Der eine ist der natürliche Tod, den man nicht vermeiden kann.
Der andere aber ist der Tod des sinnlosen Lebens und der Anfang des sinnvollen Lebens.

Dieser philosophische Tod ist gleichbedeutend mit dem Leben des Philosophen, [...] ist Kampf um die großen Probleme und Aufgaben des Lebens.

Johannes Theodorakopoulos¹

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Im Laufe der Evolution hat die Menschheit mehrere existentielle Krisen erlebt, die nach einer Störungsphase letztlich jeweils in einer Transformation des allgemeinen Bewusstseinsniveaus resultierten.

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Viele kleine Leute
an vielen kleinen Orten,
die viele kleine Schritte tun,
können das Gesicht der Welt verändern.
Afrikanisches Sprichwort

Auf der Basis von Ebenbürtigkeit, menschlicher Würde und Respekt gegenüber der legitimen Rangfolge kann sozialer Wandel eintreten, wenn:

sich eine kritische Masse von authentischen, integeren Menschen guten Willens in einem Gruppenfeld bildet, das den Seinsgrund wahrt und
dauerhaft eine gemeinsame gewaltlose Intention beibehält,
während es gleichzeitig akzeptiert, dass diese möglicherweise nicht zu Lebzeiten der Beteiligten erfüllt wird, die für ihr Bemühen vielleicht nicht anerkannt werden.

Angelehnt an die acht Gesetze des sozialen Wandels nach Stephan A. Schwartz

Quellen (engl.):

Stephan A. Schwartz Ph.D., futurologist, THE POWER – The Eight Laws of Social Change, Powerpoint presentation
Audio interview with Stephan A. Schwartz Ph.D., The Eight Laws of Social Change, presented by Blogtalkradio Paranormal Perceptions, host Dee Disparti, aired 17. January 2008

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3. Vier Paradigmen der Wandlung und des Bewusstseins – Stichworte

1. Entweder – Oder

2. Sowohl als Auch

3. Weder Noch

4. Alles Wirkliche

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4. Wandlungsgeschichten

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4.1 Wandlung durch tiefere Erkenntnis

Was bewegt die Fahne?

Vor seiner Ordination zum sechsten Patriarchen des Shaolintempels traf
der vorzügliche Meister des Chan-Buddhismus Hui Neng (638-713) im Tempel Bup Sung Sa ein.
Dort wurde er Zeuge eines Streitgesprächs zwischen zwei auf einem Felsen sitzenden Mönchen,
die über eine am Mast flatternde Fahne diskutierten.

Einer meinte: Die Fahne bewegt sich.
Der Andere warf ein: Der Wind, nicht die Fahne, bewegt sich.
Hui Neng gab zu bedenken: Was sich wirklich bewegt, ist weder der Wind noch die Fahne!

Verblüfft über seine ungewöhnliche Antwort auf ihre Streitfrage, fragten die beiden Mönche den Weisen:
Was bewegt sich denn wirklich?
Hui Neng erwiderte: Euer Geist bewegt sich!

Siehe auch: Hui Neng, Zettel.unihuman.de

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4.2 Wandlung der Dinge

Blauer Schmetterling

Einst träumte Dschuang Dschou, dass er ein Schmetterling sei, ein flatternder Schmetterling, der sich wohl und glücklich fühlte und nichts wusste von Dschuang Dschou.
Plötzlich wachte er auf: da war er wieder wirklich und wahrhaftig Dschuang Dschou.
Nun weiß ich nicht, ob Dschuang Dschou geträumt hat, dass er ein Schmetterling sei, oder ob der Schmetterling geträumt hat, dass er Dschuang Dschou sei, obwohl doch zwischen Dschuang Dschou und dem Schmetterling sicher ein Unterschied ist.
So ist es mit der Wandlung der Dinge.

Richard Wilhelm (Übersetzer), Werke von Zhuangzi, Ende von Buch II, 12

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5. Wirkung und Schicksal menschlicher Wandler/Katalysator

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5.1 Der Einfluss der Frau

Ein frommer Mann hatte ein frommes Weib, aber sie hatten keine Kinder.
Da sprachen sie: Unsere Ehe bringt dem Heiligen, gelobt sei er, keinen Nutzen.
Und der Mann gab seiner Frau den Scheidebrief, und sie trennte sich von ihm.
Er heiratete in zweiter Ehe eine böse Frau, und die machte ihn zu einem Bösewicht.
Die Geschiedene wiederum heiratete einen bösen Mann
und verwandelte diesen in einen frommen.
Ob der Mann gottlos wird, ob der Mann fromm wird – alles bewirkt die Frau.

Talmud, Midrasch Bereschit r. 17, 7

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5.2 Die Wandlung während der Ehe

Gespräch unter Eheleuten kurz nach der Hochzeit:

Ehemann sagt zur Ehefrau: "Ich hoffe, dass du dich nie veränderst."
Ehefrau sagt zum Ehemann : "Ich [wir] müssen dich verändern."

Frauen verbessern Männer. Ja, das tun sie, vorausgesetzt, ihr Männer bringt sie nicht schon vorher um.
Die Frau als Wandlungsvermittlerin tut Männern gut. Sie mögen es zwar nicht. […]
Die gute Botschaft ist, dass Frauen einen Mann im Allgemeinen dorthin bringen können, wohin sie wollen. Sie müssen allerdings dabei bedenken, dass es sich um ein Langzeitprojekt von zwanzig, dreißig Jahren Dauer handelt.

Mark Gungor, Pastor, Bühnenunterhalter, Eheberater, Rede A man still does not do anything

Nur einer von tausend Männern ist ein Führer von Männern – die anderen 999 folgen den Frauen. Groucho Marx

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5.3 Die Not der Wandler

Und zu bedenken bleibt hiebei,
- wie kein Beginnen schwieriger,
- für den Erfolg nicht zweifelhafter,
- noch misslicher in der Durchführung ist,

als wenn man sich dazu aufwerfen will, eine neue Verfassung [ein neues Paradigma] einzuführen:
weil der sie Einführende alle die zu Feinden bekommt, die bei der alten sich gut gestanden, und alle die zu lauen Verteidigern, die bei der neuen sich gut stehen würden; welche Lauigkeit

theils aus der Furcht vor den Gegnern,
für die das Gesetz ist, herkommt,
theils aus der menschlichen Kleingläubigkeit,
die etwas Neues nie für wahr hält,
wenn sie davon nicht schon sichere Erfahrung durch den Erfolg bestätigt sieht.

