Manifestation

Manifestation can be split into three distinct mechanisms, not one fuzzy "expectation". Your self-image sits upstream of all three mechanisms:

• Attention — expectation changes what you notice. You expect opportunities, so you see the ones that were always there (frequency illusion, selective attention). The world didn't change; your filter did. This is the reality filter, and the note doesn't touch it.
• Behavior — expectation changes what you do. You expect the yes, so you actually ask for the number, send the email, take the shot. The outcome shifts because your behavior shifted. Pure agency, zero mysticism.
• Signaling — Expectation Leaks through demeanor and others meet it (Pygmalion/Rosenthal, self-fulfilling prophecy).

Manifestation is just the self-image expressing itself in the world. Self-image (System of Ideas) generate expectations, which are expressed through these three mechanisms, updating reality and feeding back into your self-image.