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manny,
very good response, i especially like the quoted sentence.

yes, definitely one of my favorites, it has been attributed to several authors, altho i think the original author was ernest holmes, founder of the science of mind. i have also heard, energy flows where attention goes, and the result shows.

an imbalance in your energy body can manifest emotionally, mentally, physically. how this works is still a mystery to me, and i too would like to learn more.

dan millman had an excellent analogy for this. he said imagine the energy is flowing thru you in the form of a garden hose. now imagine the hose gets a kink (emotional block) in it. it doesn't matter where the kink is located, what is important is that the energy flow is lessened both in front and and behind the kink in the hose. i don't think we really understand how this energy flow works, i suspect somehow the energy flows thru us and goes out to create our reality. thus if we don't have enough energy flowing out to create what we intend, we get stuck with either, what you could call 'default' situations, or what others intend for us, which may not always be best for us.

john's statement "personally, i feel i am already decently centered and healthy in the heart area. however, i must admit i am lacking in the general (and large) realm of love and acceptance of myself. i've realized that out of self-respect and to heal that issue, i should work on balancing the other energy centers and such." seemed to me to be contradictory.

now i can't speak for john, but it seems to me that he simply realized that some aspects of his energy were not operating at peak efficiency, in accordance with his divine blueprint, you might say. it was my impression that he hadn't figured it out entirely, but had an idea that things in this area could be improved. in other words his guidance was probably showing him the areas that needed some love and attention, even tho this may not have made any sense to his conscious/ego mind

i hope this answers your questions because i am not at all sure if i completely understand all of what you were asking.

peace and blessings
manny