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)
italienischer Politiker, Philosoph, Der Fürst, 6. Kapitel (1513)

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5.4 Die Not des Wahrheitssprechenden

Wer darf das Kind beim rechten Namen nennen?
Die Wenigen, die was davon erkannt,
Die töricht genug ihr volles Herz nicht wahrten,
Dem Pöbel ihr Gefühl, ihr Schauen offenbarten,
Hat man von je gekreuzigt und verbrannt.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust I, V., S. 589 ff

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6. Gelassenheitsgebet der Anonymen Alkoholiker

Gott, gib mir

die Gelassenheit, Dinge hinzunehmen, die ich nicht ändern kann,

den Mut, Dinge zu ändern, die ich ändern kann, und

die Weisheit, das eine vom anderen zu unterscheiden.

Reinhold Niebuhr, US-amerikanischer Theologe, Philosoph, Politologe, entstanden 1941-42
Standard-Gebet bei den Treffen der AA-Selbsthilfegruppen

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7. Zitate zum Thema Transformation

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7.1 Zitate allgemein

Wahrlich, ich sage euch, wenn ihr nicht umkehret und werdet wie die Kinder,
so werdet ihr nicht in das Reich der Himmel eingehen.
Matthäus 18, 3 (NT)

[...] Schüler können entweder durch Inspiration oder durch kraftvolle Erfahrungen motiviert werden, die transformierend wirken und den Prozess bewusst gewählten spirituellen Fortschritts und seiner Entwicklung anstoßen. Diese können als plötzliche "Gipfelerfahrungen" [Maslow, 1970] auftreten, jedoch auch als Verschiebung von Kontext und Wahrnehmung durch kleine wichtige Schritte [Gladwell, 2000]. Der inspirierte Lernende wird dann von diesen Möglichkeiten angezogen, und der Fokus des Interesses richtet sich auf die praktische Anwendung spiritueller Prozesse im täglichen Leben. David R. Hawkins, Erleuchtung ist möglich. Wie man die Ebenen des Bewusstseins durchschreitet, S. 384-385

Alles geschieht spontan aus sich selbst heraus, als eine Folge des Potentials, das als Wirklichkeit auftaucht. Demnach sieht man keine Veränderung, sondern Emergenz. [...] Phänomene kommen und gehen, während sich Potentiale verwirklichen, [...] sofern die örtlichen Gegebenheiten günstig sind. [...]
Mittels Intention können wir beeinflussen, dass Potentiale als Wirklichkeit auftauchen. Die bloße Absicht, [...] sich spirituell weiterzuentwickeln, ist bereits sehr machtvoll. [...]
Wie steht es mit der Bewusstseinsstufe des Beobachters? Es könnte sein, dass das Bewusstseinsniveau mancher Personen nicht hinreichend stark ausgeprägt ist, um das Ergebnis sehr nachhaltig zu beeinflussen. Ist hingegen die Bewusstseinsebene anderer Menschen stark mit Wirkmacht geladen, könnten sie den Ausgang sehr nachhaltig bestimmen. Q&A Audiointerview mit David R. Hawkins und Ellen Sutherland, Miracles Center, Sedona, USA, 10. November 2005

Der archimedische Punkt, von dem aus ich an meinem Ort die Welt bewegen kann, ist die Wandlung meiner selbst. Martin Buber (1878-1965) jüdischer Religionsforscher und -philosoph

Fortschritt ist die Entwicklung vom Primitiven über das Komplizierte zum Einfachen. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Du musst dich zwingen, deine Grenzen zu überschreiten – immer! Es gibt viele Dinge, die du heute tust, die dir vor zehn Jahren verrückt erschienen wären. Die Dinge selbst haben sich nicht verändert; was vorher unmöglich war, ist jetzt ohne weiteres möglich, und vielleicht ist es nur eine Frage der Zeit, wann es gelingt, dich vollkommen zu ändern. Carlos Castaneda

Aufgrund von Interventionen bei Beziehungen zwischen Menschen wissen wir, dass, wenn man einen Menschen verändern will, durchaus eine Veränderung erreicht werden kann, im Allgemeinen aber nicht die, die man beabsichtigt hatte. Eine Intervention wirkt als Störimpuls, der oft individuell auf selbständige und freie Weise weiterverarbeitet wird. Detlef Linke, Hirnforscher, Religion als Risiko

Man muss zunächst Jemand sein, bevor man Niemand sein kann. Der Versuch, die mit der eigenen Entwicklung verbundenen Aufgaben der Identitätsbildung und der Bildung einer beständigen Objektbeziehung durch den irregeleiteten Versuch zu umgehen, das Ego zu zerstören, ist unangebracht und hat verhängnisvolle und pathologische Konsequenzen. Viele Studenten, die sich von der Praxis der Meditation angezogen fühlen, und sogar einige Meditationslehrer scheinen genau dies zu versuchen. Sowohl aus der klinischen Perspektive als auch aus der Perspektive der Meditation mangelt es dabei an einer Entwicklungspsychologie, die das vollständige Spektrum von Entwicklung umfasst. Sowohl ein Empfinden für das Selbst als auch ein Empfinden für das Nicht-Selbst scheinen – in dieser Reihenfolge – für die Verwirklichung eines Zustandes optimalen psychologischen Wohlbefindens notwendig zu sein, den Freud als eine "ideale Fiktion" bezeichnete und den der Buddha lange zuvor als "das Ende des Leidens" – das Einzige, was er lehrte – beschrieben hatte. John Engler, transpersonaler Psychologe, Meditationslehrer und Autor, Aufsatz Somebody and Nobody: Psychoanalysis and Buddhism

Transformation geht weder automatisch noch ist sie 'leicht' […] Der Weg der Transformation kann in einer Weise schmerzhaft sein, die Sie weder wünschen noch erwarten. […] Falls sich eine signifikante Minderheit von Menschen in einer Gesellschaft bewusst und konstruktiv auf […] die Suche [nach Transformation] macht, könnten wir etwas Neues auf dieser Welt zu sehen bekommen: eines jener Ereignisse, das durch nichts Vorangegangenes adäquat vorhergesagt werden kann. Michael Murphy und George Leonhard, The Life We Are Given

Es gibt Zeiten, wo wir uns entweder verändern müssen, verändern sollen oder verändern können, und das ist der Moment, wo wir uns mit Homöostase auseinandersetzen müssen. Interview mit George Leonhard, Wenn Sie sich nicht verändern, haben Sie nichts gelernt, WIE-Magazin, Craig Hamilton, Ausgabe 9

