Is Happiness a Curse? Perceive Yourself as Already Abundant: Rohan Kishibe's 'Confessional' x Taro Okamoto's 'Happiness is a Curse' x Transurfing
🔹 Introduction
"I want to be happy."
The moment we think that, are we truly free?
Rather, when we are trapped by the word "happiness," we may be unconsciously casting a curse that binds us.
Even if we think we are "seeking happiness" consciously, we may be continuously regenerating a "self that is not happy" deep within our unconscious or subconscious.
Through the practice of Transurfing, I have felt this keenly.
This time, using Hirohiko Araki's short story "Confessional" and Taro Okamoto's words "Happiness is a curse" as clues, I will consider them by superimposing the Transurfing definition of action—"stop manipulating and surrender to external intention."
As an underlying theme, please try to interpret this from the three-layered perspective of "conscious, unconscious, and subconscious."
🔹 The Structure of the Curse in "Confessional"
Movie 'Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Confessional' Official Trailer 60s [Releasing Friday, May 23]
In 'Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Confessional,' a man drives himself into a structure of a curse through a "small act of malice."
Rohan Kishibe's 'Confessional'—The Circuit of "Curses" Created by "Outsourcing Forgiveness"
The eeriness of 'Confessional' lies not in the sin or punishment itself, but in the composition of outsourcing "forgiveness" to an external party (a priest or institution). The penitent lets go of the "editing rights to their own story" and tries to have someone else decide the "settling of accounts."
As a result, the subsequent reality is easily dragged along by the convenience of others or the environment. This "void of the subject" is expressed in the work as a cycle of "curses."
Rephrased in the vocabulary of Transurfing,
guilt or perfectionism becomes excess potential,
There, balance forces come into play, and
ultimately, a 'development where things are reclaimed by the outside' becomes more likely to occur.
Rohan is a symbol of the side that reads/edits stories—the act of 'turning people into books.' In contrast, the penitent falls into the role of the 'one being read,' becoming the observed rather than the observer.
This is the true nature of the 'curse'.
The key to breaking it is simple: reframe forgiveness not as a 'transaction,' but as a 're-choosing in the present tense.'
The moment you stop waiting for external judgment and return the editing rights to what you choose right now, the cycle begins to unravel.
🔹 Taro Okamoto's 'Happiness is a Curse'
Taro Okamoto said this:
'The moment you think you want to be happy, it becomes a curse.'
This statement can also be clearly understood when viewed through a three-layer structure.
Conscious: Wishing for happiness (appears positive)
Unconscious: Creating a standard of comparison that says 'I am not yet happy'
Subconscious: Continuing to manifest that sense of lack into reality
In other words, chasing 'happiness' ultimately engraves a 'self-image that is not happy' into the subconscious, which then expands and reproduces that state into the future.
It's similar to Transurfing, isn't it?
Taro Okamoto's 'Happiness is a Curse'—Comfort is 'Editing Halted'
Taro's famous provocation is not a denial of happiness itself. What he criticizes is the attitude of settling for 'this is good enough' The more you sit in a safe zone,
the narrower your range of choices becomes,
the duller your reactions become,
and the tension of life drops.
From the perspective of information and learning, because the update (learning) signal toward the outside world weakens, reality tends toward the 'reproduction of inertia'.
Taro's 'Art is an explosion' is not a declaration of a destructive impulse, but of the instantaneous power of updating.
When brought down to the scale of daily life, it means repeatedly making small choices to step into the unknown and not letting your editing rights grow dull.
This is the core of his statement that 'happiness (settling) is a curse'.
In terms of Transurfing, it easily becomes a flow of comfort = decreased tension → being swept away by the pendulum → external intention cannot function.
Conversely, if you maintain an attitude of opening up in small ways to the unknown, the power of the environment (external intention) becomes easier to move, and unexpected paths appear.
Taro's words strongly demand this 'design of attitude'.
🔹 From the perspective of Transurfing
In Transurfing, it is considered important to let go of excess potential.
A strong consciousness of 'I must become happy' unconsciously applies pressure, fixing a program of 'lack of happiness' into the subconscious.
That is precisely why what is necessary is to observe that you are 'already abundant'.
When you shift the focus of your consciousness from 'lack' to 'abundance', unconscious resistance dissolves, and a new reality is etched into your subconscious.
🔹 Happiness is a curse, abundance lies in observation
Here, I will present once again the equation that represents my way of life👇
\nNext Reality = (Intention × Observation + Random Fluctuation + Synchronicity) ÷ Letting Go\n
Intention (Consciousness): Directing toward the future
Observation (Unconscious Choice): Which reality to select
Chance/Synchronicity (Subconscious Output): Feedback from external intention
Letting Go: The power to harmonize all of these
Looking at it this way, the desire to 'become happy' is merely a voice at the level of consciousness.
At the layers of the unconscious and subconscious, that voice is converted into the curse of 'not yet happy'.
The intersection of both—the moment you entrust it to the outside, it becomes a curse
Rohan Part: When you outsource forgiveness, the story is reclaimed by external dynamics.
Taro Part: When you align your peace of mind with external norms, the renewal of life stops.
Both point out that the cycle (= curse) begins the moment you let go of the editing rights to your own reality.
In terms of Transurfing, maintaining the observer mode is the foundation of everything. Before seeking answers outside, choose now, update now in the present tense.
This is the practical implication of the proposition 'Happiness is a curse, perceive yourself as already abundant'.
'Already abundant' also means standing back in a position where you can resume editing yourself without waiting for permission or proof from the outside.
🔹 From my own practice
I have often experienced this pattern while recording irradiation logs.
When you pursue happiness
👉 Even if you are positive in your conscious mind, impatience arises unconsciously, and your subconscious unfolds a stagnant reality.
When you observe that you are already abundant
👉 Your consciousness becomes light, your unconscious mind stabilizes, and synchronicities (repeating numbers, coincidences) return from your subconscious.
What is important here is not to try to 'grasp happiness' with your conscious mind, but to engrave 'I am already abundant' into your subconscious.
This is highly abstract and effective.
I have written about abstraction in another article, but in Transurfing, the logic is that you set your own goals, and then you create reality by leaving the route to reach them to external intention.
For example, it is like this: If you impose settings (constraints) such as 'To reach the goal, I will meet so-and-so, win such-and-such amount in the lottery, and then this and that...', excess potential (※Please view from the roadmap in the related articles at the bottom of the page) will act, and the world's program will repel you.
You have had experiences like that, haven't you?
I have too.
That is the way of living that 'transcends the curse of happiness'.
🔹 Action Definition (Working on the conscious, unconscious, and subconscious)
1. Conscious level: Let go of 'wanting to be happy'
2. Unconscious level: Notice the 'abundance that already exists' every day
3. Subconscious level: Receive synchronicities and coincidences, and regenerate a new reality
Practicing these three layers will lift the curse and create a reality that flows with the current.
🔹 Summary
Rohan Kishibe's 'Confessional' depicts that 'the curse is within oneself,' and
Taro Okamoto declared that 'seeking happiness is the very curse itself.'
And Transurfing shows us, 'Stop manipulating, and leave it to external intention.'
When you apply these to the three layers of the conscious, unconscious, and subconscious, the answer becomes clear.
When you pursue 'happiness' with your conscious mind, you amplify 'lack' in your unconscious and subconscious.
When you observe that you are 'already abundant' with your conscious mind, your unconscious and subconscious harmonize, and
reality begins to shift.
Happiness is a curse. Abundance lies in observation.
And finally, I ask you:
👉 At which level—conscious, unconscious, or subconscious—are you currently defining 'happiness'?
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