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Alignment vs. Attunement: Two Stages of Spiritual Connection (Part 2 of 3)
Attunement: The Resonant State of Being
Attunement is what happens when you’ve aligned so consistently that alignment becomes your default state. It’s the shift from doing spiritual practice to being a spiritual presence.
What Attunement Feels Like
Harmony over direction. This is you responding to someone’s pain with perfect compassion — not because you remembered to be compassionate, but because compassion moved through you naturally. It’s making the right decision without weighing options because you sense what’s aligned.
In attunement, you’re not constantly course-correcting because you’re naturally on course.
Being over doing. Attunement is evidenced by spontaneous states:
- Joy that arises without reason
- Peace that remains present even in difficulty
- Intuitive knowing that bypasses analysis
- Creativity that flows through you
- Empathy that connects you naturally to others
- Wisdom that emerges exactly when needed
You didn’t manufacture these experiences — they arose from who you’ve become.
