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Women in Development: A Resource Guide for Organization and Action
Source book for action on women and development, includes chapters on rural development, multinationals, health, education, and migration and tourism.
- GenresSpirituality
225 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 1984
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Isis International
6 booksIsis International is a feminist advocacy organisation. We are activists who engage in research and analysis of the issues affecting women globally; amplify the voices, advocacies and analyses of feminist and social movement activists; build women’s capacity to use media and communications for advocacy, social change and women’s rights; engage with media and help shape a more engendered mass media; and link and strengthen the impact of feminist and social movement activists around the globe to transform society. We also hold an historic collection of materials from the international feminist movement dating from the 1970s. Our main focus is on grassroots women and activists on the ground in the global South.
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January 20, 2014
DeLight by Isis
At first glance, one would assume DeLight would fall under the Self Help book category, and shrug it off as one amongst thousands of the kind. But then one would be very wrong.
Although the author does intend for her book to be a tool of self growth, DeLight cannot be fully boxed under the Self Help label. Unlike your garden variety Self Help book, DeLight does not offer a step by step program to change your life, nor does it revolve around drastic changes in the readers' life styles or routines. Nor does this book tie you around dragging from chapter to chapter, with the proverbial dangling carrot of wisdom finally been revealed in the last chapter (vaguely at best).
Instead, DeLight offers from early on in the book (and repeatedly throughout) the simple nuggets of wisdom one would need to invite love, happiness, joy, beauty, and many other positive and uplifting life experiences, in a natural and spontaneous way. All contained in a single expression of your soul, the author calls DeLight.
This is a very personal book, in which the author shares several of her life experiences, both brutally negative and immensely positive, that lead her path of discovery of DeLight. The author makes it very clear from the beginning, that she hasn't the capacity to scientifically and measurably explain the experience of DeLight. And while the cynical side of the reader may see this as a tell-tell sign of hogwash, one must remember that spiritual experiences are not measurable by any scale or scientific formula. Instead the author simply invites the reader on a personal journey of discovery of their innate talents, and capacity to DeLight in all the beauty and goodness this plane, this world and this life has to offer (if one is open and willing to let it be)
The author makes no attempt to convert her readers to any religion, philosophy or creed, and instead goes to show that DeLight is a natural human experience, regardless of who you pray to (or not pray to) and does not intend for the spontaneous DeLight in your life, to be a replacement or substitute for your deity of choice. As I said before, she makes it clear (repeatedly throughout her book) that DeLight is something you already have, and have experienced throughout your life.
You will not find a step by step list, or a diagram for candle rituals and incantations; those you'll find in the Self Help and New Age sections (respectably). All the author offers you is to let her hold your hand while you walk thru the path of self rediscovery, and asks to keep an open mind and heart to what she has to show you.
At the end this book will not magically change your life. No book does.
It will, however, remind you of your inner light you've had all along, which allows you to experience the spontaneous beauty of life, that is DeLight.
At first glance, one would assume DeLight would fall under the Self Help book category, and shrug it off as one amongst thousands of the kind. But then one would be very wrong.
Although the author does intend for her book to be a tool of self growth, DeLight cannot be fully boxed under the Self Help label. Unlike your garden variety Self Help book, DeLight does not offer a step by step program to change your life, nor does it revolve around drastic changes in the readers' life styles or routines. Nor does this book tie you around dragging from chapter to chapter, with the proverbial dangling carrot of wisdom finally been revealed in the last chapter (vaguely at best).
Instead, DeLight offers from early on in the book (and repeatedly throughout) the simple nuggets of wisdom one would need to invite love, happiness, joy, beauty, and many other positive and uplifting life experiences, in a natural and spontaneous way. All contained in a single expression of your soul, the author calls DeLight.