Wenn nun statt der Genetik die Noetik die Veränderungen in der Evolution bestimmt, und ich glaube, das ist ab jetzt der Fall, und mit dem Potenzial, das wir haben, um Informationen über die Massenkommunikationsmittel und Technologien zu verbreiten, übernehmen wir an diesem Punkt tatsächlich die Kontrolle über unsere eigene Evolution. Wir haben die Möglichkeit, Informationen zum Zweck der Transformation zu verbreiten. Und ich bin voller Hoffnung, dass sich dieser Wandel nicht nur weiter fortsetzt, sondern sogar beschleunigt. Aber selbst wenn dem so ist, werden doch noch mehrere hundert Jahre vergehen, ehe Homo noeticus die wirklich dominante Lebensform wird. Allerdings sollten wir nicht denken, dass es weitere dreihundert Jahre dauern wird, ehe wir uns um all die globalen Krisensituationen kümmern, denen wir uns gegenübersehen. Ein transformiertes Wesen in der Welt kann Hunderte, ja Tausende beeinflussen. Interview mit John White, Richtung Homo Noeticus, WIE-Magazin, Craig Hamilton, Ausgabe 9

Ein Krieger des Lichts glaubt. Weil er an Wunder glaubt, geschehen auch Wunder. Weil er sich sicher ist, dass seine Gedanken sein Leben verändern können, verändert sich sein Leben. Weil er sicher ist, dass er der Liebe begegnen wird, begegnet ihm diese Liebe auch. Manchmal wird er enttäuscht, manchmal verletzt. Aber er weiß, dass es sich lohnt. Für jede Niederlage gibt es zwei Siege. Alle die glauben, wissen das. Paulo Coelho, Handbuch des Kriegers des Lichts, Umschlagtext, Diogenes Verlag, 11. Auflage, März 2001

Jede aussichtsreiche Veränderung, jeder Sprung auf eine höhere Energieebene und ein erweitertes Gewahrsein, beinhaltet einen Übergangsritus. Jedes Mal, wenn wir eine höhere Sprosse auf der Leiter der persönlichen Entwicklung erklimmen, müssen wir eine schwierige Phase der Initiation durchlaufen. Dan Millman

Veränderung gibt es nur durch Handeln. Seine Heiligkeit, der Dalai Lama

Sei du selbst die Veränderung, die du dir wünscht für diese Welt. Mahatma Gandhi

So wie sie von den Astronauten vom Mond aus gesehen wird, fehlen der Erde die Linien soziopolitischer Abtrennung, die auf Landkarten so prominent erscheinen. Und so wie es hier unten aussieht, ist das Netz verflochtener sozioökonomischer Wechselwirkungen, das nun den Planeten umfasst, von ein und demselben Leben. Alles was nötig ist, ist ein allgemeiner Wandel der Sichtweise, um mit diesen zeitgenössischen Fakten in Einklang zu kommen. Professor Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) US-amerikanischer Mythologe, Religionswissenschaftler, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space

Weitaus die meisten Politiker halten es nicht für ihre Sache, an Bewusstseinsveränderungen mitzuwirken; sie werden aber immer da sein, wo die Mehrheit ist. Erhard Eppler, Ex-SPD-Politiker

Hege nie Zweifel daran, dass eine kleine Gruppe tiefschürfender Bürger die Welt verändern können. Tatsächlich ist dies bisher das einzige Mittel dafür gewesen. Margret Mead (1901-1978) Kulturanthropologin, Soziologin, Biologin

Tiefgreifende Veränderungen anstreben, heißt, Lösungen zu suchen, die v e r l e t z l i c h machen – und genau das lehnen die meisten Menschen ab. [...] Paradoxerweise wirkt genau das, was scheinbar zu nichts führt. [...] Die Ermutigung, sich anderen Menschen gegenüber verletzlich zu zeigen, bietet einen Ausweg aus der Scham. Patrick Carnes, Minneapolis, Wenn Sex zur Sucht wird, S. 254, Kösel-Verlag, 1992

Veränderung ist keine Wahl, sie passiert einfach. Meryl Streep, Zitat im Film Adaption

Kareem van Gennip: Wie beurteilen Sie die gegenwärtige Situation in der Welt?
Stanislav Grof: Wir alle sehen, dass die Welt sich ziemlich schnell auf ein katastrophales Ende hin entwickelt. Alle Probleme sind im Grunde genommen Symptome einer grundlegenden Bewusstseins- und Wahrnehmungskrise. […] Ohne eine tiefgreifende innere Transformation ist eine radikale Lösung nicht möglich. Stanislav Grof, Mill Valley, Die Welt ist perfekt, erschienen in Transpersonale Perspektiven Vol. 4/98, Kareem van Gennip, Logos Verlag, Berlin, Juli 1998

Jede Gelegenheit, sich zu verändern, ist eine Gelegenheit, die Welt zu verändern. Paulo Coelho

Es passiert nicht auf einmal. Du wirst ganz allmählich Du selbst, und das braucht Zeit. Margery Williams Bianco

Wer auf Konkurrenz und Abgrenzung gepolt bleiben will, wird – so paradox es heute noch klingen mag – bald nicht mehr wettbewerbsfähig sein. Er wird einfach als eine Art Auslaufmodell von der Evolution überholt werden. Die Vorboten davon sind überall sichtbar. [...] Stellen wir uns eine Menschheit vor, die sich wie ein Organismus fühlt und deren höchstes und vitalstes Interesse es deswegen ist, für das gemeinsame Wohl dieses Organismus zu sorgen. Ich weiß, wir sind noch nicht so weit, und der Gedanke wirkt ein bisschen träumerisch. Aber der Zusammenschluss von einfacheren zu komplexeren Systemen war schon immer ein Leitfaden der Evolution. Und die Entwicklungsgeschwindigkeit scheint sich in der heutigen Zeit zu potenzieren. Francois Michael Wiesmann

Du bist der Prozess: Evolutionäre Philosophie und evolutionäre Spiritualität basieren auf der Erkenntnis, dass wir Teil eines wunderbaren Prozesses sind, der seit Milliarden von Jahren existiert und sich ständig entwickelt hat. Dadurch erkennen wir, dass unsere eigene persönliche Erfahrung dieses Prozesses in seinen vielen inneren und äußeren, gröberen und subtileren Dimensionen lediglich ein sehr kleiner Teil eines unendlichen Entwicklungsprozesses ist. Gedanken und Gefühle, die im individuellen Bewusstsein auftauchen, reflektieren emotionale und psychologische Strukturen oder Gewohnheiten, die sich langsam über Jahrtausende hinweg entwickelt haben. Andrew Cohen

Manche Menschen interpretieren das Wort Prozess als etwas Unmenschliches. Aber es ist in Wirklichkeit genau das Gegenteil. Ich verstehe diesen Prozess nicht in einem flachen, mechanischen und materialistischen Sinn. Dieser Prozess ist lebendig. Du bist es. Du bist der Prozess. Diese Veränderung der Perspektive ist so bedeutend, da du beginnst, dein eigenes Selbstgefühl als Teil eines gewaltigen, sich entfaltenden Entwicklungsstromes zu sehen. Dein Verständnis, was es bedeutet ein menschliches Wesen zu sein, erweitert sich nahezu ins Unendliche. Du beginnst, deine eigene Menschlichkeit und dein Potenzial für eine größere Menschlichkeit als Ergebnis dieses Prozesses zu verstehen--als ein dem Prozess innewohnender Teil und, soweit uns bekannt ist, der am weitesten entwickelte Ausdruck dieses Prozesses. Dadurch vergrößert und erweitert eine evolutionäre Spiritualität dein Verständnis, was es bedeutet ein Mensch zu sein, nahezu ins Unendliche. Andrew Cohen

