關於 affect mental health status ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Do you know, by the end of 2020, mental illness expected to be the second biggest health problem affecting Malaysians after heart disease. According to The National Health Morbidity Survey (2015), every 1 in 3 adults aged 16 years and above in Malaysia suffer from some form of mental 🧠 health issues. Mental illness does not discriminate. It can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, race, social status or income
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If you have the following signs; Long-lasting sadness or irritability, extremely high and low moods, excessive fear, worry, or anxiety, maybe you need to talk to someone. Those are the sign of imbalance mental fitness/mental health
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I am pretty sure that most Malaysians today are still not well- informed about the mental health issue
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So today, in conjunction with the World Mental Health Day, I put on this green ribbon to support awareness on the mental health issue
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Congrats @imanabdullah on being appointed the Patron for International Mental Health Day!
#WorldMentalHealthDay
#GreenRibbon1010
#MentalHealthMatters

#獨家 世界衛生組織將台灣問題相關聲明稿下架！
　
世界衛生組織(WHO)在台灣時間今(6)日凌晨以 "How the World Health Organization works with all people, everywhere" 為題發了一篇聲明稿，試圖為排除台灣參與 WHO 辯解。不過這篇聲明卻在不到 24 小時內就被 WHO 網站下架，直至晚間6時30分仍呈現「找不到網頁」（This page cannot be found），《沃草》透過世衛網站暫存紀錄，獨家為大家揭露該篇聲明內容。
　
聲明中，WHO仍稱與台灣相關的事務為「中國台灣事務」（ Taiwan, China issues），針對全球的種種批評，WHO 仍稱之為誤解（misunderstandings），並聲稱是有些人將「技術性的維護全球公共健康任務」與「決定 WHO 會員資格的權限」混淆，似乎打算以此來回應國際要求讓台灣加入 WHO 的呼聲。
　
聲明中多處重申 WHO 在 3 月 29 日公布的聲明（https://waa.tw/Qsu21N），認為 WHO 與台灣設有聯絡點、台灣專家曾參與 WHO 會議等，並表示台灣參與世界衛生大會的觀察員資格是在一次次的會員國投票中遭到否決，以及提起讓中華人民共和國取代中華民國聯合國席位的聯合國 2758 決議文，表示世界衛生大會遵循此決議及其中的一中原則。
　
似乎是為回應全球對 WHO 應對流行病能力的質疑，WHO 在聲明中表示「有些人可能認為 WHO 成員組成影響我們維護世界安全的能力，但更重要的是要了解我們的治理方式和實踐方式。」
　　　
暫存檔網址：https://waa.tw/dohkIm
聲明截圖：https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VP-KMgP4wb6Oy8jQkOjoSu-DWGS3Xqkb/view
原新聞稿網址：https://waa.tw/lFKd8M
　
（以下為世界衛生組織聲明原文）
標題：Update: How the World Health Organization works with all people, everywhere
發表時間：5 April 2020 Statement

內文：
In recent months we have seen misunderstandings in social media and the news media about how WHO manages global public health issues. In particular, there are a lot of questions about Taiwan, China issues. Some people are confusing WHO’s technical global public health mandate, with the mandate of countries to determine WHO’s membership. Countries decide this. The WHO Secretariat focuses on keeping the world safe.

WHO works to promote the health of all people, everywhere. Indeed, one of our overarching goals is Universal Health Coverage. #healthforall. We are an organization with a staff of physicians, scientists, researchers and public health experts who are committed to serving all people regardless of nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, gender.

This includes the people of Taiwan. We serve them through regular interactions with their experts and authorities on vital public health issues. This has been the case over many years, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is understandable that some people might think that the composition of WHO’s membership affects our ability to keep the world safe. But it is important to understand both how we are governed and how we operate in practice.

WHO is part of the United Nations, whose membership is the mandate of countries. In 1971, countries of the world participating in the United Nations General Assembly recognized the People’s Republic of China as “the only legitimate representative of China,” in effect, a one-China policy. That is contained in UNGA Resolution 2758. In 1972, the World Health Assembly decided in WHA Resolution 25.1 to follow that.

