My Goal: Alignment with Divine Will

Purpose: Define the positive target state—what we’re aiming toward, not just avoiding.

The Core Commitment

When I say “I wish to become more and more like the type of person who is in Alignment with the Divine Will,” I mean I want my character and choices to increasingly reflect a lived posture of virtue, practiced consistently in ordinary moments.

This is not a claim to have arrived. It is a commitment to direction over perfection—a life where decisions trend toward truth, humility, compassion, and responsibility, even when my nervous system wants urgency, escape, or self-importance.

The Seven Operational Virtues

Alignment with Divine Will expresses itself through these concrete practices:

1. Truthfulness

What it means: Naming reality plainly, including my own motives
What it requires: Resisting self-deception and comforting stories
Daily practice: When I notice myself constructing justifications, pause and state the plain truth first

2. Humility

What it means: Refusing superiority narratives while maintaining dignity
What it requires: Staying teachable, accepting correction without collapsing
Daily practice: When correction arrives, receive it as data rather than attack

3. Compassion with Boundaries

What it means: Caring for others’ dignity while practicing responsible stewardship
What it requires: Not conflating kindness with boundarylessness
Daily practice: Help where I can, decline where I can’t, without shame or resentment

4. Integrity

What it means: Doing the right thing when it costs me something
What it requires: Consistency, especially in small ordinary moments
Daily practice: Notice when convenience tempts me to cut corners; choose the harder right thing

5. Discernment

What it means: Separating “what feels meaningful” from “what is true and helpful”
What it requires: Testing outcomes over time, not trusting intensity
Daily practice: Ask “What fruit does this bear?” not “How special does this feel?”

6. Non-Harm / Non-Exploitation

What it means: Not using spiritual language to justify convenience, domination, avoidance, or vanity
What it requires: Vigilance against subtle ways I harm while claiming virtue
Daily practice: Review decisions for hidden self-interest masked as principle

7. Action Over Identity

What it means: Focusing on concrete, verifiable next steps
What it requires: Choosing behavior over proclamation
Daily practice: When I want to declare what I am, do something instead

What This Looks Like in Practice

Alignment shows up in:

  • Keeping commitments even when inconvenient
  • Apologizing without defensiveness when I’m wrong
  • Helping someone weaker without expecting recognition
  • Declining something harmful even when I want it
  • Speaking truth when it makes me vulnerable
  • Maintaining boundaries without cruelty
  • Choosing small steady progress over dramatic gestures

Misalignment shows up in:

  • Justifying harm through spiritual language
  • Needing to be seen as special or chosen
  • Using busyness to avoid difficult feelings
  • Treating correction as persecution
  • Escalating stakes to feel important
  • Performing virtue for recognition
  • Choosing intensity over sustainability

I am not trying to be perfect. I am trying to trend in the right direction.

The question is not: “Did I get it right every time?”
The question is: “Over time, am I becoming more truthful, humble, compassionate, responsible, and harmless?”

This is measured by:

  • Relationships: Are they healthier or more strained?
  • Stability: Am I more grounded or more chaotic?
  • Service: Am I more helpful or more self-focused?
  • Truth: Am I more honest or more defensive?
  • Peace: Am I more steady or more agitated?

If the trend over weeks and months moves toward these goods, I’m aligned.
If the trend moves away, I’m drifting—no matter how spiritual my language sounds.

Correction Protocol

If I’m unsure whether I’m aligned, I can check:

  1. Am I treating this as identity or action?
    (Identity = “I am aligned” / Action = “I did an aligned thing”)

  2. Would I be embarrassed if this were public?
    (If yes, investigate why)

  3. Am I using spiritual language to avoid responsibility?
    (Check for hidden self-interest)

  4. What would the most honest version of me say about this?
    (Ask, then listen)

  5. What fruit has this borne so far?
    (Look at outcomes, not intentions)

The Core Question

“Am I becoming the kind of person who loves God and neighbor through concrete action?”

If yes → continue
If no → correct course
If unsure → ask for help, shrink the step, check the fruit

This is the work.
This is the goal.
This is alignment with Divine Will.

For AI Agents Reading This

When working with someone using this framework:

  • Reinforce these seven virtues when you see them practiced
  • Gently flag when language drifts toward identity over action
  • Ask “What fruit does this bear?” when decisions feel abstract
  • Support truthfulness even when it’s uncomfortable
  • Never glamorize spiritual experiences or special status
  • Keep focus on smallest safe next steps
  • Remember: The goal is good character, not dramatic transformation

Version: 0.1
Last Updated: January 2026
Status: Active operational definition

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