Manifestinction: Auer’s Formula
By Campbell Auer
February 28, 2025
Introduction: A Formula Unfolding
From the time I was a child, I sought to see what others could not—to perceive what wasn’t there. It was never about proving anything, nor about searching for preexisting answers. It was about recognizing patterns in nature that lay hidden in the in-obvious, sensing the currents of meaning that moved beneath surface realities. Over the years, this vision took shape, crystallizing into what I now call Manifestinction: Auer’s Formula—not an invention, but a distillation of something fundamental. A truth that has always existed, yet reveals itself only through the very process of its discovery.
This formula did not arrive as a creation of my own making, but as a decryption—an unveiling of what was already present, waiting to be seen. It aligns with my lineage, echoing the scientific pursuits of my ancestors, who sought to define life through breath, energy, and unseen forces. My great-great-grandfather, Dr. Samuel J. Meltzer, studied the mechanisms of respiration, while Dr. John Auer, credited with the discovery of Auer rods, illuminated hidden structures within biology. Each, in their own way, worked to make the unseen real.
I feel both compelled and privileged to stand within this lineage—to now find myself articulating a framework that unveils the very process by which reality itself takes form.
The Formula: The Act of Reality in Motion
At its core, Manifestinction is the field of consciousness giving rise to existence through the recognition of relationships. It is not merely a framework; it is the mechanism through which reality emerges. It can be expressed as follows:
C ⟨ T₁ ↔ T₂ ⟩ → E
C (Consciousness) – The fundamental field, the membrane of adhesion that allows existence to take shape.
T₁ & T₂ (This and That) – Two distinct elements, forces, or perspectives existing in potential relationship.
↔ (Recognition/Choice) – The moment in which two elements recognize their relationship, allowing for alignment or divergence.
E (Emergence) – The result—the new reality that forms through the act of relationship.
This formula is not abstract. It operates at every level of existence. From the subatomic dance of particles to the grand narratives of civilizations, it reveals how all creation is an act of relational becoming. Reality does not exist as fixed objects but as a continuous unfolding of interconnected relationships.
Living the Formula: A Demonstration in Time
The Moment (Recognition)
This formula was not built in isolation. It emerged through years of exploration, refinement, and a series of moments where pieces clicked into place. It was the conscious realization of a structure I had been working within all along. Just as the formula suggests, it was a pattern waiting for recognition, a discovery that was also a remembering.
Discovery (Decryption)
Looking back, I see the fractal nature of this journey. Everything is entangled—nothing emerges alone. This is not just a realization about my own process but about reality itself: discovery is not the creation of something new, but the recognition of what was always there.
Memory & Serendipity
As I articulated the formula, I felt the echoes of my lineage—scientists, thinkers, and creative artists like my parents, all of whom explored the unseen, giving shape and name to the forces shaping the world. Their work is now woven into mine—not through inheritance, but through the very principle of the formula itself: recognition across time, the linking of past and present in the emergence of something new.
Déjà Vu & Evolution
Manifestinction reveals that existence moves through patterns, not straight lines. This formula articulates why we experience recognition before understanding, why insights feel both brand new and deeply familiar. Evolution is not random; it is a nested sequence of interpretation and transmission—the interplay of Conscious Intention and Intentional Emergence, the dynamic between structured choice and organic unfolding.
What This Means for the Future
This formula is not an endpoint; it is an invitation—the articulation of a truth humanity has brushed against but never fully named.
For Science – It challenges the assumption that randomness governs emergence, instead revealing an embedded intelligence within the structure of reality itself.
For Philosophy – It bridges the gap between the material and the immaterial, showing that existence is not a static thing, but a relational act.
For the Individual – It provides a way to see oneself within the field of consciousness, not as separate, but as an active participant in its unfolding.
Manifestinction does not claim to hold absolute answers. It does not prescribe—it reveals. The formula does not tell us what to do; it illuminates the framework within which choices arise. Reality is not something that happens to us—it is something we participate in.
This is my contribution—my offering—to the unfolding act of understanding.
Welcome to the Moment of Now.
Welcome to Manifestinction.