This is a very personal book, in which the author shares several of her life experiences, both brutally negative and immensely positive, that lead her path of discovery of DeLight. The author makes it very clear from the beginning, that she hasn't the capacity to scientifically and measurably explain the experience of DeLight. And while the cynical side of the reader may see this as a tell-tell sign of hogwash, one must remember that spiritual experiences are not measurable by any scale or scientific formula. Instead the author simply invites the reader on a personal journey of discovery of their innate talents, and capacity to DeLight in all the beauty and goodness this plane, this world and this life has to offer (if one is open and willing to let it be)
The author makes no attempt to convert her readers to any religion, philosophy or creed, and instead goes to show that DeLight is a natural human experience, regardless of who you pray to (or not pray to) and does not intend for the spontaneous DeLight in your life, to be a replacement or substitute for your deity of choice. As I said before, she makes it clear (repeatedly throughout her book) that DeLight is something you already have, and have experienced throughout your life.
You will not find a step by step list, or a diagram for candle rituals and incantations; those you'll find in the Self Help and New Age sections (respectably). All the author offers you is to let her hold your hand while you walk thru the path of self rediscovery, and asks to keep an open mind and heart to what she has to show you.
At the end this book will not magically change your life. No book does.
It will, however, remind you of your inner light you've had all along, which allows you to experience the spontaneous beauty of life, that is DeLight.
December 13, 2013
The eloquence is in the simplicity
Our author is simply identified as Isis and in this easily read book she offers a simple philosophy that triggers a collective unfolding of enlightenment, a spiritual awakening, and a shared expression of hope and delight that she envisions as being the foundation for the future of humanity. It is important to pay attention to the brief biography supplied as it makes the revelations of this book more sensitive: ‘Isis is a mystic, messenger and teacher who is not aligned with any particular religion or spiritual tradition. At the age of 22, Isis experienced a profound event that radically altered the course of her life. Held imprisoned for a period of several months, she escaped what is often described by human trafficking survivors as a fate worse than death. The next fifteen years were devoted to regaining her psychological and physical well being, which marked the beginning of an intense inner personal journey leading her to experience a series of profound spiritual awakenings. She imparts timeless wisdom out of a deep, compassionate desire that all beings be released from suffering and enslavement to encounter peace in her lifetime.’
What follows in her book is a near homespun philosophy that is a delight to read as well as a DeLight to make manifest. ‘DeLight is always here for us, a promise of transcendence offered during the moments of our greatest pain, our greatest sorrows, our most enduring trials and tribulations.’ ‘DeLight is what moves us. It is what lights us up, it is why we search, why we seek, why we pursue. DeLight is the universal catalyst combining divine light and divine love that can catapult us into places and spaces within us and beyond us that we never knew existed,’
Isis transcends all of spiritual teaching and religions and goes to the core of our being – and any attempt to succinctly distill her thought is wrought with failure. The book is meant to be read and slowly digested. ‘DELIGHT merges mind, body, and spirit together in vibrational harmony, igniting within you your passion and spirit. Every facet lights up from inside you with an intensity that only you can uniquely bring to your life and this world.’ Isis’ mission is to open each of us to self-discovery and then transfer that holy magic into the world. Her writing is so rich in love and compassion that it is difficult if not impossible to not be moved by her words.
Grady Harp
Our author is simply identified as Isis and in this easily read book she offers a simple philosophy that triggers a collective unfolding of enlightenment, a spiritual awakening, and a shared expression of hope and delight that she envisions as being the foundation for the future of humanity. It is important to pay attention to the brief biography supplied as it makes the revelations of this book more sensitive: ‘Isis is a mystic, messenger and teacher who is not aligned with any particular religion or spiritual tradition. At the age of 22, Isis experienced a profound event that radically altered the course of her life. Held imprisoned for a period of several months, she escaped what is often described by human trafficking survivors as a fate worse than death. The next fifteen years were devoted to regaining her psychological and physical well being, which marked the beginning of an intense inner personal journey leading her to experience a series of profound spiritual awakenings. She imparts timeless wisdom out of a deep, compassionate desire that all beings be released from suffering and enslavement to encounter peace in her lifetime.’