Man weiß nie, was daraus wird, wenn die Dinge verändert werden. Aber weiß man denn, was daraus wird, wenn sie nicht verändert werden? Elias Canetti

Die größte Entscheidung deines Lebens liegt darin, dass du dein Leben ändern kannst, indem du deine Geisteshaltung änderst. Albert Schweitzer

Eigentlich bin ich ganz anders, nur komme ich so selten dazu. Ödon von Horváth

Veränderungen die früher Jahrzehnte brauchten, benötigen heute weniger als ein Jahr.
Umso wichtiger ist es, Veränderung als einen permanenten und unvermeidlichen Aspekt des Lebens zu begreifen. Dalai Lama XIV. (*1935) eigentlich Tanchu Dhondup, geistliches Oberhaupt der tibetischen Buddhisten, Friedensnobelpreis 1989

Der Gipfel des Wahnsinns ist es, auf Veränderungen zu hoffen, ohne etwas zu verändern. Albert Einstein

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7.2 Zitate (engl.) allgemein (ausführlich)

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
Book of Revelation 21, 4-5 (NT)

In some sense we might say that the world that we live in now needs a little fierce grace. [...] A realized being in each of us consists of ego, soul and number 3, which is God inside of us. [...] A realized being is somebody that identifies with number 3. [...] A realized person marches to a different drummer. [...] Most of our society works from the outside in, however compassion is the inside out. Video interview with Ram Dass, Be here now, 2002
Since his stroke, Ram Dass sits in a wheelchair. He sees the stroke as undeniable 'fierce grace'.

Today the human soul asks the question: What can I do to preserve the beauty and the wonder of our world and to eliminate the anger and hatred? Please seek to answer that question today, with all the magnificence that is You. Others are waiting for you now. They are looking to you for guidance, for help, for courage, for strength, for understanding, and for assurance at this hour. Most of all, they are looking to you for love. His Holiness, Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys.
"Give me back my wife.
Give me back my job.
Give me back my money.
Give me back my reputation, my success."

This is what they want; they want their toys replaced. That's all. Even the best psychologist will tell you that, that people don't really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader

All the religions and all the peoples of the world are undergoing the most radical, far-reaching, and challenging transformation in history. The stakes are high: the very survival of life on our planet; either chaos and destruction, or creative transformation and the birth of a new consciousness. Forces, which have been at work for centuries, have in our day reached a crescendo that has the power to draw the human race into a global network. Ewert Cousins (1927-2009) Fordham Professor of Theology Emeritus

We are heading to the endpoints without any institutional guidance as to where we should stop. […] What we really have the most is an abolition of context. There are no agreed upon social norms. […] Change has become autocatalytic. Change is feeding itself. […] Logic is no longer the dominant organizing premise to society. Video lecture by Watts Wacker, US American futurist, Watts Wacker – World Renowned Futurist, YouTube film, presented by speakersspotlight, 7:16 minutes duration, posted 29. August 2009

That’s an important point for many people to reach. That sense of deep crisis — when the world as they have known it, and the sense of self that they have known that is identified with the world, become meaningless. That happened to me. I was just that close to suicide and then something else happened — a death of the sense of self that lived through identifications, identifications with my story, things around me, the world. Interview with Eckhart Tolle, Ripples on the Surface of Being, presented by magazine What Is Enlightenment?, Andrew Cohen, issue 34

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. Apple MacIntosh Inc., TV spot on Change; Motto "Think different!", Here's to the crazy ones, YouTube film, 1:00 minute duration, posted 17. March 2006

Sheldrake's human morphic field and C. G. Jung's collective unconscious are the same. This means that when a critical number of people change their perceptions and behavior, it becomes a new choice or pattern in the collective psyche, which each of us can contribute to or draw from. The Hundredth Monkey in the allegorical story was the monkey who, upon learning a new behavior, tipped the scales, so that monkeys who were not even in direct communication now changed what they did. When a critical mass is reached, in this theory, new attitudes and behavior will spread through the species unconsciously. This can either be deducted through researched examples or grasped intuitively. Jean Shinoda Bolen, Prophets Great List, Newsletter, 31. May 2003

We don't know how to transform people very well anyway. It is a mystery how, and why and exactly people transform. Even if we were gonna force you to be free, we don't know how to do it either. Ken Wilber, 3rd millennia philosopher, Integral "Third-Way" Politics, presented by holons-news, Corey W. deVos, YouTube film, 8:06 minute, 31:10 minutes duration, posted 27. May 2008

Now you must learn that only infinite patience produces immediate effects. This is the way in which time is exchanged for eternity. Infinite patience calls upon infinite love, and by producing results now it renders time unnecessary. A Course in Miracles – Ein Kurs in Wundern (EKiW), Textbook, chapter 5, Healing and Wholeness, section VI Time and Eternity

[...] to tell you adults: You must change your ways! Severn Cullis-Suzuki, age 12, Environmental Children's organisation, ECO, Canada, address at Earth Summit, at UN Environmental Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992; The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes, YouTube film, minute 0:30ff, 6:42 minutes duration, posted 18. April 2008

New opinions [i.e. concepts] often appear first as jokes and fancies,
then as blasphemies and treason,
then as questions open to discussion,
and finally as established truths.
George Bernard Shaw

Near death experiences, we know, change people. Video presentation by Dr. Bruce Greyson, professor of psychiatric medicine, Carlson professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences, director, Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia, profound NDE researcher, Near Death Experience, Durham Conference, sponsored by International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), NC, 3-4. October 2008, Google video, 1:01:40 duration, posted 6. October 2008

The nature of Pluto is similar to that of the Hindu god Shiva. […] Pluto usually begins by breaking down a structure, then creates a new one in its place. The entire cycle of death, destruction and renovation is accompanied by tremendous powers, for Pluto is not a mild or even very subtle planetary influence. It brings decay at one level or another. […] It also rules the death and regeneration of the self, as old aspects of your life pass away. […] Pluto does not represent death in the literal sense, instead it refers to a metaphorical death, something that ceases to be. Robert Hand, Planets in Transit

The endgame is that there is no endgame. The goal is permanent transformation, not one-time self-definition. Watts Wacker, US American futurist, Ryan Mathews, The Deviant's Advantage. How Fringe Ideas Create Mass Markets, Crown Business, 1st edition, 10. September 2002

