Can You Manifest for Someone Else? Exploring the Truth

“Can we manifest for someone else in our life?” – this was the first question I asked my coach when I learned about manifestation. He smiled and replied, “Of course, you can. Are you forgetting that you are the creator of your reality?”. That simple sentence was powerful enough to realign and remind me of the magic of manifestation.

Sensing where my question came from, he asked me what I was thinking. I cross-questioned him by asking if I am the creator, does it mean that if the world is going through a war, a friend got sick or I had a fight with a family member, are all these manifestations that I attracted consciously in my life?

He smiled and said, “Well, it’s a yes and a no.”

He explained beautifully how the whole idea of our life, whether we believe in it or not, is the fact that we are responsible for creating our reality. When we say we are the creators, that includes everything around us.

From a spiritual point of view, we, as souls, came to this planet to learn something and fulfill our purpose. We decided where we would be born, who we will meet and what we will do in this lifetime- often referred to as destiny, this notion is seen as a fixed path that a person is meant to follow. Whenever I used to think about destiny, I always felt that if everything is predestined, why put in efforts in life?

Destiny and willpower have been topics of discussion for centuries. The fact is that while all this is personal and subjective, destiny and willpower coexist.

If you think deeply without judging the defined meaning, it does make sense. It’s like looking at destiny as a predefined path and willpower as your navigation bar that helps you pass through events with your positive thoughts, actions and decisions.

 » Let’s say my destiny is to build a home in the forest. My willpower will decide the actions I take to choose the forest I like, build security to live there and make correct decisions to ensure a happy future. Destiny is an overview and willpower adds details to that overview.

While some philosophies suggest that destiny plays a 90% role in our life, others downplay it to only 10%, emphasizing willpower as the primary driver of life’s outcomes.

For me, I believe in willpower and the philosophy that I carry a power within that always keeps me connected with the universe. Of course, it takes constant effort to handle every situation every day- but that’s the essence of life, isn’t it?

Stressing what he said earlier, my coach explained how our outer reality is just a reflection of our inner reality. If we truly believe that we are the creators of our reality and take full responsibility for all events, then naturally we also believe that we can manifest for everyone in our life. Manifestation is not limited to just attracting physical things in the outer reality. It goes much deeper than that.

In reality, you have people- family members, friends, partners, colleagues and even random encounters- all of them are there for a reason. Whatever is happening, good or bad, especially the bad as it gets highlighted quicker, is someone else projecting a reflection of themselves that you carry in your mind. It’s how you look at them.

Usually, our deep-seated fears, which cropped up because of certain bad incidents in the past, get highlighted in our outer reality through someone. We often mistake and mix them with fright and negative emotions, which is wrong.

Things go wrong in the outer reality to show us the exact area we need to focus on and heal. It’s a signal to go within and clear that pent-up energy.

People go wrong when they surrender to their problems instead of their faith and power to resolve them. This is where reaction and response come in. It’s very natural and obvious to give-in to an unfavorable situation when it arises out of nowhere in your life—it’s an instant reaction that is mostly unavoidable, and it’s wrong to look at it only through that light.

The correct way to handle a negative life situation is to let your reaction come out, then sit with yourself, close your eyes, breathe, relax and respond to how you actually see it—this is often referred to as looking at the situation from a third person’s point of view, which means to look at it from a non-judgmental, detached perspective. Once you do this, you realize the ins and outs of the whole situation and come up with a way to resolve it.

The more we move towards living life this way, the more our outer experiences will reflect it, which also answers my question about whether we can manifest for others in our lives. Of course, we can- we have all the power and right to do so!

As discussed, if we take responsibility- we directly take accountability for changing our feelings, thoughts, emotions and behaviors towards the people in our lives. Once we change our perspective and look at them in a different light, we will mend the situation, ultimately healing the relationship and the other person’s life.

That’s how Ho’oponopono, the Hawaiian practice of forgiveness works. It highlights how once you clean your thoughts and aura, things on the exterior automatically start working in your favor.

The same goes for Reiki– the whole practice works on the modality of healing in a beautiful way. The power of praying also works strongly and similarly- it’s about sending good vibes to others by keeping all negative thoughts and emotions away.

I have personally seen the power of prayers and the outcomes you experience when you change your inner world. I have seen people heal from critical health conditions, land good opportunities within days, receive money and help from nowhere and be blessed with a complete turnaround in their conditions.

For some, it might still sound illogical to fathom that we can contribute to changing another person’s situation, which is why I said that this discussion is completely subjective. I too had the same views until I experienced magic around me.

Even if the other person has landed in the situation by their free will, we can send strength and positive vibes at the energy level to uplift them, as in the cosmic field, we are all connected. This is precisely why we feel a pang of emotions when someone close to us goes through something bad in their life.

Instead of indulging in negative emotions and intensifying the experience, we should break the pattern and focus on healing with positive thoughts and visualizations. With intense faith, you can shift your current reality to your desired reality.