Hi, thanks for stopping by. My name is Josh. I am your friend, the pastor of

Darmapunts New York. Welcome. The retreat August 31st, September 1st, on ego transcendence. There'll be lots of time set aside for meditation, yoga, hiking,

darma talks, somatic, experiencing, and connection with other practitioners.

If you would like to support my work, the Benmo is Darmaapunks NYC and on the site there are PayPal buttons and there's also a

Patreon page for Darmap's NYC as well.

It is interesting that when people ask me about what it is I do exactly,

one of the elements of my work that they're always most surprised about.

I must say that simply being a Buddhist pastor is unusual enough, but the fact also that I never charge for anything I do often raises

eyebrows and people seem kind of surprised by that. So tonight's talk is going to be about work and

it's ramifications especially And its ramifications, especially when work is beneficial versus when work is not beneficial.

And karma, I mean the long-term emotional ramifications of any action.

So in any action there are of course the immediate feelings that result.

Labuda noted that people who are spiritually sophisticated or are spiritually growing or in any way leading skillful lives consider the long-term ramifications of their actions, not the short term.

Many activities produce wonderful short term benefits in terms of mood lives,

but in the long term make our lives worse,

whereas many activities in the short term are not that fun but in the long term are beneficial.

I don't particularly like going to the dentist office all the time, but it's been proven to be in my long-term benefit, as well as I every day go to the gym and I go on the treadmill and try to jog a mile and a half which is just for me a deeply and pleasant 20 minutes and yet hopefully it's going to produce long-term benefits to my cognitive function and physiological

house.

So work can have long-term benefits or long-term deficits to our well-being.

Countless studies show that there is direct associations between an enriching life purpose,

emotional and physical health, protection, as well as longevity when people have worked that they feel is beneficial.

An 80 year old Harvard study of adult development showed that in addition to physical health,

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