(TM from Nagasaki Prefecture/30s/Female/ Housewife)
“My back hurts.” I put up the pain and did house work on that Saturday. My husband worked all day outside the house and our two little daughters were at home. I finished what I needed to do and slept at night. But, when I woke up the next morning, I felt a strong pain that I had never experienced before. I crawled to the restroom, and could not do anything but lie on the bed. I could not endure the strong pain and called an ambulance. It was hernia―I had been hospitalized from that day.
It Was Not Because of the Busyness of My Husband…
Constant pain―it was like labor pains. I couldn’t sleep at night, so the doctor gave me the pain-relieving injection which was almost as strong as narcotics. However, it gradually became less effective.
I felt the limit of medicine. Moreover, I felt the limit of my power, “I cannot take it all on myself.” My husband is very supportive in terms of housework and child-rearing. But he was very busy with his job, so I didn’t want to burden him. Therefore, I didn’t tell him any small pain I had. When I felt strong pain, I told him “I feel pain a little bit…” I realized that my kokoro relying only on myself pushed me into a corner.
Live with the Supports from Kami through Kigan
Kami teaches that family members have to have a heart-to-heart talk. I offered kigan seriously and told my husband my honest thoughts―I told him that I pretended I could do anything and could not say “I cannot do this” to him, I told him I cannot deal with things only by myself, I told him that I want him to be a shinja and learn Kami’s teachings together. He listened to me warmly and said “I will be a shinja” right away. I could sleep with clear and calm kokoro that night, and when I woke up, the strong pain that had never stopped became half less painful.
As soon as I talked to him my honest thoughts, I recovered drastically and was discharged from the hospital within a week. I was told that I would need to visit the doctor regularly for a while, but I was told that I longer needed to visit the doctor anymore within the next month. And days of calmness has returned.
Recovered from Chronic Diseases Day by Day
Learning Kami’s teachings together as a couple, my husband tells me which teachings he keeps in his mind while working. I also keep ‘going easy’ in mind, and rely on my husband and express thankfulness to him with words. In addition, there are more changes in my life that make me happy. I recovered from chronic diseases; panic disorder that started happening a year ago, and asthma that needed medicines and doctor’s visit.
I thought that “Everything will be fine unless I ask help for Kami by myself.” But, it was wrong. As I started learning Kami’s teachings with my husband as a family, things changed for the better. I experienced the power of Kami, so I want to tell as many people as possible about how grateful this Kami is.
Heeding the Shinji to Understand the Reasons for the Joys Experienced
Shinji is the universal principle (truth), and can also be the guidance of life that foresees the future. Please feel the wonders of a life that flows exactly in a way the Shinji tells us when you live with the teachings of Kami.
Shinji
To the Shinja
Learn the teachings with your family and strive to live by the principles.
This effort protects the life of the shinja, and you will not experience accidents and disasters.
Principles make the kokoro(unmei) of a family as one and a thought to mutually support each other will be deepened.
As the kokoro of family members come together, the kokoro(life) of people will anchor and kokoro going off the path will fade away.
This is condition of a person(family), who experiences miracle and is protected in the hands of Kami.