Women, Meditation and Power – A Review
Welcome to the blog tour for Women, Meditation, and Power by Liz Lewinson. I was excited to have the opportunity to join this tour. The book description was intriguing, and meditation is something which I have tried, but never really managed to accomplish. Read on for book details, an excerpt, my review, and a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! (Competition available to all regions).
Women, Meditation, and Power
Genre: Non-Fiction/ Women’s Studies
Publication Date: 7 January 2020 (New Edition)
Women are the power species on the planet. Why? Because life force or kundalini flows through women more strongly than in men. The primary aspect of the female person is power. The primary aspect of the male person is love and humility. Somewhere back in time, the roles got switched.
Men in charge have unwittingly created a heavy, inflexible power structure that lurches towards destruction. Now is the time for the woman in all of us to up-end the confusion, unravel the deep-rooted lines of misunderstanding, and make it right.
Excerpt
“Women are the power species on planet Earth. We are the leaders, the strategists, the negotiators, the collaborators, the seers, the matriarchs. We are naturally excellent at experiencing inner stillness — the ultimate nexus and balancing center of life power.
Women today are rising from thousands of years of repression. Women are shattering glass ceilings and previous perceptions of what women can and should accomplish. The women shattering glass ceilings are those who find a way to express their power and energy, fighting to achieve this all the way. They bring a peerless power and energy to their tasks.
The adolescent girls of today are the leaders of tomorrow. But if their education is neglected, if they are given inappropriate knowledge about their own abilities and potential, then the results are disastrous for the planet. Girls in so-called liberated nations often face a crisis in their teen years. It’s when being sexually and physically attractive to boys or other girls often trumps becoming educated and powerful.
Westernized teens, with all that built-in energy and power that come with a strong, young nervous system, often weaken it with destructive and unfulfilling sex, bullying, violence, drugs, and overfocus on what others are doing instead of building confidence in self. The result is a long confusion period, especially for women, in which it takes years to regain the state of energy and assuredness that was lost in the teen years. Some women never regain it and instead make poor choices that burden them for the rest of their lives.
Regaining or understanding for the first time their full, unlimited power is, for most women, a journey of identifying and overcoming past restraints.”
Review
Two main elements attracted me to this book. It was a book about understanding what it is to be a woman, written by a woman. And it included guidance on meditation. I hoped to learn, and I was not disappointed. In fact, I read the book in one sitting, and have returned to it since.
I should be clear here that the book does not downplay the role held by men. Liz recognises that both men and women are powerful creatures. Her case is based on how we as women (and society) perceive and use our power. Over time, women’s strength through power has – for many reasons – been repressed. Liz argues that this has created a flawed world. One in which the balance between men and women is compromised.
Men traditionally take on more of the powerful leadership roles, but without the same breadth of skill which women leaders have. I generalise, of course, but it’s easy to think of examples today of, say, world leaders. Those who stand out for the right reasons during the current human crisis are, primarily, women.
Liz does not seek to put down male leaders, but instead, she highlights the areas in which men excel. Indeed, the book has as much to commend it to men as to women. It is a book about what it is to be human. What we might hope for the next generation, and those who follow. How we can best work together towards a better world. It is both interesting and inspiring.
The meditation guidance is probably the best I have encountered. Liz acknowledges that it isn’t easy to quieten the mind and learn to focus. The exercises included in the book are accessible to all. Liz aims to make meditation relevant, enjoyable, and, most of all, achievable.
Women, Meditation, and Power is available at:
Goodreads, and Amazon (UK) (US)
Author Bio
LIZ LEWINSON is an award-winning author in biography and Buddhism. Her travels and career in technology and communications have allowed her to observe the inversion of the roles of women and men around the world. She speaks on the topics of women, meditation, and power to students, corporations, and community organizations.
Liz Lewinson: https://lizlewinson.com/.
Other Books by Liz Lewinson:
Power of the Loving Man: https://lizlewinson.com/books/power-of-the-loving-man/
American Buddhist Rebel: https://lizlewinson.com/books/american-buddhist-rebel/
Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizLewinson
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Disclosure notice: I was gifted a copy of this book in return for a review. All views expressed are my own. Thank you to Reads and Reels Book Tours for organising the tour, and offering me a place.
27 April 2020
This book sounds really interesting Emma. From how you describe the content I think it could be very useful in secondary schools. Sadly teenagers aren’t very likely to read this type of genre without it being brought to their attention. It would certainly give them food for thought.
That’s a very good point, Eileen. It certainly would give food for thought to that age range. It’s a shame that curriculums (in the UK at least) are so rigid. Thanks for reading, and for commenting.