ATTUNEMENT

Arthur Waley, the distinquished English Sinologist, said that the word "Tao" means "the way the Universe works," and so the goal of the Taoist is to attune himself to this, to align himself with the Universe as it does its thing.

He must not, above all, get in the Tao's way.  He must practice what is called wu wei, or non-interference.

In Vedanta, the Atman/Brahman is the way the Universe works, because the Atman/Brahman is what the universe is, including how it works.

With regard to wu wei, or non-interference, Vedanta places blame on the egoic self.  It is the egoic self that gets in the way of most everything, as though it were in charge.

When the Atman, a person's true self, "awakens," it is in charge.  Indeed, the egoic self must first surrender to the Atman in order for the awakening to occur. 

With this surrendering and subsequent awakening of the Atman comes attunement.  This means that the person and the Universe are now on the same wave-length, are not working at cross-purposes.

The person finds, accordingly, that his life proceeds more smoothly and that he simply feels happier, which is the bliss of the Atman, if not the bliss of the Tao.