Die Krankheiten der Gesellschaft können ebensowenig wie die Krankheiten des Körpers verhindert oder geheilt werden, ohne dass man offen von ihnen spricht.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) englischer Philosoph

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J’accuse! – Ich klage an!
ist seit dem 13. Januar 1898 die klassische Eröffnung eines offenen Briefes. Emile Zola erreichte mit diesem Brief an den französischen Präsidenten die Wiederaufnahme eines Verfahrens gegen einen ungerechtfertigt Verurteilten

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Die Essenz aller Wahrheit offenbart sich als sich selbst erklärend und offenkundig. Die Vollständigkeit und Ganzheit dieser Wissendheit überschreitet die Grenzen der Zeit und ist daher immer gegenwärtig. Eine Widerspiegelung ihrer Gegenwart ist die Fähigkeit, Unbegreifliches durch die Selbstoffenbarung seiner Essenz zu begreifen. Somit ist alles offenbar geworden. Das Unmanifeste und das Manifeste sind ein und dasselbe. David Hawkins, Das All-sehende Auge

Spirituelle Entwicklung vollzieht sich als Ergebnis der Beseitigung von Hindernissen und nicht durch Aneignung von etwas Neuem. Hingabe ermöglicht die Aufgabe von Eitelkeiten des Geistes/Gemütes und lieb gewonnenen Illusionen, so dass der Geist/das Gemüt nach und nach immer freier und offener für das Licht der Wahrheit wird. David Hawkins, Das All-sehende Auge

Realität ist radikal und schmeichelt nicht solchen Verhaltensweisen, die als Nett-Sein beschrieben werden. Das Zen der Wahrheit ist direkt und konfrontiert betrügerische Falschheit auf eine sehr präzise Weise. […] Die Straße zur Erleuchtung ist nicht für blökende Schafe geeignet. Wenn man sich verletzt fühlt, zeigt das, dass man sich verteidigt, was selbst wiederum das Festhalten an Unwahrheiten offenbart. David Hawkins, Licht des Alls, S. 431

Das Ego verhehlt, während Gewahrsein offenbart. […] Es fordert wichtigtuerisch Beweise für das Offensichtliche und verhält sich damit auf hinterhältige Weise nicht integer. David Hawkins, Licht des Alls, S. 427

Über, unter und um euch ist alles unmittelbares Sein. Nirgends ist etwas außerhalb des Buddha-Geistes. Huang-Po [ Huangbo Xiyun ] [BW 960] (770-850) chinesischer Chan-Meister des Zen-Buddhismus

In einem sehr realen Sinne ist alles Leben verbunden. Alle Menschen gehören unvermeidlich einem Netzwerk an, dessen Elemente allesamt zueinander in einer Wechselbeziehung stehen und in einem einzigen Gewand des Schicksals verknüpft sind. Was auch immer einen bestimmten Menschen direkt betrifft, betrifft alle seine Mitmenschen indirekt. Ich kann niemals das sein, was ich sein sollte, bis du das bist, was du sein solltest, und du kannst niemals das sein, was du sein solltest, bis ich bin, was ich sein sollte. Das ist das Charakteristikum der Realität. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US-amerikanischer Baptistenpastor, Bürgerrechtler der 60er Jahre

Nachtträumer erkennen am Morgen die Nichtigkeit ihrer Träume. Tagträumer dagegen sind die gefährlichen Menschen, weil sie ihre Träume mit offenen Augen leben und Wirklichkeit werden lassen. Thomas Edward Lawrence [T. E. Lawrence; von Arabien] (1888-1935) britischer Archäologe, Geheimagent, Schriftsteller, involviert im Araber-Aufstand gegen das Osmanische Reich (1916-1918)

Es gibt nichts, was durchgängig bewiesen werden kann, sondern alles mündet am Ende in unmittelbare Erfahrung, die ich durch Identifizierung schlicht außerhalb allem Dualismus als wahr erlebe. Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Dürr (*1929) deutscher Quantenphysiker für Elementarteilchenphysik und Gravitation, Universität München, "passionierter Grenzgänger", Direktor des Max-Planck-Instituts für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), München, alternativer Nobelpreisträger, 2. Wiener Kulturkongress Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Gott – Zukunft von Religion und Glauben in einer säkularisierten Welt. Naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnis und Wirklichkeitserfahrung, Wien, 28.-30. November 1996