Things have changed – and continue to change – at such a rate that conventional language is no longer an effective tool for describing what's going on around us. Watts Wacker, US American futurist, Ryan Mathews, The Deviant's Advantage. How Fringe Ideas Create Mass Markets, Crown Business, 1st edition, 10. September 2002

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. Alan Cohen

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7.3 Zitate (engl.) allgemein (kurz gefasst)

Personal avowals

I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home. Oprah Winfrey, US American talk show host

We must be the change we wish to see. Mahatma Gandhi

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. Mahatma Gandhi

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer

Every positive change – every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness – involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception. Dan Millman

The secret of change consists in concentrating one's energy to create the new, and not to fight against the old. Dan Millman

The dark night of the soul is a transformative process of freeing love from attachment. Gerald May, The dark Night of the Soul. A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth, Harper, San Francisco, 2004

There are times [between no longer (death / lead) and not yet (rebirth / gold)] in life when we die to whatever we were. Janet Quinn, Nurse Ph.D., active medical reseach of Therapeutic Touch
By grace one arrives at the the transformational phase between no longer and not yet. This thin sacred space requires courage and hope in order not to despair.

Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world. Whatever change we want to happen outside should happen within. If you walk in peace and express that peace in your very life, others will see you and learn something. Sri Swami Satchidananda

First we receive the light, then we impart it. Thus we repair the world. Kabbalah

It is no longer possible for us to live as pale and diminished versions of ourselves. For a new world in a new millennium, we need a new mind with expanded senses and a deepened Spirit. Jean Houston

Two basic rules of life are:

Change is inevitable.
Everybody resists change. W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) US-American statistician

Change is no choice. Change happens. Meryl Streep, quoted from movie Adaption

In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now. Wangari Maathai, first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

Change alone is unchanging. Heraclitus of Ephesus

When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl

Those who cannot, or who will not, face reality, have no chance of changing reality. Michael Tsarion, Atlantis, Alien Visitation and Genetic Manipulation

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist

changes aren’t permanent, but Change is. Neil Peart, Canadian musician of rock band Rush and author

If we let go of things, our life is going to change. And the reality is that we are actually more afraid of change than we are of death. Caroline Myss

You never really know how or when your life is going to change, and that's for the best. Caroline Myss, Defy Gravity. Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason, pg. 17, 2009

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Maya Angelou

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature’s delight. Marcus Aurelius

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Henri Bergson

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people. Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing we can do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future. Ashleigh Brilliant

In order to learn one must change one’s mind. Orson Scott Card

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius

Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant. Anthony J. D’Angelo

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Richard Buckminster Fuller

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. J. Paul Getty

In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer

In times of rapid change it is the learners who will flourish, while the learned find themselves well equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Dr. Abram Hoffer (1917-2009) Canadian psychiatrist

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss future. John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator and change has its enemies. Robert Kennedy

Are you willing to be sponged out, erased, cancelled, made nothing? Are you willing to be made nothing? Dipped into oblivion? If not, you will never really change. D. H. Lawrence

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. Abraham Lincoln

Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. Helen Keller

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things. Niccolò Machiavelli

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead (1901-1978) US-American cultural anthropologist

Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. Martin Luther King jr.

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out. Max Planck

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Arthur Schopenhauer

A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change. Lester Thurow

Change is not merely necessary to life—it is life. Alvin Toffler

Words have the power to destroy or heal. When words that are both true and kind, they can change our world. Thomas J. Cottle, sociologist, licensed clinical psychologist, professor of education, Boston University

It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense the new plans and aims revealed to him by reason, he continues to plod along in old paths until his life becomes frustrating and unbearable—he finally makes the change only when his usual life can no longer be tolerated. Mark Twain

The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next. Mark Twain

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. Alfred North Whitehead

We don't change what we are, we change what we think what we are. Eric Butterworth

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power. Jane Fonda

Lasting change comes with the ABC of change [Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive]. Tal Ben-Shahar, Positive Psychology author and lecturer, Harvard University, Boston, on Edutaining the world, YouTube film, 10:00 minutes duration, posted 20. April 2009

Knowledge is about informaton, wisdom is about transformation. Tal Ben-Shahar, Positive Psychology author and lecturer, 3rd annual Positive Psychology course at Harvard University, Boston, USA, 2008, Positive Psychology, lecture 1, YouKu film, 77:03 minutes duration, posted October 2009

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.’ (The more things change, the more they are the same.) Alphonse Karr

Source: Change quotes, quotelady.com

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7.4 Zitate (engl.) von David R. Hawkins

We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become. David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I, S. 69

What is possiblity in a weak field becomes a probability in a stronger field and a certainty in a field of Infinite Power (e.g. Divinity). David R. Hawkins, Reality, Spirituality, and Modern Man, S. ?

Experiential Validation: Spiritual alignment and intention plus dedication are inherently transformative and bring about a progressive change in the quality of life experience. This occurs automatically as a result of the field effect and is therefore not ‘caused’ by the personal will. The incorporation of spiritual values should be for its own sake rather than for some imaginary gain or control that paradoxically counters and obstructs the primary intention. David R. Hawkins, Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man chapter 10 ‘Experiential versus Conceptual’, S. 194

When turbulence [catalysis] occurs in the attractor fields of consciousness, it creates an emotional upset that continues until a new level of equilibrium is established. David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force, S. 217

Spiritual evolution is the automatic consequence of watching the mind from the general viewpoint of context rather then content. Instead of trying to force change, it is merely necessary to allow divinity to do so by deeply surrendering all control, resistance, and illusions of gain or loss. It is not necessary to attack illusions but to merely allow them to fall away. It is not necessary, nor fruitful to use force by such mechanisms as guilt, nor is it necessary to try to pursue or propel spiritual evolution because it automatically evolves of it's own accord when the obstacles and resistances of illusions are surrendered. David R. Hawkins, Transcending Levels of Consciousness, chapter 21

The most powerful tool that is in the province of the will is devotion. Thus, it is not just spiritual truth but the degree of one's devotion to it that empowers it to become transformative. David R. Hawkins, Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, S. 333

Everything happens spontaneously of its own as a consequence of potentiality emerging as actuality. So you don't see change. What you see is emergence. [...] Phenomena come and go as potentiality becomes actuality [...] when local conditions are favorable. [...] With intention we can influence potentiality manifesting as actuality. The mere intention […] to become more and more spiritually evolved is already very powerful. [...]
Could be that some people's consciousness level is not sufficiently strong to very seriously effect the outcome. However other people's consciousness level is very powerful and they could profoundly effect outcomes. Audio interview Q&A with David R. Hawkins, presented by Miracles Center, Sedona, USA, Ellen Sutherland, aired 10. November 2005

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7.5 Zitate (engl.) von Carl Gustav Jung

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: If there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Gustav Jung

