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FROM PAGE 8 of many problems, she said, and they destroy happiness.

“It’s completely unnecessary. Which is the whole purpose of meditation, to show us how unnecessary it is,” she said. “We’ve been so busy trying to control everything outside of us.”

She compared it to anger with someone else. It may last for a few days and then one day, those angry feelings leave.

“If you can do that deliberately (getting rid of negative feelings), which we can, then you can see we stopped the grasping or stopped the delusions, we just experience deeper and deeper levels of happiness,” she said.

Identifying delusions is the rst part of the equation. e other half is universal love and caring about others. It comes from understanding everyone wants to be happy, and that there isn’t much di erence between people.

It can be a city councilor running for o ce, understanding their opponent wants the same things, but sees di erent ideas on how to move forward. ey aren’t always bad people.

Realizing that leads to the next step: wisdom. at takes understanding reality. It means turning away from the anxiety, sadness and other negative emotions and escaping to the reality within the body that possesses in nite happiness and peace.

“We can train in wisdom. Understanding that things are not as real as they appear,” James said.

Thu 6/29

Mon 7/03

4th of July BBQ @ 4:30pm

Veteran's Memorial Park, 6015 Forest Dr., Commerce City. 303-289-3760

Toad the Wet Sprocket @ 7:30pm

Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheater, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada

Tue 7/04

Those Crazy Nights: Brighton CO 4th of July Celebration @ 4pm

Eric Golden @ 6pm

Odde's Music Grill, 9975 Wadsworth Pkwy, Westminster

Phat Daddy @ 8pm Brewski's Pub and Grill, 2100 E 104th Ave, Thornton

Sat 7/01

Carmichael Park, 650 E Southern St, Brighton

Thu 7/06

Jacob Larson Band Funk & Soul: Jacob Larson Band LIVE - Twist & Shout Concert Series @ 7pm

Harley Brown Amphitheater, Thornton

Fri 6/30

Eric Golden @ 7pm

Vfw Post 7945, 10217 Quivas St, Thornton

Colorado Rockies vs. Detroit Tigers @ 7:10pm / $35-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Denver

Sun 7/02

Colorado Rapids vs Portland Timbers

@ 7:30pm / $25-$999

DICK'S Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City

Wed 7/05

Giant chess - it’s your move @ 2pm

Anythink Brighton, 327 East Bridge Street, Brighton. rbowman @anythinklibraries.org, 303-4053230

Reverse Mortgage Myths (7/6) @ 4pm

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Longmont Humane Society Bene�t @ Summit Tacos with Jack Campbell & Friends @ 6pm Summit Tacos, 237 Collyer St, Longmont

Amazing Athletes @ 7pm

Jul 6th - Jul 27th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Joan Jett & Blackhearts @ 7:30pm Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Cir, Denver

Colorado Rockies vs. Detroit Tigers @ 6:10pm / $33-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Den‐ver

The Annual Stars & Stripes 5K Run/Walk @ 7:30am / $20-$30

Riverdale Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton

Hula Hooping 101 @ 1pm

Anythink Huron Street, 9417 Huron Street, Thornton. swhitelonis@any thinklibraries.org, 303-452-7534

Anavrin's Day @ Hoffbrau on Thursday! @ 9pm Hoffbrau, 9110 Wadsworth Pkwy, Westminster ey were originally expected to be about $650 for single lers and roughly $1,300 for joint lers, but could now be roughly $850 for single lers and $1,700 for joint lers. e improved economic outlook would mean larger refunds for people in every tier, though people in the top tier would bene t most. e refund amounts are determined by how much money the state government collects above the TABOR cap on government growth and spending. e cap is calculated by annual growth in population and in ation.

Last year, Colorado taxpayers received TABOR refund checks of $750 or $1,500 to account for surplus collected in the 2021-22 scal year, which ended June 30, 2022.

If Proposition HH fails, the refund checks would be tied to income levels. Under the default refund system — called the six-tier sales tax refund mechanism — people who make more money get bigger refund checks based on which of six income tiers they fall into.

People in the lowest tier, who make up to $50,000 a year, were expected to receive refund checks of $454 for single lers or $908 for joint lers. For those in the highest tier, who make $279,001 or more, the checks were expected to be $1,434 for single lers and $2,688 for joint lers.

People in the lowest tier would now receive refund checks of $587 for single lers or $1,174 for joint lers. For those in the highest tier, the checks would now be $1,854 for single lers and $3,708 for joint lers.

Colorado taxpayers will get their refund checks next year after they le their taxes.

Nonpartisan Legislative Council Sta now expects the TABOR cap to be exceeded in the current 2022-23 scal year, which ends June 30, by $3.31 billion — an increase of roughly $600 million over what they projected in March. e governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting now expects the TABOR cap to be exceeded in the current scal year by $3.527 billion — an increase of about $870 million over what they projected in March.

Greg Sobetski, the chief economist for Legislative Council Sta , called the increases a “signicant upward revision.” e updates were presented to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, which received its quarterly economic and tax revenue forecasts from LCS and OSPB. While the end of the scal year is fast approaching, it will be months before the state knows exactly how much money it collected over the TABOR cap.

Both LCS and OSPB said better-than-expected corporate income tax revenue was a large driver of the improvements.

Legislative Council Sta and the governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting forecasts state government to collect tax revenue in excess of the TABOR cap through at least the 2024-25 scal year, which ends June 30, 2025.

Emily Dohrman, an economist with Legislative Council Sta , said the risk of recession has also decreased.

“ e economy is still showing positive growth, but slower growth than what we saw through most of 2022,” she told the JBC. “Our forecast is anticipating that growth will continue to slow through the end of 2023 but then return to a more moderate pace of growth in 2024 and 2025.”

She said there’s still a risk of an economic downturn, but that risk is lower than it was in March.

Polis touted the forecasts presented to the JBC. He said Colorado’s economy remains strong and that it’s evidence the state “continues to be the best place to live, work and do business.” e next quarterly tax revenue and economic forecasts will be presented to the JBC in September. e panel in November will begin drafting the state’s 2024-25 scal year budget, which takes e ect on July 1, 2024. e full legislature will vote on the spending plan after it reconvenes in January. is story via e Colorado Sun, a journalistowned news outlet based in Denver that covers the state. For more, visit www.ColoradoSun.com. e Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, which owns Colorado Community Media.

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