Brazil M.F. (37 years old, female)

[The power to overcome even if you face the truth]

　At the beginning of March 2010, my mother-in-law introduced me to the MOA Volunteer Center * 1 for the first time and experienced the Okada Health and Wellness Program.
　At that time, I was in great suffering. My husband was having an affair with another woman. However, even if I asked my husband about it, he denied it. I was wondering what decision to make.
When I went to the volunteer center, I met Mrs. H, who is the central figure of the center. When I confessed my worries, Mrs. H talked to me about her experience with her husband. She then said, “By adopting the Okada Health and Wellness Program, I think that the truth of things will gradually become clearer. Let’s face it together.” From there, everything started.
　It was my first time to receive a wellness program, so Mrs. H explained the program to me. I heard that Purifying Therapy is “a mental and physical health method that eliminates all sufferings by enhancing the natural healing power inherent in humans and promoting the purification of mind and body on a daily basis.” At that time, I felt, “By receiving Purifying Therapy, I will be able to face the truth and overcome any decision.” Then, I wanted to be able to perform the treatment myself, so I joined MOA at the end of March.
 
* 1 In Brazil, the bases of volunteer activities conducted by public and private organizations and individuals for the local community are called “volunteer centers.”

[Practice of gratitude]

　In my distressed days, I went to a volunteer center to receive Purifying Therapy on a daily basis. In addition to Purifying Therapy, I also experienced the Arts and Culture Program. I learned the importance of having flowers at home, so I immediately started to decorate the entrance, living room, bedroom, and my son’s and daughter’s rooms with flowers.
　Mrs. H also gave me some advice on how to control my heart.
　For example, the advice was to be conscious and grateful, rather than complaining or hating someone, no matter how harsh the event. She said that by trying to be grateful for my husband, I might be able to notice my mistakes in my approach to my husband.
　Around the same time, I had to make a tough decision whether to continue living with my husband, however, by April my husband had left home.
　Even in such a situation, Mrs. H kindly encouraged me and repeatedly told me not to forget to thank my husband. I felt that Mrs. H advised me to express my gratitude with confidence and to hope for a bright future since she had overcome the problems she had suffered with her husband for many years through the philosophy and practice of MOA.
　I said in my heart, “Don’t give up on your husband or family, and continue to thank everything,” but to be honest, it wasn’t that easy. It was very hard and lonely without my husband, and I missed him. Sometimes I cried in the bath with my youngest daughter.
　When I was at a loss like this, I continued to go to the volunteer center to encourage myself. By not forgetting the feeling of gratitude that Mrs. H had taught me and praying again, I was able to gradually regain calmness.

[The state of the husband who left the house]

　While my husband had left home, I continued to work, continued to receive Purifying Therapy at the volunteer center, continued to make flower arrangements at home, and always tried to keep the inside of the house clean. However, within my heart, I was worried about my husband and was filled with sadness.
　From the beginning of May, my husband started to come home from time to time. However, his appearance was thin and he was exhausted from taking too many sleeping pills. The company suspended him from the office due to illness. He is now working part-time as a delivery person (of office materials) to earn pocket money.
　Another day, my husband came home when I was sleeping. Later I found out that he had brought his goods back home.
　At the end of May, two people—my father-in-law and my son—went to visit my husband, but at that time my husband seemed to have had a motorcycle accident a few days before. His body was full of wounds, and in addition to sleeping pills, he was taking painkillers. Thus, he was in a state of dim consciousness. I had my father-in-law and my son leave my husband’s place immediately.
At that time, my husband seemed to be taking a lot of sleeping pills and painkillers, and he seemed to be dependent on the medicine. As a result, he was so weak that he had to be helped to take a shower.

[Purifying Therapy for husband]

　From that day on, I took my husband to the volunteer center. Upon arriving at the center, Mrs. H and I immediately treated him with Purifying Therapy.
　After that, it was a series of ups and downs. I took him to the center three times a week. My husband looks calm and feels good when he is receiving Purifying Therapy. However, when he gets home, he loses his energy and becomes depressed. He begins to blame himself for taking medicine, and sometimes he would crouch and cry. Sometimes he couldn’t sleep at night for a couple of days, but I continued to support my husband without fail.
　Thanks to Mrs. H’s perseverance, changes began to appear gradually. Within two months, my husband did not have to take all the medicines. His suspension ended and he was able to return to his original work.
　As a result of these improvements, my husband joined MOA in August and is still going to the center regularly for Purifying Therapy.
　My husband says that receiving Purifying Therapy helps him to sleep better at night and makes his job more enjoyable. Perhaps because he felt the importance of communication, our conversations have increased. Even the relationship with my parents, who he has never talked to before, has improved.
　My husband began to say, “I am now able to thank even the smallest events,” and we are now able to lead a life in which my husband and I can thank each other. My husband is very grateful to the volunteer center and says, “I feel at ease when I go to the center.”

[Volunteer Center and the Okada Health and Wellness Program changed our life]

　The MOA volunteer center has changed our lives with the Okada-style health method centered on Purifying Therapy. Having had such an experience, I feel something wonderful that cannot be expressed in words.
　I learned a lot at this center. I learned the true love. I learned that Purifying Therapy is “a health method that enhances human spirituality.” I learned that there is joy and purpose in being able to practice the Okada Health and Wellness Program for others. I also learned that living heavenly is “to live surrounded by beauty.”
　In addition, Mrs. H taught me that Okada’s idea of a severe event like this one is “purification” and that purification is “to improve.” I learned that it is to improve our immature parts, improving it, realizing a more beautiful life and to be a “family filled with beauty.”
　Many things have changed by overcoming purification. The eyes of my husband’s children have also changed. From time to time, I feel that I had to have such an experience to reaffirm the bonds and cohesion of my family and their value.
　I am full of gratitude to Mrs. H. so I decided to volunteer at the center. By volunteering, I think it’s wonderful that I can feel the richness that I can’t get with money or things, such as a sense of fulfillment, happiness, purpose of life, and improvement of spirituality.
　If possible, I would like to guide everyone to this center where Mrs. H is. I sincerely hope that everyone who comes to the center will improve and be happy like us. By receiving Purifying Therapy and trying to decorate each room with flowers as in the Arts and Culture Program, I think that anyone can enjoy your days, feel gratitude, and gain the power to live.