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves. Carl Gustav Jung

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Gustav Jung

Only after I had familiarized myself with alchemy did I realize that the unconscious is a process, and that the psyche is transformed or developed by the relationship of the ego to the contents of the unconscious. In individual cases that transformation can be read from dreams and fantasies. In collective life it has left its deposit principally in the various religious sytems and their changing symbols. Through the study of these collective transformation processes and through understanding of alchemical symbolism I arrived at the central concept of my psychology: the process of individuation. Carl Gustav Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, pg. 209, 1962

There can be no resolution – only patient endurance – of the opposites which ultimately spring from your own nature. You yourself are a conflict that rages in itself and against itself in order to melt its incompatible substances, the male and the female, in the fire of suffering and thus create that form which is the goal of life. Everyone goes through this mill – consciously or unconsciously, voluntarily or forcibly. We are crucified between the opposites and delivered up to the torture until this reconciling third takes shape. [...]
Do not doubt the rightness of the two sides within you and let happen whatever may happen happen. The apparently unendurable conflict of your life is proof of the rightness of your life. Carl Gustav Jung, psychotherapist, CH, extract of an extraordinary letter to his friend Mrs. Fröbe, written at age 70 in 1945.
As an organizer of conferences she had asked Jung to comment on her great inner struggle between the demands of her career and the demands of her family. Jung pleaded to reconcile the struggle between the male [solar, selfbased, personal approach] and the female [lunar, SELF-based, impersonal approach] via patient endurance in the fire of the crucible until transformation has come about.

The great events of world history are, at bottom, profoundly unimportant. In the last analysis, the essential thing is the life of the individual. This alone makes history, here alone do the great transformations first take place, and the whole future, the whole history of the world, ultimately spring as a gigantic summation from these hidden sources in individuals. In our most private and most subjective lives, we are not only the passive witnesses of our age, and its sufferers, but also its makers. We make our own epoch. Carl Gustav Jung, The Symbolic Life, Collected Works 18, par. 1400

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7.6 Zitate (engl.) von Barack Obama, US-Präsident der Veränderung / Change and Hope

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama, 44th president of USA, referring to a famous line of The Elders Oraibi, Arizona Hopi Nation

I know there are many [...] who question whether we can forge this new beginning. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort – that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur. There is so much fear, so much mistrust. But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward. And I want to particularly say this to young people of every faith, in every country – you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world. Barack Obama, 44th US president, President Obama Addresses Muslim World in Cairo, Washington Post, Thursday, 4. June 2009

Change cannot happen overnight. No single speech can eradicate years of mistrust, nor can I answer in the time that I have all the complex questions that brought us to this point. I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors. Barack Obama, 44th US president, President Obama Addresses Muslim World in Cairo, Washington Post, Thursday, 4. June 2009

I campaigned on the promise of change – change we can believe in, the slogan went. And right now, I know there are many Americans who aren’t sure that they still believe we can change – or at least, that I can deliver it. But remember this – I never suggested that change would be easy, or that I could do it alone. And when you try to do big things and make big changes, it stirs passions and controversy. Barack Obama, 44th US president, State of the Union Address, joint session of Congress, 27. January 2010

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8.1 Eight Laws of Social Change

Social Change requires wisdom, character, patience, and the willingness to forego any personal credit.

Law – Individuals (individually) and the group (collectively) share a common intention.
Law – Individuals and the group may have goals and cherish the potential outcomes.
Law – Individuals in the group authentically accept that their goal may not be reached in their lifetimes.
Law – Individuals in the group authentically accept that they may not get either credit or acknowledgment for what they have done.
Law – Each person in the group regardless of gender, religion, race, or culture enjoys fundamental equality while the various roles in the hierarchy of the effort are respected.
Law – Individuals in the group forswear violence in word, act or thought.
Law – Individuals in the group make their personal lives consistent with their public postures.
Law – Individuals (individually) and the group (collectively) always act from the beingness of integrity.

Sources:
* Stephan A. Schwartz Ph.D., futurologist, THE POWER – The Eight Laws of Social Change, Powerpoint presentation
* Audio interview with Stephan A. Schwartz Ph.D., The Eight Laws of Social Change, presented by Blogtalkradio Paranormal Perceptions, host Dee Disparti, aired 17. January 2008

Important social changes in USA were abolition, public education, penal reform, women’s suffrage, civil rights, nuclear freeze, environmental protection.

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8.2 Nine principles of successfully navigating change

People who successfully navigate change...

have positive beliefs.
know that change always brings something positive into their lives.
know they are resilient, strong, and capable of getting through anything.
know that every challenging emotion they feel is not going to stop them and will guide them to positive emotions that help them feel better.
know that the quicker they accept the change, the less pain and hardship they will feel.
use empowering questions and words, think better thoughts, and express their feelings.
know they are connected to something bigger than themselves.
are not alone; they surround themselves with people who can help, who have the right beliefs and skills. And they create an environment that supports their change.
take action. They have a plan and know how to take care of themselves.

9 Principles of Change, Ariane de Bonvoisin
Ariane de Bonvoisin, First Thirty Days, YouTube-Video

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8.3 Value shifts after an a quantum change (epiphany, deep insight)

Male vs. female value shifts after a Quantum change – Miller and deBaca – Table 1

Rating	Mens' value shifts Before an epiphany	Mens' value shifts After an epiphany	Womens' value shifts Before an epiphany	Womens' value shifts After an epiphany
1.	Wealth	Spirituality	Family	Growth
2.	Adventure	Personal Peace	Independence	Self esteem
3.	Achievement	Family	Career	Spirituality
4.	Pleasure	God's Will	Fitting in	Happiness
5.	Be respected	Honesty	Attractiveness	Generosity
6.	Family	Growth	Knowledge	Personal Peace
7.	Fun	Humility	Self Control	Honesty
8.	Self esteem	Faithfulness to others	Be Loved	Forgiveness
9.	Freedom	Forgiveness	Happiness	Health
10.	Attractiveness	Self esteem	Wealth	Creativity

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Male vs. female values and Value shifts after a Quantum change – Miller and deBaca – Table 2

Rating	Mens' value shifts Before an epiphany	Womens' value shifts Before an epiphany	Mens' value shifts After an epiphany	Womens' value shifts After an epiphany
1.	Wealth	Family	Spirituality	Growth
2.	Adventure	Independence	Personal Peace	Self esteem
3.	Achievement	Career	Family	Spirituality
4.	Pleasure	Fitting in	God's Will	Happiness
5.	Be respected	Attractiveness	Honesty	Generosity
6.	Family	Knowledge	Growth	Personal Peace
7.	Fun	Self Control	Humility	Honesty
8.	Self esteem	Be Loved	Faithfulness to others	Forgiveness
9.	Freedom	Happiness	Forgiveness	Health
10.	Attractiveness	Wealth	Self esteem	Creativity

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8.4 Stories of Transformation

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8.5 Transformation by deeper insight

What makes the banner flap?

