#2 The Joy That Makes My Cells Throb
My cells are throbbing, stirring, and won't stop.
This is the state I'm in when I listen to reggae.
The sensation that every single cell is rejoicing.
It feels less like my own consciousness and more like my body is starting to move on its own.
At first, I used to wonder what this phenomenon was.
But once I realized there was no point in thinking about such things, I decided to just surrender myself and ride the rhythm.
My body beats to the rhythm at a cellular level.
There is nothing more electrifying than this.
One day, suddenly, a door swings wide open.
Have you ever had an experience like that?
In my 53 years of life, I have had this experience at least twice.
One of them is this 'reggae experience'.
(I would like to write about the other episode someday as well.)
A shock suddenly ran through my body, and my body reacted on its own faster than my consciousness could.
It was as if I were being controlled by someone else's emotions, not my own, and my body was keeping the rhythm on its own.
And my mood kept rising.
I feel like these two experiences, where something that isn't my own emotion enters me, are inherited from a past life.
Until then, I was the type of person who was rather bad at focusing on stories about past lives, reincarnation, or previous existences.
But after going through these experiences, I have had a physical sensation that cannot be explained in any other way.
So.
Recently, I had a deep reggae experience, so my body is rejoicing.
2025.8.31 (sun) Utsunomiya HEAVEN'S ROCK
I participated in RED SPIDER's 47-prefecture tour.
From start to finish, my body was savoring joy to the fullest.
Feeling this from an objective perspective also feels like something possessive.
Whatever the method, my body was definitely feeling the ultimate joy at that moment.
To be able to have such a dense experience of joy, where every single cell is rejoicing—just for this alone, I can think in that moment that I'm glad I was born.
You might think it's an exaggeration, but this is my reality.