曾經有一位脖子長出巨大腫瘤的男子來訪，當他出現在我眼前時，腫瘤已經消失了。

他沒有動過手術，只是徹底改變了生活態度，放下多年來累積的恩怨情仇。

我問他：「你曾經恨過誰？」他沉默了一會，接著描述家族與親友之間的侵占、掠奪與背叛，毫不避諱的訴說自己曾經深陷仇恨的深淵。

類似的情緒故事不斷在我身旁上演，長期整理這些案例後，我發現：當我們層層過濾壓力來源，留在濾網上的，往往不是事件本身，而是憤怒與委屈。

這些人，最終多半都進入醫師所安排的療程。

也許，在投胎之前，我們早已反覆提醒自己要割捨憤怒，明白不能再生氣；也曾告誡自己此行是為了修習寬恕與原諒，學會與人和平共處。

然而，來到人世之後，我們還是忘了。

或許某一天會突然驚醒，彷彿記憶深處曾有這麼一回事。但這一世的記憶本就不斷被沖刷，更何況是降臨之前的記憶。原來，遺忘從來不是刻意的選擇，它自然會發生。

我們的大腦本就具備記憶存放與丟棄的機制，在有限的容量裡，有進就有出，有新就必然淘汰舊。

 

身為人，我們擁有一具完整的人身。情緒與癌症、腫瘤之間的連動，早已不需要科學證據佐證，因為那本身就是造物主的命題：既是慈悲與良善的告示，也是原諒與寬恕的提醒。

除了情緒的故事，關於睡眠障礙的敘述，也不斷在我耳邊播放。長期彙整這些案例，我始終提醒對方：那是「不重視睡眠」的後果。

談價值觀有用嗎？我得到的結論是：沒有用。價值觀往往是一種上鎖的執著，幾十年來不重視睡眠的人，並不容易在一夕之間調整生命的優先順序。

其實，解方早已存在於我的認知之中。只是我仍反覆鑽研睡眠相關書籍，直到某次備課的過程中，在講解睡眠的一個瞬間，我再度迎來醍醐灌頂般的頓悟。

這依然是造物主的命題，那也是我思考「生物設定」這個概念時，最清晰的一段記憶：先有晝夜節律與自然法則，才有我們身上所有的基本設定。

或許是閱讀《超預期壽命（Outlive）》所帶來的啟發，我在內心回應了彼得．阿提雅醫師的覺悟與反省；同時，也想起台南奇美醫院蔡伯羌醫師過勞猝逝的事件，驚訝於人類違逆天意時的魯莽程度。

 

一切，都可以從一個問題開始：「如果你連續四十八小時沒睡，你還是你嗎？」有經驗的人，很快就能回答這個問題。於是我繼續追問：「那如果是六十小時呢？」

「沒問題，我可以。」這樣的豪語並不陌生。然而，在自然法則的監控之下，最愛逞強的人，最終都會被迫臣服。

過勞的真正背景，從來不是勞動本身，也不是多值了一班，而是沒睡覺。

說到這裡，我們必須理解身體如何被設定來驅動睡眠。白天的過程中，一種名為「腺苷」的化學物質不斷在大腦細胞表面累積；當腺苷接近飽和，身體便會發出「電量耗盡」的訊號。

當學者將晝夜節律曲線與腺苷堆積曲線對照，我們得以看見那背後近乎完美的設計：自然法則與晝夜節律，共同書寫了我們身上的生物設定，而其源頭，仍然來自造物主的命題。

我忍不住問上蒼：「我們真的有資格讚嘆嗎？」接著又問：「人類不睡覺，是造物主的百密一疏嗎？」其實，這一切早已包含在最高意識的預言之中。

我們甚至可以從《病者生存（Survival of the Sickest）》這本書裡，看見造物主深謀遠慮的痕跡。

 

《病者生存》的副標題寫著：「為何我們需要疾病？」當你從「我們為何會生病」，轉而思考「我們為何需要疾病」，便會再次明白，這仍然是造物主的命題。

癌症與腫瘤的降臨，並非懲罰，而是禮物。真正理解這個真相的人，才有機會得救，因為他們願意改變，也因為他們擁有脫胎換骨的決心。

話題再回到睡眠，馬修．沃克說過：「睡眠，是造物主用來對抗死亡的最佳嘗試。」

這句話的反面，便是「不睡覺，意味著與死亡風險正面交會」。

然而，我所見證的，卻是絕大多數人對睡眠的長期輕忽。這一點，不會出現在死亡證明書上，因為死者生前的生活習性，從來不在官方討論之列。

事實上，只要觀察一個人長期的情緒狀態與行為表現，就能看出他的睡眠品質。現代人，幾乎都是在縮減睡眠的同時，也縮減了自己的生命。

有些道理，其實只要抬頭看天、低頭看地，就能明白。之所以看不見，是因為把自己放得太大；之所以領悟不了，是因為離謙卑學習，還太遙遠。

 

（上帝能讓你人生中發生過的最糟糕的事，最終轉化為對你最有益的事。）

 

The Creator’s Proposition

Once, a man visited me who had once grown a massive tumor on his neck.
By the time he stood before me, the tumor was already gone.