Wir müssen die Heiligkeit des einzelnen ‚Ichs‘ bewahren und eine Gemeinschaft bilden, in der sich die individuellen ‚Ichs‘ radikal verändern können und den Durchbruch schaffen zu einer kritischen und zeitgenössischen Spiritualität. Roland Benedikter (*1965) italienisch-Südtiroler Kultursoziologe, Politikwissenschaftler, Philosoph, Spirituell aber nicht religiös. Jenseits der postmodernen Spiritualität, Elizabeth Debold, WIE Magazin Nr. 19

Alle Geheimnisse liegen in vollkommener Offenheit vor uns. Nur wir stufen uns gegen sie ab, vom Stein bis zum Seher. Es gibt keine Geheimnisse an sich, es gibt nur Uneingeweihte aller Grade. Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914) deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Übersetzer

Die Motive bestimmen nicht den Charakter des Menschen, sondern nur die Erscheinung dieses Charakters, also die Thaten; die äußere Gestalt seines Lebenslaufs, nicht dessen innere Bedeutung und Gehalt: diese gehn hervor aus dem Charakter, der die unmittelbare Erscheinung des Willens, also grundlos ist. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) deutscher Philosoph, Hochschullehrer, Autor, Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, S. 304
Digitale Bibliothek Band 2, Philosophie, S. 63353 (vgl. Schopenhauer-ZA Bd. 1, S. 187-188)

Radikale Veränderungen treten rund um den Globus auf und treiben uns in eine Zeit, die man die Zweite Achsenzeit nennen könnte. Bruder Wayne Teasdale (1945-2004) US-amerikanischer katholischer Mönch, interreligiöser Autor, interspiritueller Lehrer

Manche wenden sich ab von dir, weil du dich nicht nach dem "Man sollte" und "Jeder tut das" bewegst. Du bist dir treu und verlierst dadurch die, die dich nur so lange annahmen, wie du ihnen angenehm und passend warst. Sie wollen nicht die Herausforderung deiner inneren Stärke, nicht die Verunsicherung, die mit deiner Offenheit und Direktheit einhergeht. Sie wollen dich profillos. Sie wollen dich grau und berechenbar. Sie wollen Ruhe über alles und darum müssen sie dich links liegen lassen, um sich selbst in ihre Dumpfheit zu retten. Ulrich Schaffer (*1942) deutscher Schriftsteller, Fotograf

Die Menge glaubt dass alles schwer Begreifbare tiefsinnig sei. Das ist unrichtig. Schwer begreifbar ist nur das Unreife, Unklare und oft Falsche. Die höchste Weisheit ist einfach und geht durch den Schädel direkt ins Herz! Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958) österreichischer Förster, Naturforscher, Parawissenschaftler

Die vielgerühmte weibliche Intuition ist nichts anderes als die große Durchsichtigkeit der Männer. George J. Nathan (†1958) US-amerikanischer Autor

Man darf einen Stern nicht direkt ansehen, sondern muss ein wenig neben ihn schauen. Roger Shattuck (1923-2005) US-amerikanischer Autor, Literaturwissenschaftler

Nach Tausenden von Jahren haben wir den Punkt erreicht, wo wir unsere Fenster und Türen verriegeln und die Alarmanlage anschalten, während die Dschungelbewohner in offenen Hütten schlafen. Morris Mandel (1911-2009) US-amerikanischer jüdischer Pädagoge, Journalist

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There are no longer any secrets and truth can be instantly discovered by any integrous reseacher. David Hawkins, Truth vs. Falsehood, S. xxii

Every word, deed, and intention creates a permanent record; every thought is known and recorded forever. There are no secrets, nothing is hidden, nor can it be. Everyone lives in the public domain. Our spirits stand naked in time for all to see. Everyone's life finally is accountable to the universe. (Calibrated at LoC 1000.) David Hawkins, Truth vs. Falsehood, chapter 13 "Truth: the pathway to freedom", S. 259

Reality is radical in that it does not cater to positionalities which are described as niceness. The Zen of Truth is direct and precisely confrontational to delusional fallacy. David R. Hawkins, I. Reality and Subjectivity, chapter 18, S. 328
Alternative source: Audio interview, presented by Canadian web radio station Beyond the Ordinary, minute 10, Realplayer, aired 10. June 2003

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death. Socrates [LoC 540] (469-399 BC) Greek philosopher

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work. Oprah Winfrey [LoC 500] (*1954) US American talk show host, actress, visionary, billionaire, philanthropist, O Magazine

Through our scientific genius we have made of the world a neighborhood; now through our moral and spiritual genius we must make of it brotherhood. We are all involved in the single process. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. We are all links in the great chain of humanity. We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US American clergyman, activist, African US American Civil Rights leader in the sixties

