Interesting post robswgkg. From my perspective the problem with alignment is that we tend to do it with something/someone outside of ourselves, like a belief, religion, person or practice. Alignment can be cool when it's with principles based on investigation and understanding of what is best. It's through aligning ourselves with those principles that represent what is best, that we create a world that's representative of those principles. Without any alignment whatsoever we are not taking ownership of our creative power and responsibility in this reality.