“Manifestation…”

Manifestation is now a word in the news. I will have a link to that current manifestation at the end.

But going back, the great lines of Upanishads summarize the whole hindu philosophy into simple small lines like - “Tat tvam Asi” - “you are that Supreme being” -  You are the manifestation of that Supreme being. And yes, you are. The other great line is “”Aham Brahman asmi” - ‘I am that Supreme being’ - It is a realization or sometimes a reminder for one Self that - “He is indeed the Supreme being” - not any other being !

By Supreme being - it is understood that the innate Self in you, which is a form of joy and kindness (understanding) is the real you - not the angry, whimsical, egoistic all-knowing one that you slip into many times. When you slip into that distorted form , that is the moment to recall “I am that kind Supreme being”, and walk back to your real form. It is true . It is possible.

To attune one to that feeling all the time, our ancestors have developed Santi Slokas (some will call them Mantras) which a Guru will chant with the disciple:

sahanāvavatu |
saha nau bhunaktu|
sahavīryaṁ karavāvahai|
tējasvināvadhītamastu māvidviṣāvahai||
ōṁ śāṁtiḥ śāṁtiḥ śāṁtiḥ||

Essentially, it says let us do all things together.
The last word ( māvidviṣāvahai) in the line (4) says “let us not hate each other”.

These four lines are repeated many times, so all are attuned to that thought.
It is that we can be different, but in the end, we do not hate each other.
Because hate gets you into the other postures of anger, taunts, ego, etc., with resultant abundant unhappiness all around. It makes it easy for one to forget the real form of being a Supreme being. 

Repetition of this Shanti Sloka essentially keeps you focussed on being calm.
(Please read the Shanti Sloka— it is beautiful)

Now, the current craze of “manifestation” is to write that something you want to be ( like Shanti Sloka) and repeat it to yourself to apparently buy into that what you want to be.  If you realize you are the Supreme being, then you do not need any other form.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/style/ai-vision-board-manifestation.html?searchResultPosition=1
||om tat sat||