There are no internal affairs left on our crowded Earth! And mankind's sole salvation lies in everyone making everything his business; in the people of the East being vitally concerned with what is thought in the West, the people of the West vitally concerned with what goes on in the East. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) Soviet and Russian novelist, dramatist, historian, Banquet speech for the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Oslo, 10. December 1970

Only the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity. Herbert 'Marshall' McLuhan (1911-1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, scholar, communication theorist, professor of English literature, literary critic, rhetorician

Translucent people […] have access to their deepest nature as peaceful, limitless, free, unchanging, and at the same time they remain fully involved in the events of their personal lives. […] They play vigorously in their relationships with others, their work, their creativity, and their political and environmental causes, but they play to play more than to win. […] They generally don't follow one particular teacher, teaching, or group, although many have in their past. […] They generally don't identify themselves as “enlightened” or as having attained anything, and they are also not trying to become enlightened. […] The word translucent refers to the degree of embodiment of a realization, not to what has been realized. Hence it is a relative term, like interesting, inspiring, boring, or idiotic. Interview with Arjuna Ardagh, British US American spiritual teacher, author, Getting Clear About Enlightenment Not Just a Book Review of Arjuna Ardagh's The Translucent Revolution, presented by magazine WIE (engl.), Tom Huston, issue 31, 2005

As recently as the 1980s, the awakening shifts […] were quite rare. Today such experiences of 'poking through' the fabric of our normal trance state of desire, fear, and self-preoccupation are becoming increasingly common, especially during the last decade of the twentieth century. Arjuna Ardagh, British US American spiritual teacher, author, The Translucent Revolution, pg. 40, New World Lib, 15. June 2005

People often refrain from making public statements because they fear the outrage and ridicule of others. David van Mill, British professor of political theory, Freedom of Speech, Stanford University, first published, 29. November 2002, revised 17. April 2008

All recovering people learn that there are no secrets. In recovery, we learn that transparency reduces anxiety and releases our talents. Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. C.A.S., leading US American sex addiction therapist, Minneapolis, Sexhelp.com

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Transparency. How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor, John Wiley & Sons, 6. June 2008

Claiming to be transparent is not the same as actually being transparent. Even as many heads of corporations and even of states boast about their commitment to transparency, the containment of truth continues to be a dearly held value of many organizations. Warren Bennis (*1925) US American scholar, professor of business administration, organizational consultant, pioneer of contemporary leadership studies, Daniel Goleman (*1946) US American psychologist, science journalist, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

In a rational universe, organizations and individuals would embrace transparency on both ethical and practical grounds, as the state in which it is easiest to accomplish one's goals. But that is rarely the case. Even as global forces tug us toward greater openness, powerful countervailing forces tend to stymie candor and transparency. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

For any institution, the flow of information is akin to the activity of a central nervous system: the organization's effectiveness depends on it. An organization's capacity to compete, solve problems, innovate, meet challenges, and achieve goals – its intelligence, if you will – varies to the degree that the flow of information remains healthy. That is particularly true when the information in question consists of crucial but hard-to-take facts, the information that leaders may bristle at hearing – and that subordinates too often, and understandably, play down, disguise, or ignore. For information to flow freely within an institution, followers must feel free to speak openly, and leaders must welcome such openness. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

One obvious value of transparency is that it helps keep organizations honest by making more members aware of organizational activities. That is no small virtue. But an equally compelling reason for organizational candor is that it maximizes the probability of success. We are not even talking here about the reality, still not fully absorbed by many leaders, that any organizational failing is more likely to be exposed these days by digital technology. Rather we are talking about the enormous value of internal transparency. There may have been a time when an imperial leader could know everything an organization needed to know to be successful. But if such a time ever existed, it is long gone. Today, the information an organization needs may be located anywhere, including outside. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

No matter the official line, true transparency is rare. Many organizations pay lip service to values of openness and candor, even writing their commitment into mission statements. Too often these are hollow, if not Orwellian, documents that fail to describe the organization's real mission and inspire frustration, even cynicism, in followers all too aware of a very different organizational reality. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

While we believe leaders must set the example for their organizations by demanding candor and transparency, current leaders have less and less choice in the matter. In today's world, where information travels globally with the click of a mouse, transparency is no longer simply desirable, it is becoming unavoidable. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

Many leaders continue to act as if they can hold awkward or damaging truths so close that the outside world will not learn of them. Those days are over. The rise of the blog has transformed the very idea of transparency. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