He had not undergone surgery.
What he did instead was radically transform his way of living—letting go of years of accumulated grudges, resentments, and emotional entanglements.

I asked him, “Whom have you hated?”

He fell silent for a moment, then began to describe the invasions, seizures, and betrayals within his family and among close relatives. He spoke without avoidance, openly recounting how deeply he had once sunk into the abyss of hatred.

Stories like this repeat themselves endlessly around me.
After long-term observation of these cases, I came to a realization: when we filter stress layer by layer, what remains in the sieve is often not the events themselves, but anger and grievance.

Most of these individuals eventually enter treatment plans arranged by physicians.

Perhaps, before we were born, we reminded ourselves again and again to relinquish anger, knowing we must not continue living in rage. Perhaps we warned ourselves that this lifetime was meant for practicing forgiveness, learning mercy, and cultivating peaceful coexistence with others.

Yet once we arrive in this world, we forget.

Maybe one day we awaken suddenly, as if a distant memory stirs—as though this had all been explained before. But memories in this lifetime are constantly being washed away, let alone those from before birth. It turns out that forgetting is never a deliberate choice; it happens naturally.

Our brains are designed with mechanisms for both storage and disposal. Within limited capacity, what comes in must push something out; what is new inevitably replaces what is old.

As human beings, we inhabit a complete physical body.
The connection between emotion and cancer, tumors, or chronic illness no longer requires scientific proof—it is, in itself, the Creator’s proposition: both a compassionate warning and a reminder of forgiveness and mercy.

Beyond emotional narratives, stories of sleep disorders also echo constantly in my ears. After years of compiling such cases, I repeatedly tell people the same thing: this is the consequence of not valuing sleep.

Does discussing values help?
My conclusion is: no.

Values are often locked-in attachments. Someone who has neglected sleep for decades is unlikely to reorder life’s priorities overnight.

In truth, the solution had long existed within my understanding. Still, I continued studying books on sleep—until one day, while preparing a lecture, a moment of explanation triggered another awakening, as clear and sudden as a cleansing illumination.

Once again, it was the Creator’s proposition.

It also became my clearest memory when contemplating the idea of biological settings: circadian rhythm and natural law came first—only then did all our bodily configurations follow.

Perhaps inspired by Outlive, I found myself resonating deeply with Dr. Peter Attia’s reflections and awakenings. At the same time, I recalled the sudden death of Dr. Tsai Po-Chiang of Chi Mei Hospital in Tainan, collapsing from overwork—astonished by how recklessly humanity defies natural order.

Everything can begin with a single question:

“If you go forty-eight hours without sleep, are you still yourself?”

Those with experience can answer quickly.
So I continue, “What about sixty hours?”

“No problem. I can handle it.”
Such bravado is familiar.

Yet under the surveillance of natural law, those who push themselves the hardest are ultimately the first to be forced into surrender.

The true background of overwork has never been labor itself, nor an extra shift—it is the absence of sleep.

At this point, we must understand how the body is designed to drive sleep. During waking hours, a chemical called adenosine gradually accumulates on the surface of brain cells. As adenosine approaches saturation, the body issues a signal equivalent to battery depletion.

When researchers overlay the circadian rhythm curve with the adenosine accumulation curve, a nearly perfect design emerges. Natural law and circadian rhythm jointly write our biological programming—and its origin remains the Creator’s proposition.

I can’t help but ask the heavens, “Do we truly deserve to marvel at this?”
Then I ask again, “Is humanity’s ability to stay awake a flaw in the Creator’s design?”

In truth, all of this was already included in the prophecy of the highest consciousness.

We can even glimpse the Creator’s far-reaching foresight in the book Survival of the Sickest.

The subtitle of Survival of the Sickest reads: Why We Need Disease.
When you shift from asking “Why do we get sick?” to “Why do we need disease?”, you once again realize that this, too, is the Creator’s proposition.

Cancer and tumors are not punishments—they are gifts.
Only those who truly grasp this truth have a chance at salvation, because they are willing to change, and because they possess the determination for complete transformation.

Returning to sleep, Matthew Walker once said:
“Sleep is the Creator’s best effort yet to counter death.”

The inverse of this statement is clear:
To not sleep is to face death risk head-on.

Yet what I have witnessed is the long-term neglect of sleep by the vast majority of people. This will never appear on a death certificate, because a person’s lifelong habits are never part of official discussion.

In reality, simply observing someone’s long-term emotional state and behavioral patterns reveals the quality of their sleep. Modern people are almost always shortening their sleep—and, in doing so, shortening their lives.

Some truths require nothing more than looking up at the sky and down at the earth to understand.
We fail to see them because we place ourselves too high.
We fail to comprehend them because humility—and the willingness to learn—remain too far away.