The transformative power of mindful seeing
‘To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.’ – Betty Smith — born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner — (1896 –1972) was an American playwright and novelist, who wrote the 1943 bestseller ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’. In […]
PAP expected to keep power, taking 83 of total 93 seats
SINGAPORE: Early indications are that the People’s Action Party (PAP) is en route to retaining power by winning 83 of the 93 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Friday’s Singapore general election. The Workers’ Party (WP) is expected to win 10 seats. These early results, as of 1 am Saturday, are based on a sample […]
Fearsome freedoms
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. — George Orwell, English novelist The biggest freedom every human being enjoys is the freedom of thought. The power, authority, luxury and right to think good, bad, ugly, reprehensible, joyful, awesome, awful, hateful, or beautiful […]
CM warns about greed for power
MIRI: Greed for power is not only a sin but it also has harmful social consequences, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. Addressing some 2,000 participants of a ‘Majlis Amanat Perdana Integriti 2020’ (MAPI 2020) in Miri yesterday, Abang Johari opined that such act was fuelled by a desire for wealth and […]