What will I gain from this greed only thinks about itself, seeing itself as the center of the universe.

我將從中獲得什麼呢？貪婪只考慮自己，把自己看作是宇宙的中心。

It wants to acquire things from the world and hoard them.

它想從世界上獲得東西並囤積起來。

It wants to use the things it acquires to protect and elevate itself.

它想用它獲得的東西來保護和提升自己。

But does that work?

但這有用嗎？

What effect does greed have on a person and what's the cause of it?

貪婪對一個人有什麼影響，它的原因是什麼？

In a christmas, carol Charles, Dickens explores these questions and the answer in my opinion, is best demonstrated through the character of Jacob, Marley Marley mainly views the world through the lens of profits and losses.

在《聖誕頌歌》中，查爾斯-狄更斯探討了這些問題，在我看來，答案是通過雅各布-馬利這個人物最好的證明，馬利主要是通過利益和損失的角度來看待世界。

What will I profit from this?

我將從中獲得什麼好處？

He thinks what will I lose?

他認為我將失去什麼？

So what effect does this worldview have on him?

那麼，這種世界觀對他有什麼影響？

Marley spends the majority of his life working with his business partner Ebeneezer Scrooge not really paying attention to anyone unless it concerns his own profits and losses.

馬利一生中的大部分時間都在與他的商業夥伴Ebeneezer Scrooge一起工作，除非涉及到他自己的利潤和損失，否則他不會真正關注任何人。

He focuses solely on taking as much as he can from the world while giving up as little as possible.

他只專注於從世界上獲取儘可能多的東西，同時儘可能少地放棄。

And when Marley finally passes away no one but scrooge shows up to his funeral.

而當馬利最終去世時，除了守財奴，沒有人出現在他的葬禮上。

And Dickens says that even scrooge is not really sad about his passing and so seven years after his death, Marley visits scrooge as a ghost wrapped in chains and he tells scrooge that he is doomed to walk the earth with the burden of regret.

而狄更斯說，即使是守財奴也沒有真正為他的去世感到悲傷，所以在他死後七年，馬利作為一個裹著鐵鏈的鬼魂來拜訪守財奴，他告訴守財奴，他註定要帶著遺憾的負擔在世上行走。

I think this final scene gives us the biggest insight into the fate of the greedy mind.

我認為這最後一幕讓我們對貪婪之心的命運有了最大的洞察力。

Marley spent his whole life acquiring things and in the end, what did he really acquire burdens represented by the chains he wears as a ghost?

馬利一生都在獲取東西，最後，他真正獲取的是由他作為鬼魂所戴的鏈子代表的負擔？

He carries the burden of regret.

他揹負著遺憾的負擔。

Having wasted his life in a fruitless mission.

在一個沒有結果的任務中浪費了他的生命。

So basically Dickens says, that greed leads to regret, but how does this happen?

所以基本上狄更斯說，貪婪導致後悔，但這是如何發生的？

Greed is fueled by an insatiable desire.

貪婪是由貪得無厭的慾望推動的。

An insatiable desire is the root of suffering when we want something, we're miserable as long as we don't have that thing.

貪得無厭的慾望是痛苦的根源，當我們想要什麼的時候，只要沒有那個東西，我們就很痛苦。

And since the greedy mind always wants something, it spends its whole life in misery chasing one thing after another.

由於貪婪的心總是想得到一些東西，所以它一生都在痛苦中追逐一個又一個東西。

And when it reaches the end of its life, it realizes there was no point to the chase, to the things that it acquired.

而當它到達生命的終點時，它意識到追逐沒有意義，它所獲得的東西也沒有意義。

Because it can't take those things with it.

因為它不能把這些東西帶走。

The only thing that lasts after our deaths is the effect of our actions or in other words, the only thing that lasts after our deaths is the things we give to the world, not the things we get.

我們死後唯一持續的東西是我們行動的效果，或者換句話說，我們死後唯一持續的東西是我們給世界的東西，而不是我們得到的東西。

And so the greedy mind which spends its life taking and never giving, realizes it's been on an empty chase the whole time.

是以，貪婪的心靈終其一生都在索取而從不付出，它意識到自己一直都在進行空洞的追逐。

So in the end, the greedy mind is left with a life of misery and nothing of value to last beyond it.