After living quietly in the south for sixteen years, Hui-neng made his way to Kuang-chou (now Canton) and visited the famous Fa-hsing Temple. There he found some monks arguing over a banner waving in the breeze.

"The pennant is inanimate," one monk said, "and the wind makes it flap."
"But," interjected a second monk, "both wind and banner are inanimate, and the waving is an impossibility."
Yet a third added, "The flapping is due to a coincidence of cause and condition."
And a fourth insisted, "The banner does not flap; only the wind moves by itself."

Realizing that the time to declare himself had come, Hui-neng declared,
"Neither wind nor banner but your own mind flaps."

Stunned, the monks knew that they stood before a great teacher.

Source: On Hui-neng, Theosophy Library Online

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8.6 Lifelong intention of transformation

At 15, I set my heart on learning.
At 30 I had planted my feet firmly on the ground.
At 40, I was never led astray from my goal.
At 50, I knew the will of heaven.
At 60, I heard the bidding of heaven with a docile ear.
At 70, I could do as my heart pleased,
for what I desired no longer conflicted with the will of heaven.

Confucius, Chinese philosopher

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8.7 The transformation of things

Blauer Schmetterling

Once Chuang Chou dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Chuang Chou. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Chuang Chou. But he didn't know if he was Chuang Chou who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Chuang Chou. Between Chuang Chou and a butterfly there must be some distinction!
This is called the Transformation of Things.

Burton Watson, Chuang Tzu. Basic Basic Writings, end of chapter 2, pg. 45, Columbia University Press, New York, 1964

cited in: ZHUANGZI (Chuang-tzu), Alan Fox, Department of Philosophy, University of Delaware, Great Thinkers of the Eastern World, pp. 21-26, ed. Ian P. McGreal, Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 1995

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8.8 Human catalysts – effects and fate

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8.9 Changing spouses in a marriage

Scene: past wedding day:

Husband says to wife: "I hope you'll never change."
Wife says to husband: "I [we] need to change you."

Women improve men. They do, if you [men] don't kill them first.
This change agent [a woman] is good for men. They don't like it. […]
The good news is women can generally get a man to where they want them. They just need to remember it's a long term project [...] 20, 30 years.

Mark Gungor, pastor, comedian, marriage counselor, speech A man still does not do anything

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men – the other 999 follow women. Groucho Marx

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8.10 Predicament of catalysts – initiators of change

It ought to be remembered that there is nothing
- more difficult than to take in hand [to plan],
- more uncertain in its success
- or more perilous to conduct [to manage]

than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things [system].
For the initiator has the enmity of
all those who have done well under the old conditions,
and merely lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.
This coolness arises partly from
the fear of the opponents,
who have the laws on their side,
and partly from the incredulity of men,
who do not readily believe in new things
until they have had a long experience of them.

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Italian politician, philosopher, The Prince, chapter 6 (1513)

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8.11 Distress of the ones who speak the truth

Who dares to call the child by its right name?
The few who have some part of it descried,
Yet fools enough to guard not their full hearts,
Revealing to riffraff both their insight and their feeling,
Men have of old burned at the stake and crucified.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust I, V.

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8.12 Future trends – Ray Kurzweil

US American transhumanist and trend researcher Raymond Kurzweil is an inventor since childhood and a computer wizard. He describes

exponential growth acceleration,
democratization,
sharing of information,
creation tools,
overcoming of poverty with IT technology,
hybridization of humans with nano bots in the brain / bloodstream,
receding of importance of government and religion.

Kurzweil made these terms known:

Kurzweil predicts the acceleration of change rates:

50-80 times the change that happened in the last century will manifest within the next decade. [status 2009-2019]
1000 times the change that happened in the last century will manifest in the next century.

See also: Entry on Future research and Kurzweil Audios

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9. Links zum Thema Transformation

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9.1 Literatur

Bohm David, Die implizite Ordnung, Heidelberg, 1985

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9.2 Literatur (engl.)

Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) US American writer, management consultant, self-described "social ecologist", Age of Discontinuity. Guidelines to Our Changing Society, Harper & Row, 1969, Paperback 31. December 1991
Ken Wilber, Transformations of Consciousness, 1986
Bohm David Mark Edwards, Changing Consciousness. Exploring the Hidden Source of the Social, Political and Environmental Crises Facing Our World. A Dialogue of Words and Images, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 1991
Louise Carus Mahdi, Nancy G. Christopher (Editor), Michael Meade, storyteller, author, mythologist (Editor), Crossroads. The Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passage, initiation into adulthood, Open Court Publishing Company, 1. October 1996
Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996, The Tipping Point. How Little Things Make a Big Difference, 2000
William R. Miller, professor of psychology and pschiatry, University of New Mexico, Janet C'de Baca, University of New Mexico, Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives, The Guilford Press, 1st edition, 1 May 2001
Riane Eisler, The Power of Partnership. Seven Relationships that will change your life, 2003
Thomas Moore, Dark Nights of the Soul, Gotham, 16. June 2005
Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, 2005
Nicanor Perlas, Filipino activist, "Alternative Nobel Prize" winner (2003); The "Butterfly Effect" and Societal Transformation, the importance of imaginal cells, Editorial, The Center for Alternative Development Initiatives (CADI), Philippine-based civil society organization (CSO), 5. March 2005
Dr. Christine Page, Spiritual Alchemy. How to Transform Your Life, Random House UK, first edition 26. July 2005
Lester R. Brown, Plan B 3.0. Mobilizing to Save Civilization, W. W. Norton; 3 edition, 16. January 2008

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9.3 Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge 2012, Alchemie, Metamorphose, Moksha radikale Bewusstseinsveränderung, Stein der Weisen, Tabula Smaragdina, Transhumanismus, Transformation,

Richtung Homo Noeticus, Chefredakteur Craig Hamilton interviewt John White, Zeitschrift WIE, Ausgabe 9
Stanislav Grof, Die Welt ist perfekt, Interview, Kareem van Gennip, Transpersonale Perspektiven, Vol. 4/98, Logos-Verlag, Berlin, Juli 1998

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9.4 Externe Weblinks (engl.)

Wikipedia entries 2012, Alchemy, Metamorphosis, Moksha radikale Bewusstseinsveränderung, Stein der Weisen, Tabula Smaragdina, Transhumanism, Transformation

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9.5 Audio- und Videolinks

Podcast Audiointerview mit Dr. Dieter Broers, Biophysiker, Bewusstseinswandel und das Jahr 2012, präsentiert von ExoNews, Exopolitik-Podcast-Anbieter, Gastgeber Carsten Dresbach, Episode EP#14, Sendetermin 10. Februar 2009

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9.6 Audio- und Videolinks (engl.)

