Manifest and Unmanifest are very interesting. I will give what I believe I have experienced. It goes like this:
If the Creator God is to be named Sri Krishna/Durga, He/She does dwell in all living beings but lies dormant until invoked and evoked into correspondence with the jiva (body) to become openly manifest. This is very tough to do for the jiva and God will not stay with the jiva forever. God will not be investigated by the jiva or the jivatman any more than the jiva absolutely needs for his survival as a sadhguru. The jiva then realises the self as jivatmaan and derives truth and knowledge through truth consciousness from the Self which is limited to Brahman (physical energy). Having educated the jiva through the process of the truth-seeking method of satya-advaita to realise his atman and this yoga has gradually eroded away his/her ego and all attachments such that his or her atman=Brahman, there is no need for Creator God to be engaged with the jivaatmaan, as he/she has become self-sufficient and God then retires away (becomes dormant again) from interactions (manifestation) and thus no longer dwells in the jivatmaan. God is then Unmanifest again.
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