What follows in her book is a near homespun philosophy that is a delight to read as well as a DeLight to make manifest. ‘DeLight is always here for us, a promise of transcendence offered during the moments of our greatest pain, our greatest sorrows, our most enduring trials and tribulations.’ ‘DeLight is what moves us. It is what lights us up, it is why we search, why we seek, why we pursue. DeLight is the universal catalyst combining divine light and divine love that can catapult us into places and spaces within us and beyond us that we never knew existed,’
Isis transcends all of spiritual teaching and religions and goes to the core of our being – and any attempt to succinctly distill her thought is wrought with failure. The book is meant to be read and slowly digested. ‘DELIGHT merges mind, body, and spirit together in vibrational harmony, igniting within you your passion and spirit. Every facet lights up from inside you with an intensity that only you can uniquely bring to your life and this world.’ Isis’ mission is to open each of us to self-discovery and then transfer that holy magic into the world. Her writing is so rich in love and compassion that it is difficult if not impossible to not be moved by her words.
Grady Harp
January 21, 2014
Goodreads winner! Very interesting and well written : )
January 26, 2024
This book was received in a Goodreads giveaway.
February 23, 2014
If you want some inspirational writing, this is for you. But if you want instructions on how to achieve that "DeLightFULL" life, then you'll be left searching somewhere else. In other words, it's long on beautiful ideas and short on practical things. There is some discussion of those practical things, but they are near the end and lacking meaningful detail.
On a somewhat different note, I became unreasonably annoyed by the many ways of writing "delight": Delight, delight, DeLight, DeLightFULL, etc. It felt like each spelling should have a meaning, but I don't think they do. It was just the spelling the author used as she wrote, with no editing to standardize the spelling usages. I spent a long time into the book trying to figure out what each spelling meant and eventually came to the conclusion that there isn't one.
The cover might confuse you, as it did me. This book is not titled Delight Isis. Isis is the name of the author. That design choice annoyed me for reasons I can't articulate but that imply ego. I wish I had read the author's description earlier (it's at the end of the book): "Enchanted by her wisdom, pure love, and quite power people [sic] from all over the world follow Isis into lives filled with effortless passion, joy, prosperity, love, and bliss. She has been called various names by people who have encountered her throughout her life: Compassionate One, Divine Awakener, Embodiment of Love, Living Angel, Healer of Light, Blessed One, Bodhisattva, Guanyin, and The [sic] Blossoming Lotus. The name Isis is short for her full name: Idam Shakti Isvara Svarupa - The Sacred Feminine who Embodies the Infinite."
As a cynic, that sounds like the description of a charlatan if I ever heard one. Humility is apparently not part of the delightful life? Of course, that kind of speech gets a resounding smack in the text for being a manifestation of insecurity or inferiority (if I remember correctly). My advice is to stick to more traditional pop Buddhism (or other mystical/meditative tradition) to get the same inspiration with the meat behind it.
On a somewhat different note, I became unreasonably annoyed by the many ways of writing "delight": Delight, delight, DeLight, DeLightFULL, etc. It felt like each spelling should have a meaning, but I don't think they do. It was just the spelling the author used as she wrote, with no editing to standardize the spelling usages. I spent a long time into the book trying to figure out what each spelling meant and eventually came to the conclusion that there isn't one.
The cover might confuse you, as it did me. This book is not titled Delight Isis. Isis is the name of the author. That design choice annoyed me for reasons I can't articulate but that imply ego. I wish I had read the author's description earlier (it's at the end of the book): "Enchanted by her wisdom, pure love, and quite power people [sic] from all over the world follow Isis into lives filled with effortless passion, joy, prosperity, love, and bliss. She has been called various names by people who have encountered her throughout her life: Compassionate One, Divine Awakener, Embodiment of Love, Living Angel, Healer of Light, Blessed One, Bodhisattva, Guanyin, and The [sic] Blossoming Lotus. The name Isis is short for her full name: Idam Shakti Isvara Svarupa - The Sacred Feminine who Embodies the Infinite."
As a cynic, that sounds like the description of a charlatan if I ever heard one. Humility is apparently not part of the delightful life? Of course, that kind of speech gets a resounding smack in the text for being a manifestation of insecurity or inferiority (if I remember correctly). My advice is to stick to more traditional pop Buddhism (or other mystical/meditative tradition) to get the same inspiration with the meat behind it.
February 18, 2015
It was an interesting read
It was a quick and interesting read...and didn't really teach me a anything I hadn't read before. It's a quick affirmer when you need a fast pick me up
It was a quick and interesting read...and didn't really teach me a anything I hadn't read before. It's a quick affirmer when you need a fast pick me up
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