Yesterday, my identical twin brother’s father-in-law passed away.
Looking at his life, the image of a “hamster wheel” flashed through my mind.
To be born, become an adult, and repeat the same task in the same place for over 65 years until retirement—only to face death without ever experiencing something “real”…
Isn’t that incredibly hollow? Of course, one could argue he raised children and shared love, but my heart still feels heavy.
Even yesterday, on his very deathbed, he was reportedly talking about stocks.
It was deeply saddening to see that material greed could not be let go, even in the shadow of death.
The True Origin of the Wheel
The term “hamster wheel” comes from the sight of a caged squirrel or hamster running endlessly in place. It’s a metaphor for a repetitive, monotonous life without progress.
However, most people don’t realize they are actually lower-functioning than the squirrels themselves. When a squirrel runs on its wheel, it does so as “play”—a way to discharge excess energy. Is that meaningless?
Humans (“Monkeys”) might view it as hollow, but at least the squirrel perceives it as a game.
But what about humans?
Do you have the courage to step off the wheel the moment you realize it is meaningless?
Or are you just forcing yourself to run until the day you die?
Where did this obsession—the idea that you must run the wheel to survive—even come from?
People can’t even imagine stepping off, taking a rest, and finding a different way to live.
These “Monkeys,” lacking the courage to escape the cage or step off the wheel, simply finish their lives like that. What was all that idling for? Was it just for money?
Re-debugging Matthew 6:26-27
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”
I interpret this verse differently.
The entire environment has already been perfectly designed with a system of supply and circulation.
You simply need to adapt and survive within that environment.
I believe these words were spoken because this environment was optimized for humans above all else.
If you are paralyzed by fear and lack the courage to act within the environment already given to you, what could ever be granted to you?
The birds of the air simply flow with the cycle of the ecosystem.
If even the birds live like that, why can’t you enjoy the environment provided for you?
Conclusion: Escaping the Malicious Code of Fear
We often run the wheel under the illusion of “diligence.”
But as shown in my in-law’s final moments, if the end of that wheel is just chasing “fake numbers (stocks)” again in the face of death, wouldn’t those 65 years of memories feel regrettable?
(I do not mean to belittle his life; this is simply my own profound reflection on existence.)
While a squirrel uses the wheel as play to release life energy, humans use it as a “cage” to imprison themselves.
Even though the Creator gave us bodies with processing power far higher than that of birds, humans waste 100% of that energy running the “malicious code” known as the “Fear of Survival.”
Birds are free because they do not doubt the world, even though they neither sow nor reap.
In contrast, humans store plenty in their barns yet spend their lives emitting signals of anxiety, worrying about tomorrow.
The “successful wheel” the world speaks of is nothing more than hollow idling.
Do you really want to be a slave clinging to fake numbers even at the doorstep of death?
The beautiful “Earth Gallery” the Creator rendered for us is not a background image meant to be viewed while sweating on a hamster wheel.
The courage to step off, the courage to escape—it’s not found elsewhere.
The moment you restore your trust in the Designer—the belief that everything is already perfectly supplied—the wheel stops, and the real journey of life begins.
“Everything has already been given.
You simply need to survive while performing the music of the Designer’s love within that environment.”