所以到最後，貪婪的心靈只剩下痛苦的生活，沒有任何有價值的東西可以超越它。

But what's the cause of greed, Dickens tells us in the beginning of the story that essentially Marley and scrooge are interchangeable characters.

但貪婪的原因是什麼呢？狄更斯在故事的開頭告訴我們，本質上馬利和守財奴是可以互換的人物。

So the cause of greed for Marley and scrooge would be the same.

所以馬利和守財奴貪婪的原因會是一樣的。

And what's that?

那是什麼呢？

Cause Dickens writes, quote, you fear the world too much.

因為狄更斯寫道，引用一下，你太害怕這個世界了。

All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach.

你所有其他的希望都已合併為超越其骯髒的責難機會的希望。

I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one until the master passion gain and grosses you end, quote.

我已經看到你更高尚的願望一個接一個地落下，直到主人的激情獲得並使你毛骨悚然結束，引用。

So the cause of Marley's greatest fear.

是以，馬利最害怕的原因。

He desires security from the world and he seeks security through acquiring wealth.

他渴望從世界獲得安全感，他通過獲得財富來尋求安全感。

But does that work?

但這有用嗎？

The answer is of course, that it doesn't Marley still dies in the end because no amount of wealth as far as we know, can protect you from death.

答案當然是沒有，馬利最後還是死了，因為據我們所知，再多的財富也不能保護你不死。

But even as a wealthy man gains more money, he never gains enough.

但是，即使一個富人獲得了更多的錢，他也從未獲得足夠的錢。

At what point will he feel secure once he has some money, He feels insecure about not having more money than once.

一旦有了一些錢，他在什麼時候會感到安全呢？他對沒有比一次更多的錢感到不安全。

He has even more money.

他有更多的錢。

He feels insecure about possibly losing that money.

他對可能失去這筆錢感到沒有安全感。

And so the greedy mind never finds the security it so desperately seeks in its wealth.

是以，貪婪的心靈永遠無法在財富中找到它所極力尋求的安全感。

It seems the fate of the greedy mind is regret and one of the causes of greed is fear.

看來貪婪之心的命運就是後悔，而貪婪的原因之一就是恐懼。

A person desire Security, which leads to fear which leads to greet.

一個人渴望安全，這導致了恐懼，而恐懼導致了問候。

But true security isn't found through greed, no matter how much we accumulate and how many walls we construct around ourselves, we'll never be absolutely secure and actually Security is more easily found in love if the world loved us so much that it desired for no harm to come to us, that would be true security.

但真正的安全感不是通過貪婪找到的，無論我們積累了多少，在自己周圍建造了多少牆，我們永遠不會有絕對的安全感，實際上安全感更容易在愛中找到，如果世界如此愛我們，希望我們不受傷害，那就是真正的安全感。

And this is an idea we'll explore in the next video as always.

而這是我們將在下一個視頻中一如既往地探討的一個想法。

This is just my opinion and understanding of a christmas, carol, not advice, feel free to use this information however you like.

這只是我對聖誕頌歌的看法和理解，不是建議，請隨意使用這些資訊。

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如果你對這個故事有不同的看法，我很想在公共場所聽到你的觀點，如果你正在尋找禮物送給你生活中雄心勃勃的學習者，我建議你看看本週的贊助商，輝煌無論是好奇的侄女和無所不知的父母，還是似乎擁有一切的鄰居，我知道你所有年齡段的好奇心強的親人都會為成長的輝煌而興奮。

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互動式學習方法輝煌使用互動式謎題來幫助你學習科學、技術、工程和數學，他們的平臺是建立在一個簡單而有效的原則之上。

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你在實時解決問題時學習效果最好，輝煌從簡單的問題開始，但難度一點一點地增加，直到你意識到這一點。

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你已經學會了邏輯、科學、數學或計算機科學中的一個基本概念。

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看看他們新近重新設計的邏輯課程中的這個例子，在這裡你實際上可以拖放這些可愛的小動畫機器人，同時解決有趣的邏輯難題。

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你將從尋求真理的課程開始，這似乎幾乎是顯而易見的，但隨後你將很快學會如何納入高級多層次思維。

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將學習的禮物送給你所愛的人，請訪問www.

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或者使用下面描述中的鏈接。

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前200名使用該鏈接的人將為自己或他人的年度訂閱提供20%的折扣，一如既往，感謝您的觀看，下次再見。