Leaders who will thrive and whose organizations will flourish in this era of ubiquitous electronic tattletales are the ones who strive to make their organizations as transparent as possible. Despite legitimate moral and legal limits on disclosure, leaders should at least aspire to a policy of "no secrets." The first beneficiaries of such a policy are the members of the organization itself, who are in a position to act on maximum rather than restricted information. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

In a rational universe, organizations and individuals would embrace transparency on both ethical and practical grounds, as the state in which it is easiest to accomplish one's goals. But that is rarely the case. Even as global forces tug us toward greater openness, powerful countervailing forces tend to stymie candor and transparency. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

Transparency is one measure of an organization's moral health. We have come to think that governments, organizations, and other institutions have a kind of DNA. Healthy institutions, including democracy, are more open than unhealthy ones, such as slavery, which fight to keep their ugly secrets. For businesses, openness is not just a virtuous policy that makes the organization feel good about itself, like generous parental leave. Openness (and what it says about the nature of the organization) becomes a competitive advantage – in creating consumer loyalty as well as in recruiting and keeping the best people. Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Creating a Transparent Culture, presented by Leader To Leader, No. 50, Fall 2008

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Literatur

Arjuna Ardagh, englisch-amerikanischer spiritueller Lehrer, Autor, Die lautlose Revolution. Wie eine im Alltag gelebte Spiritualität uns und die Welt verändert, J.Kamphausen Verlag, 14. September 2006
Der erwachte Engländer Arjuna Ardagh beschreibt das Phänomen des Erwachens von transluzenten (lichtdurchlässigen) Menschen. Er hat 170 Experten aus der Transformations-Szene befragt.

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Don Tapscott (*1947) Canadian entrepreneur, business executive in the digital age, consultant, speaker, specialized in business strategy, organizational transformation, chairman of business strategy think tank New Paradigm (now nGenera Insight), founded 1993, author, Anthony D. Williams, Canadian senior fellow, Lisbon Council, strategic adviser to governments, international institutions, and Fortune 500 firms, consultant, researcher, author, Wikinomics. How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, December 2006
Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, Patricia Ward Biederman, Transparency. How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor, John Wiley & Sons, 6. June 2008, Your Coach In A Box, unabridged edition, 2. September 2008
Don Tapscott (*1947) Canadian entrepreneur, business executive in the digital age, consultant, speaker, specialized in business strategy, organizational transformation, chairman of business strategy think tank New Paradigm (now nGenera Insight), founded 1993, author, Anthony D. Williams, Canadian senior fellow, Lisbon Council, strategic adviser to governments, international institutions, and Fortune 500 firms, consultant, researcher, author, Macrowikinomics. Rebooting Business and the World, Portfolio Hardcover, 28. September 2010
Critical importance of transparency, participation and collaboration among business, government and citizens in addressing global challenges like corruption

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Wikipedia-Einträge Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Transparenz

Now.Openspirit.de-Einträge Transparenz

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Wikipedia entries Public Relations, Transparency

Transparency International, non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development, publishing an annual Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative listing of corruption worldwide, operating through more than 70 national chapters, founded in Berlin, 1993, current managing director, Nancy Zucker Boswell

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Video presentation by Warren Bennis on Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor, presented and produced by Microsoft Research Video Library, 1:06:52 duration, 29. July 2008
Video presentation by James O'Toole, referring to co-authors Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, Transparency. How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor, on Transparancy, presented by BNET, YouTube film, 6:15 minutes duration, posted 27. October 2008
Video presentation by Prof. Dr. Peter Eigen, German fmr. director of the World Bank in Nairobi, founder of the NGO Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, on How to expose the corrupt, presented by TEDx Talks Berlin, 17:01 minutes duration, filmed November 2009, posted February 2010
Video presentation by Alan Siegel, US American founder and chairman of Siegel+Gale, brand consultancy, advisor to corporations, pioneer in the practice of simplification, Let's simplify legal jargon!, presented by TED2010 Talks, 4:26 minutes duration, filmed February 2010, posted March 2010
Video presentation by Julian Assange (*1971) anarchistic controversial Australian internet activist and journalist, founder of WikiLeaks, collecting and posting highly classified documents on Why the world needs WikiLeaks, presented by TED Talks, host Chris Anderson, YouTube film, 19:34 minutes duration, posted 19. July 2010
Video presentation by Morgan Spurlock, US American filmmaker Embrace Transparency, presented by TED Talks TEDxKC, YouTube film, 19:28 minutes duration, posted by TEDtalksDirector 6. April 2011
On his quest to make a completely sponsored film about sponsorship; refers to the hidden influential world of brand marketing