Global Mind Change, presented by Global-Mindshift.org
Video interview with Dr. Teri Mahaney, PhD in higher education, administration and leadership, presents workshops on brain states and their effect on performance, creativity, healing, consciousness, karma and transformation, You CAN change your mind!, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 35:45 minutes duration, December 2005
Video interview with John Major Jenkins, independent researcher reconstructing ancient Mayan cosmology and philosophy, author and lecturer, 2012: Is it really the end as we know it?, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 28:41 minutes duration, February 2006
To the Crazy Ones, Apple MacIntosh Inc., TV spot on Change; Motto: "Think different!"
- Apple MacIntosh Inc., TV spot on Change; Motto: "Think different!", Here's to the crazy ones, YouTube movie, 1:00 minute duration, placed 17. März 2006
Video presentation by Ray Kurzweil, How technology's accelerating power will transform us, TED Talks, 22:56 minutes duration, Monterey, California, filmed February 2005, posted November 2006
Video presentation by Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996, author of two books, The Tipping Point. How Little Things Make a Big Difference (2000) and Blink. The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), Genius: 2012, 2012: Stories from the Near Future Conference, sponsored by the New Yorker magazine, introduced by David Remnick, presentation on the importance of stubbornness and collaboration in problem-solving, and that it takes 10,000 hours to master any challenge, role model Andrew Wiles, presented by Video Newyorker.com, May 7, 2007
Ralph Metzner, Alchemical Divination, audio sample, host Stephen Dinan, Shiftinaction.com, IONS.org, 2. January 2008
Marianne Williamson, Are you part of the 11%?, One Minute Shift Clip, issued by Institute of Noetic Sciences, USA, 2008
Chip Conley, American hotelier, author, and speaker, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Transforming the Workplace, Survive (Job) → Succeed (Career) → Transform (Calling) at the base, in the middle, and at the peak of Maslow’s humanistic hierarchical pyramid of needs, One Minute Shift Clip, issued by Institute of Noetic Sciences, USA, January 2009
Video interview with Richard Moss, internationally known visionary thinker, teacher and author of six books on transformation, self-healing, and the art of conscious living, focuses on bridging science, psychology, energy medicine, and awareness practices, Our Multi-Dimensionality, video interview at The 10th Annual Science and Consciousness Conference Santa Fe, April 2008, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 40:38 minutes duration, May 2008
Video interview with Mark Amaru Pinkham, author of The Return of the Serpents of Wisdom, Conversations with the Goddess, and The Truth Behind the Christ Myth, The Knights Templar and their Gnostic Mission, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 48:03 minutes duration, July 2008
Werner Erhard, Transformation, presented by TransformationFilm.com, 1:16 minutes duration, posted 9. September 2008
Video presentation by Dr. Mitchell Gibson, clairvoyant healer, healing researcher, public speaker, spiritual teacher, former board-certified forensic psychiatrist, author of The Living Soul, Tybro Publications, November 10, 2003, YouTube film, posted 14. November 2008
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 1, 9:00 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 2, 9:59 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 3, 9:47 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 4, 9:07 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 5, 9:35 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 6, 7:17 minutes duration
Audio interview with Isha, spiritual teacher, Why Walk When You Can Fly, on true change within ourselves, US web radio station Zentertainment, host Jo Davidson, #49, 23:33 minutes duration, posted beginning 2009
Audio interview with James O'Dea on Yes We Can Transform the World, Podcast 137, presented by web radio station Theatre of the Mind, host Kelly Howell, aired Friday, 10. April 2009
Audio interview with Lawrence Ellis, founder and president of Paths to Change, complexity-science organizational consultant, spiritual activist, studied application of Satyagraha (Gandhian militant non-violence) to individual and large-scale change via Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, has an interdisciplinary master’s degree weaving fields as Asian religions and ethics, change-practices of theoretical physicist David Bohm, liberation politics, linguistics and psychology on Embodied Leadership for the Great Turning, presented by The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Shiftinaction.com, 46:51 minutes duration, produced and uploaded 12. May 2009
Video presentation by Ray Kurzweil, A university for the coming singularity, TED Talks, 8:42 minutes duration, Monterey, California, filmed February 2009, posted June 2009
Audio interview with Michael Meade, storyteller, author, mythologist on The Soul Of Change, presented by web radio station Shrink Rap Radio, presented by web radio station Radiozine, host Mike Hoffman, 27:24 minutes duration, MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR), aired 19. October 2009
Video presentation by Dan Buettner, longevity coach, explorer, National Geographic writer, author of "The Blue Zones", Health and Well-Being: Keys to Transformation, part 2 of 3, presented by The Nashville Health Care Council, wnptvideos, 58:18 minutes duration, posted 7. January 2010

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Englische Artikel

Forgiving

Hawkins

¹ Die Hauptprobleme der Platonischen Philosophie. Heidelberger Vorlesung 1969, S. 73, Martinus Nijhoff Verlag, Den Haag, 1972 ⇑

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Transformation – Bewusstseinswandel

1. Zunehmender Bewusstseinswandel

2. Sozialer Wandel

3. Vier Paradigmen der Wandlung und des Bewusstseins – Stichworte

4. Wandlungsgeschichten

4.1 Wandlung durch tiefere Erkenntnis

4.2 Wandlung der Dinge

5. Wirkung und Schicksal menschlicher Wandler/Katalysator

5.1 Der Einfluss der Frau

5.2 Die Wandlung während der Ehe

5.3 Die Not der Wandler

5.4 Die Not des Wahrheitssprechenden

6. Gelassenheitsgebet der Anonymen Alkoholiker

7. Zitate zum Thema Transformation

7.1 Zitate allgemein

7.2 Zitate (engl.) allgemein (ausführlich)

7.3 Zitate (engl.) allgemein (kurz gefasst)

7.4 Zitate (engl.) von David R. Hawkins

7.5 Zitate (engl.) von Carl Gustav Jung

7.6 Zitate (engl.) von Barack Obama, US-Präsident der Veränderung / Change and Hope

8. Englische Texte – English section of Transformation

8.1 Eight Laws of Social Change

8.2 Nine principles of successfully navigating change

8.3 Value shifts after an a quantum change (epiphany, deep insight)

8.4 Stories of Transformation

8.5 Transformation by deeper insight

8.6 Lifelong intention of transformation

8.7 The transformation of things

8.8 Human catalysts – effects and fate

8.9 Changing spouses in a marriage

8.10 Predicament of catalysts – initiators of change

8.11 Distress of the ones who speak the truth

8.12 Future trends – Ray Kurzweil

9. Links zum Thema Transformation

9.1 Literatur

9.2 Literatur (engl.)

9.3 Externe Weblinks

9.4 Externe Weblinks (engl.)

9.5 Audio- und Videolinks

9.6 Audio- und Videolinks (engl.)

9.7 Interne Links