The Manipulation Strategy Is a Finice Strategy

The whole point of spiritual work is to empty yourself of ego and raise your conscience so much that you become an ever better vessel or super conductor for god's intelligence. And then that acts through you, and that is what runs the show. That is what makes all the decisions. You can't really get true fulfilment or freedom from suffering through that manipulative method. So start playing the infinite game rather than the finite game. Then your actions become less manipulations and more just expressions of god's intelligence, goodness, love and will by allining yourself.