Every year, members have a chance to discuss important proposals during the World Health Assembly, where rules and policies governing WHO are decided. For example, at different times, some countries have proposed giving Taiwan’s authorities a special status – that of observing the annual World Health Assembly.

There have been 14 times over the last 22 years (1997-2006; and in 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019) when countries discussed whether a delegation from Taiwan could attend the World Health Assembly as an observer. Each time the countries decided against it by consensus – except in 1997 and 2004 when there were votes: (by 128 votes to 19 in 1997; and by 133 votes to 25 in 2004). In 2007, the issue wasn’t observer status, but membership, and countries decided against considering that by a vote of 148 to 17.

There have been occasions when it was clear that there was general support among WHO countries for Taiwan to take an observer seat at the World Health Assembly. Between 2009 and 2016, it did so under the name “Chinese Taipei.”

But having a seat at the WHA, or not having a seat at the WHA, does not affect, in any way, whether an area or population benefits from WHO expertise and guidance. WHO helps all people, everywhere.

WHO and Taiwan’s health experts interact throughout the year on vital public health and scientific issues, according to well-established arrangements.

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, interactions have been stepped up, both through existing channels and new ones as well.

Here are examples of WHO-Taiwan interactions around the coronavirus pandemic:

-- There is an established International Health Regulations (IHR) Point of Contact (POC) for Taiwan. Taiwan’s POC receives IHR (2005) communications, provides IHR information updates from Taiwan directly to WHO Headquarters, and has access to the IHR Event Information Site (EIS) system. The EIS system is a password-protected database and information exchange platform supporting the IHR. It is the well-established platform for all IHR communications, back and forth, between WHO and IHR contacts.

-- Health experts from Taiwan participate in two of the key WHO networks set up in January 2020 to support WHO work in the global COVID-19 response. Three experts from Taiwan are part of the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Network: two are part of the WHO Clinical Network. Every week, they join some 60 to 80 other experts from around the globe through a WHO-hosted teleconference, working to advance our knowledge and guidance in this response.

-- Two public health experts from Taiwan participated in the Global Research and Innovation Forum organized by WHO on 11-12 February 2020. They took part, alongside other world scientists, in considering critical research questions and in finding ways to work together to advance the response.

-- Taiwan’s Field Epidemiology Training Program is a member of the Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (also known as “TEPHINET”). WHO shares Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network alerts and requests for assistance with TEPHINET, and those messages are cascaded to the TEPHINET members.

-- WHO, through its technical lead, has directly briefed health authorities from Taiwan and has offered again.

--Taiwan’s health experts and authorities have open access to developments, guidance and other materials through the WHO’s website (www.who.int) and other digital platforms.

--They can access the www.OpenWHO.org platform, which hosts open online courses for decisionmakers and responders around the world. During the COVID-19 pandemic, OpenWHO usage has reached more than 1 million.

--WHO has a designated contact point with their office in Geneva. Through this channel, general questions are handled and when technical concerns arise, WHO technical responses are coordinated.

--WHO also interacts with Taiwan’s health authorities through the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Importantly, the COVID-19 caseload in Taiwan is low relative to population. We continue to follow developments closely, and WHO is taking lessons learned from all areas.

Interactions with Taiwan during the response to the pandemic is not exceptional. Here are some examples of regular interactions with Taiwan’s health authorities and WHO, over many years, through well-established arrangements, and across many different global health concerns:

Over the course of 2019, Taiwan’s experts were invited to attend 9 WHO technical meetings. They attended 8 of these meetings, contributing to WHO expert processes on issues including immunization, drug-resistant TB, assistive technologies, vaccine safety and SDG targets on NCDs and Mental Health. Prior to the Covid-19 emergency, work was underway for more expert participation from Taiwan in 2020.

On influenza, Taiwan vaccine manufacturer Adimmune contributes to the WHO Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework (PIP Framework) and preparations are underway for concluding an agreement between WHO and Adimmune under the PIP Framework for pandemic influenza vaccine products;
In the fight against cancer, experts from Taiwan have contributed to key publications issued by the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer;
In support of the International Health Regulations, an expert from Taiwan has been appointed to the IHR Expert Roster; and
On a range of other issues, from WHO pre-qualification practices for pharmaceutical manufacturers to malaria, there are exchanges with WHO on practical and technical issues.

