Our window of grasping at "me" and "mine"
When we gaze out through our own window of grasping at "me" and "mine", we experience everything as if it were being projected onto our personal frame of perception, like a movie projected onto a screen. Just as when we are watching a movie, if we observe a happy moment, our heart soars, and if there is a sad moment, we at once feel low.
This grasping at "me" and "mine" restricts our view of ourselves. It also severely impacts how we connect to others. It prevents us from seeing the numberless wholesome connections that truly link us to others. We end up relating to the world as if it were separate from us, something out there projected on a screen for our consumption. I am not presenting a philosophical view here. I am trying to describe what it feels like to experience the world this way. As we look out through our window, we feel attachment and aversion. We accept or reject what we see projected on the screen. This emotional push and pull forms a major component of how we relate to others.
17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
from the book "The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out"☀️
When we gaze out through our own window of grasping at "me" and "mine", we experience everything as if it were being projected onto our personal frame of perception, like a movie projected onto a screen. Just as when we are watching a movie, if we observe a happy moment, our heart soars, and if there is a sad moment, we at once feel low.
This grasping at "me" and "mine" restricts our view of ourselves. It also severely impacts how we connect to others. It prevents us from seeing the numberless wholesome connections that truly link us to others. We end up relating to the world as if it were separate from us, something out there projected on a screen for our consumption. I am not presenting a philosophical view here. I am trying to describe what it feels like to experience the world this way. As we look out through our window, we feel attachment and aversion. We accept or reject what we see projected on the screen. This emotional push and pull forms a major component of how we relate to others.
17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
from the book "The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out"☀️
【2024年乐言英语每日一句英语】
2024年4月29日星期一乐言英语发布的每日一句英语内容来自威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆（William Somerset Maugham，1874年1月25日—1965年12月16日），英国小说家、剧作家。
他的代表作有戏剧《圈子》，长篇小说《人生的枷锁》、《月亮和六便士》，短篇小说集《叶的震颤》、《阿金》等。
1954年，英国女王授予其“荣誉侍从”的称号，他成为皇家文学会的会员。
The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that.
Its use is for life.
Its aim is not beauty but goodness.
——William Somerset Maugham
文化的价值在于它对人类品性的影响。除非文化能使品性变为高尚、有力。文化的作用在于裨益人生。它的目标不是美，而是善。
——威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆
2024年4月29日星期一乐言英语发布的每日一句英语内容来自威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆（William Somerset Maugham，1874年1月25日—1965年12月16日），英国小说家、剧作家。
他的代表作有戏剧《圈子》，长篇小说《人生的枷锁》、《月亮和六便士》，短篇小说集《叶的震颤》、《阿金》等。
1954年，英国女王授予其“荣誉侍从”的称号，他成为皇家文学会的会员。
The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that.
Its use is for life.
Its aim is not beauty but goodness.
——William Somerset Maugham
文化的价值在于它对人类品性的影响。除非文化能使品性变为高尚、有力。文化的作用在于裨益人生。它的目标不是美，而是善。
——威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆
‘一分价钱一分货’用英语怎么说？
如果你想吐槽商家的东西太贵了，最简单的表达就是：It's too expensive. 这个太贵了。或者：It's too pricey. 也表示太贵了。price 表示价格；pricey, 亦可写成pricy. 表示“昂贵的”。
这些表达简单而地道，但在吐槽或者砍价的时候过于平庸，我教大家几个更杀商家锐气的：
1. That's highway robbery. highway表示高速公路；robbery表示抢劫；你这是高速路上抢劫，其实就是吐槽东西卖的太贵了，有点像咱们中文里的「卖那么贵，抢钱啊」！
2. Don't try to rip me off. 这边有个超级实用的短语：rip ___off. 既可以表示抄袭剽窃他人，比如A公司盗用了你们的方案：They ripped you off. 他们剽窃了你们；也可以表示「价格上痛宰某人，卖的贼贵」，所以当你发现你的朋友东西买贵了，被坑了，你可以对他说：You got ripped off! 你被宰了，你被坑了。 所以「Don't try to rip me off. 」这句话的意思就是：你别想宰我，我没那么好骗。
3. I know how much it's worth. worth表示价值多少；比如，这辆车值10万块：This car is worth 100,000 dollars. 不值那么多：It's not worth that much. 所以「I know how much it's worth.」的意思就是：我知道这东西值多少钱。
当然，觉得贵，你还想买，你可以还价，咱们学会这句话：It's out of my price range. Can you make it cheaper? range的意思是范围；out of my price range的意思是：超出了我的价格范围，即我承受不了那么多。make it cheaper这个短语就比较好理解了，表示：便宜点。所以整句话就是在说：你能不能便宜点？这个价格我承受不了。
店家也许也会坚持自己的价格，对自己的产品很有信心，所以会对你说：You get what you pay for. 这句话字面意思是：你付出什么，你就得到什么。也就是说：一分价钱一分货。我的商品就是这么牛，就值这么多。
如果你想吐槽商家的东西太贵了，最简单的表达就是：It's too expensive. 这个太贵了。或者：It's too pricey. 也表示太贵了。price 表示价格；pricey, 亦可写成pricy. 表示“昂贵的”。
这些表达简单而地道，但在吐槽或者砍价的时候过于平庸，我教大家几个更杀商家锐气的：
1. That's highway robbery. highway表示高速公路；robbery表示抢劫；你这是高速路上抢劫，其实就是吐槽东西卖的太贵了，有点像咱们中文里的「卖那么贵，抢钱啊」！
2. Don't try to rip me off. 这边有个超级实用的短语：rip ___off. 既可以表示抄袭剽窃他人，比如A公司盗用了你们的方案：They ripped you off. 他们剽窃了你们；也可以表示「价格上痛宰某人，卖的贼贵」，所以当你发现你的朋友东西买贵了，被坑了，你可以对他说：You got ripped off! 你被宰了，你被坑了。 所以「Don't try to rip me off. 」这句话的意思就是：你别想宰我，我没那么好骗。
3. I know how much it's worth. worth表示价值多少；比如，这辆车值10万块：This car is worth 100,000 dollars. 不值那么多：It's not worth that much. 所以「I know how much it's worth.」的意思就是：我知道这东西值多少钱。
当然，觉得贵，你还想买，你可以还价，咱们学会这句话：It's out of my price range. Can you make it cheaper? range的意思是范围；out of my price range的意思是：超出了我的价格范围，即我承受不了那么多。make it cheaper这个短语就比较好理解了，表示：便宜点。所以整句话就是在说：你能不能便宜点？这个价格我承受不了。
店家也许也会坚持自己的价格，对自己的产品很有信心，所以会对你说：You get what you pay for. 这句话字面意思是：你付出什么，你就得到什么。也就是说：一分价钱一分货。我的商品就是这么牛，就值这么多。
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