Alignment Practice
Topic: Locate and Remain
Hosted by Anca Kuns, Beyond Orion
Thurs, 10/29, 6:30 PM MST (1hr)
Anca shares this update…
This week nothing went to plan.
I rarely have a plan anymore, or maybe a very loose one. But even to my surprise, I actually had a plan—a plan that was refined, extra communicated, followed up on… and the only thing left was execution.
Except, on the morning of execution, the first domino didn't actually execute.
Which caused a complete whirlwind of all kinds of things that didn't actually go according to my carefully laid-out plan. Does this frustration feel familiar?
It's not just anger. The investment of all that forethought and preparation can feel wasted in one short moment. So grief is also very present in such instances. And then there's the movement that follows.
The urge to regain control. To reorganize, correct, intervene, make sure the next domino falls where it's supposed to. Sometimes there's a genuine need to do all those things. But I'm curious about something else.
When things don't go according to my plan, what exactly am I trying to restore?
The plan itself? The outcome I was expecting? The time and energy I've invested? Or perhaps my own sense of stability in the middle of it all?
There's a difference between having the capacity to organize something and needing that organization to remain intact in order for me to feel okay.
And that difference can become remarkably difficult to recognize when everything starts falling apart and the soup of emotions is running through your system.
This is where self-awareness practices actually become useful—if we bring them out of our curated, high-vibe spiritual spaces and into messy life.
But there's one more thing: having self-awareness and being capable of using that self-awareness can be two very different things. Becoming aware of the distance between two is information about the Self that's immensely valuable and useful. It brings us to:
When everything starts falling apart, how much of my awareness is actually available to me?
We practice these capacities through LOCATE and REMAIN and their integration happens in our own time, through our own experiences. I'm making these programs self-guided. There's a structure to work with, but no expectation that your integration should follow a particular timeline. You can return to the practices as often as you need, at your own pace, while life gives you plenty of opportunities to discover what's becoming available. Find them at Beyond Orion.
Have a beautiful week. And may your dominoes cooperate a little better than mine did. :)
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Reach out with any questions to Anca at Beyond Orion.