It is fair to say that the contribution of Taiwan’s health experts to WHO, and their interactions with us, are well-developed and broad-based. And these interactions add value to the work of WHO and to global health.

【福禍休咎】

In the last 3 months of 2017, I was horribly sick.

I still do not know the exact cause of my ailment, but my guess is overworking and undersleeping.

When a person is sick for a period of time, it means his luck status at that time isn't tip top.

It will affect the wealth and of course, his mood.

Best way of dealing with it is to ensure speedy recovery and not let impatience get in the way.

I was feeling down in the dumps when I wasn't healing well, despite two rounds of medication.

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水神就是財神

On 4th Jan, I announced my CNY Wealth Manifestation Feng Shui Workshop, through a Facebook Live.

The Facebook Live was streamed at a Pizza Hut restaurant.

I ordered finger food and a beverage. I also requested for warm water to take my medication.

I was expecting just a glass of warm water but the waiter sent it in a 1-litre canister.

It was too much for me to finish.

I don't like to waste food and water. I wanted to fill up my glass and return the canister.

Then a thought flashed past, hey, 水就是財! (Water represents money!)

Must be a sign that my workshop will bring me extra income.

I drank the whole 1-litre of water after doing my Live. Not sharing with anyone.

True enough, the consistent posting and selling of my workshop for the past 10 days brought me more queries than usual.

My January income is already 2 times of both November and December combined.

Proof that Facebook Likes is not necessarily equivalent to income.

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桃李滿天下

For the first time ever in my 12 workshops, a workshop participant came up to me with a bag of plump Australian cherries, at my Wealth Manifestation workshop yesterday.

My first workshop in 2018.

She bought a pack for me, when she was shopping for cherries herself.

I like cherries very much, ever since I had a red sugary one on top of my Swensen's ice-cream sundae.

One of my favourite ice-cream flavours is Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia.

Fruits represent harvest.

In Singapore, cherries are more expensive, compared to the usual oranges and bananas.

You can say that they are the classier kind of fruits.

While my mum had always taught me not accept food from strangers, I happily received the fruity gift from Mevlin with thanks.

It was in a Giant plastic bag.

I recognise this as an auspicious sign that my work in 2018 will bring me bountiful rewards, and my reach will gigantically extend beyond the shores of Singapore.

(Actually Mevlin had came for my workshop in Nov 2016, so she isn't a stranger to me. 😁)

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接財神

Leaving the workshop venue, while cruising down the long Geylang road, I caught sight of a towering inflatable smiley God of Fortune.

I asked the Husband to make a Uturn at the lorongs so that I could have a photo taken with the first God of Fortune I see in 2018.

The Husband asked for permission to snap a photo, from the friendly Uncle, seated in front of the hamper shop.

The Uncle grinned and replied, "可以！這是好兆頭！"

("Can! This is a good sign!")

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修福修慧

Back home, I laid out the red packets that I need to pray for.

I picked up this ritual from my Shifu, Master Dai Hu.

Every red packet he receives from his client, no matter the amount, he will do a short 5-minute prayer and dedicate the merits to the client.

I have seen him done so for the past 12 years.

While most people are happy to earn money and spend on themselves, Shifu makes sure he does the prayer, so that the client will have some of his negative karma eradicated.

He often reminds me that it is very tough for most people to earn more money, because their daily conduct are not virtuous.

They are like hamsters in a running wheel, caged up and not knowing what will come next.

Most people react to Life instead of moving ahead of Life.

They have no control over their destiny because they lack the wisdom and benefactor guidance. Some are blinded by lures of easy success.

As a person who is ahead of them, Shifu sees it as his duty to bestow blessings to his clients, not just in the form of Chinese Metaphysics help.

He imparts wisdom to his clients and swears by teaching a man how to fish, rather than giving him a fish outright.

Poverty, debts, lack of growth in career, no recognition at workplace, no benefactors, family disharmony, losing money in investments...

Are all signs of depleting merits and negative karma.

