process called #VoteYourConsciousness

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Dr. Kathy Forti is a clinical psychologist, inventor of the Trinfinity8 technology, and author of the book, Fractals of God: A Psychologist’s Near-Death Experience and Journeys Into the Mystical