The Capitol As I struggle with the anger, anxiety and sadness of the events at the capitol on Jan 6th 2021, I take refuge in the Dharma (the teachings) and my Sangha (the community). It was a dark day for our country and it's citizens, and I work on my equanimity with what happened. Neither adding energy to, or subtracting feelings from what happened. An acceptance of what happened as a fact. An allowing of the reality that this is where we are. I rail against thoughts like "this should have never happened", "what does this mean for our future", "how far have we fallen", "this isn't who we are". I work to neither feed these thoughts, or deny their existence. I work to simply accept them as thoughts I'm having without pushing away the bad, or craving for a world view that no longer exists. I work with intention and effort today to notice when I'm spinning in my thoughts, caught up in the stories, running away from the unpleas...