Argentina M.M. (72 years old, female)

〔About physical symptoms〕

　I have had rheumatic symptoms since I was a child. By the time I was an adolescent, bone pain had become commonplace and I had been treated with calcium injections.
　About 40 years ago, when I was 31 years old (1967), I was a faculty member. I had symptoms of hypertension while I was pregnant with my second son (8 months). At the age of 35 (1971), my blood pressure rose to 230 mmhg. I suffered from a cerebral infarction, and the left half of my body became paralyzed temporarily. I had no sequelae because I was treated immediately. However, at the age of 40 (1976), I had a myocardial infarction at work. What also hit me was that my husband died in July 2000 due to complications from diabetes.
　Perhaps these events had a negative effect on my body and the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis became more severe. Especially, the pain in my hands, knees, hips and neck, and the joints of my fingers began to bend. Even with the injection treatment, the pain was only temporary.
　I searched for various treatments, hoping that my rheumatic symptoms would improve as much as possible. In 2002, I participated in a rheumatism study group held at a certain hospital. The medication I received at this study group temporarily improved my symptoms. However, a few days later the founder of the research project disappeared and the study was discontinued.
　I didn’t give up and tried exercise therapy, such as walking, this time. Thanks to that, the pain was relieved for a long time without taking any medicine. In 2003, I started going to a sports gym in earnest. Yet, in the fourth month, I had sciatica and couldn’t continue.

〔Improvement of mind and body from my encounter with Okada Purifying Therapy〕

　I first encountered Purifying Therapy in February 2002. My niece advised me, “Why don’t you try Purifying Therapy at the MOA Santiago Clinic?”, so I decided to go.
　By visiting Derqui Zuisenkyô and experiencing Purifying Therapy and the ikebana “Kohrinka Flower,” my life changed dramatically.
　After attending the health promotion seminar and experiencing the Okada Health and Wellness Program, my blood pressure level became stable. My rheumatic pain was alleviated, and I became mentally calm. By experiencing ikebana, I was able to face myself. Instead of thinking pessimistically about life, my desire to “live better” has increased. The desire to change the wrong lifestyle and the wrong way of life arose in me.
　When I was living with my late husband, the pain of rheumatism kept me worried about who would help me if something happened to him. Thus, after my husband died, from then on, that anxiety became stronger. Yet, since I came across the Okada Health and Wellness Program, my outlook on life changed completely. Immediately after receiving Purifying Therapy, my body changed and I felt reassured. Even when I am alone, I no longer feel anxious.
　In addition, by comprehending Okada’s view of human beings—human beings are composed of spirits and bodies, and by healing the spirits, the bodies will be healed as well—as the principle of purification, I was able to live a positive life. I feel that my husband is watching over me from heaven.

〔To be a “therapist” in the hope of making others happy〕

　Looking at my friends who are the same age as me, they are suffering from various illnesses. Compared to them, who are relying on many medicines, I am now free from the suffering of illness, feel youthful at the age of 72, light and tireless, and require very little medicine. I was able to come across the Okada Health and Wellness Program and regained youthfulness. I cannot thank everyone enough.
　People ask, “Why are you getting younger and younger?” I am telling them about the activities promoted by MOA and the Okada Health and Wellness Program that I experienced at Derqui Zuisenkyô. I hope that one day my friends will be healed by the Okada Health and Wellness Program.
　I shared my experience with Purifying Therapy with my family, relatives and neighbors. I especially share it to my sister who lives with me and my nephew who is undergoing dialysis treatment. In October 2008, I took a Purifying Therapy therapist certification course and passed the exam. Even when I go on a trip with my family and friends, if there is someone to accompany me, I am administering Purifying Therapy to them. The other day, when I traveled with my daughter, she complained of back and knee pain, but the pain was resolved by Purifying Therapy.
　In the future, I believe that more people will be able to experience the Okada Health and Wellness Program and enjoy its benefits. Therefore, I hope that I will be more useful.
　I believe that since I have improved my symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis through the Okada Health and Wellness Program, I was able to help my son. My son came to practice medical treatment with a way of thinking, including spirituality, because he encountered Okada’s philosophy. At first I was skeptical about that. However, through my own results from the Okada Health and Wellness Program, I was convinced that the path my son had chosen was correct.

〔Comment by Dr. M (family medicine specialist, director of MOA Santiago Clinic)〕

　M is my mother. For my mother’s hypertension, she sees a cardiologist on a regular basis once a month. She is prescribed antihypertensive drugs. In addition, she takes tests and electrocardiograms once every six months, but in the last five years, my mother has improved both physically and mentally. According to a specialist who sees my mother, “the test results (blood test, electrocardiogram, ultrasound, rehabilitation) have improved from severe to mild.”
　Rheumatoid arthritis is now asymptomatic and the result is a “negative” rheumatoid arthritis response. Her doctor has diagnosed her as “calm enough that she doesn’t need to take any medicine.” In addition, she has a regular gynecological examination once every three months, and a breast cancer examination and an ultrasound examination once every six months or a year, but I can say that my mother’s health is good for her age.
　Currently, at the Clinic, she receives a medical examination once every three months and receives the Okada Health and Wellness Program twice a week. Even at home, we have tried to perform Purifying Therapy. As we incorporated Purifying Therapy, ikebana and natural diets into our daily lives, she is now conveying the joy of these experiences to her friends and acquaintances.