Only when these blouders of negative karma are moved away, and the client mends his conduct to a more virtuous self, Chinese Metaphysics will then be able to manifest its full power to help the client.

That is why Shifu always does the prayer within the same day of receiving it.

He says, "One never knows what might happen the next day to the client, if I don't do the prayer in time."

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先知

In Chinese Metaphysics, there is a divination practise known as 梅花易數, Plum Blossom Oracle.

One can gain an insight into the unknown future, based on what he sees, hears, smells, experiences, and the movement in his surroundings, the people he interacts with, the animals that move around him, and the timings of the happenings.

There is a lot more technicality to it but in short, what we do and experience everyday is always a glimpse into the future.

We are sensory animals. I'm sure if you are in bad luck, you would know without an expert telling you.

You just don't know what to do to get out of it.

The biggest mentality difference between a layman and a wise expert is that...

A layman reacts.

A wise expert preempts.

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窮人相

Yesterday at the workshop, I told my students that if you are penniless, don't expect anyone to sympathise you.

It is your own responsibility to be sufficiently affluent.

Make sure you return what you have borrowed.

Don't hanker for handouts or favours, because the more you take from others, the more you will be karmically indebted.

When you meet-up at a cafe, order something even if it's only a cup of tea.

People are running a business. There's labour, rental, water and electricity bills to pay.

You are using their facility.

To not pay in one way or another is stealing.

Don't grumble or whine when you hit a wall of bad luck. This will add on to the negative energy around you, pushing the God of Fortune further and further away from you.

The God of Fortune is always jovial. He laughs when he gives a lot of money away to many people. He does not sulk, cry, or stinge.

Everybody likes to see the God of Fortune. He is well-liked and has great affinity with millions of people.

It is a joke that talent brings in money.

If you want more people to like you enough to push their hard-earned money to you, buy your products and services...

You need 眾生緣.

The affinity with sentient beings.

Think Jackie Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Jackson, JK Rowling.

In simplistic terms, when no one owes you, no one will give you money.

How many people have you helped?

How many people's lives have you changed for the better?

Did you help the right people?

How much love and happiness have you given to others?

How much wisdom have you inculcated in them?

What is your motive for helping?

Why do you deserve to be rich?

What are you going to do with all the money?

A poor man can still give his time, effort, and a listening ear. Or donate blood to save a life.

I recognised my lack of affinity with sentient beings in my Bazi. I had incurred 5-figure losses in 2 failed businesses.

I am now making up for lost time, with the amount and depth of content I produce on my Facebook consistently.

I don't do it with a profit mindset.

When you Like my content, comment or share it, and your FB friends get to read it, you are also forming better affinities with sentient beings. #leverage

All these are like savings.

When you are down in your luck, or your negative karma manifests itself, these savings will pull you up in the form of benefactors appearing.

I am aware that some of you read my Facebook to get your dose of happiness, wisdom and positivity.

I am generally not an optimistic person, if not for the Dharma I learnt.

On the other hand, I am also aware that there are people with malicious intent consuming my content.

Should I write less than? No. An affinity formed is an affinity formed.

If it's untruth that is spoken, if malice is the true intent, the person is still indebted to me karmically.

But if it is me who had done that to him or her previously, then all is even.

In any case, it's troublesome and distracting to keep track of who is doing what behind my back.

I also know some of you wanted to get a seat at my workshop but couldn't afford to.

If money is painful for you to talk about, implement what I recommend in this post everyday.

I had been posting here for the past 2 years.

Original content, not just shared posts.

It still feels surreal that strangers are willing to pay to see and hear me talk.

I don't market myself aggressively or go for meet ups to put my name out there. I'm not sociable.

I focus on my content.

Money still comes.

Especially now that I am much better than 3 months ago.

If you are struggling now, think about what you should improve about yourself.

And do it! Don't stick to the same old way of living life.

Disaster is often a recipe for success.

Success, when mismanaged, can also lead to disaster.

When you unravel these two, you will realise they actually mean the same thing.

人要懂得靈活變通。

Riches come easier to those who have a flexible mind and virtuous conduct.

Oh, good mental and physical health is always the greatest wealth.