Mind Reality

No, I am not talking about your life. Might happen, and even more if you work with brainwave entrainment and other means of self-development… but in this case, I am talking about this site and the design. ;-)

As reported yesterday, the current “theme”/template somehow has the tendency to cause problems with the latest releases of WordPress and some of the plugins that I need for advanced features (like Lenky’s related links, which are obviously gone at the moment, because my site shows up blank as soon as I activate them…)

So the hunt for “the” theme is on again… currently I am looking into the free “Options” theme from Justin Tadlock - very flexible, cool features, but lots of work to customize if you are a bit weak at graphics design (which I am…). I would like to retain something like the slideshow in the upper left, while having a more stable layout (this one tends to break in the lower third) and better compatibility with a wide range of plugins. And more vivid colors, this one looks a bit tooo washed out, worst on low-contrast TFTs…

BUT what am I talking - YOU are the ones who actually have to look at my site in the end.

So speak up - what would you like to see here? What NOT? Do you have a specific design that you like and would love to see here in a modified version?

Have your say. Just post a comment. No promise that I will do as you say, but I will listen… ;-)

P.S.:Promised, we will be back to “regular” posting during the next days. Expect more brainwave-related content in the future… its just that after relaunching a site at a new server and domain you sometimes have to do some tweaking… and it always takes longer than you expect. *lol*

Thanks for letting me know! Some plugin for Wordpress seemingly messed up the links - specifically the external ones. I am updating everything here and hunting the bug… Should be fixed in a couple of hours.

Sorry incase you got a lot of “404″s lately…

Update: done. No, not solved… But at least the links work again. As usual, two of my plugins did cause problems with the latest WP update, so right now the ratings for posts are off, and the external links are not cloaked. Well, probably won’t disturb anyone’s peace except mine… ;-)

OK - domain names are a tricky thing. Often you have a stunning idea, want to register the appropriate domain name - and BHAM - “This domain name is already taken”. Then you check the alternatives. Different toplevel domain? But who wants a “.info” or “.tv”. I mean - seriously.

Or you try the usual suspects. Like adding a “minus” in between. Thats what I did.

Later on I checked the site without the minus. And actually it is on a related topic. But it is neither me (my name is Martin, not Enoch…), nor do I really endorse the content over there, although it seems to be interesting and valid material.

As a German, a writer (my German is slightly better than my English, *lol*), a brainwaver and a spiritual being I love “playing” with words and their sound, their melody, their meaning, their connotations.

That was the path that led to mind-reality.com - exploring the knots and ties between the two, while at the same time have a slight connotation of “mind the gap, please”, and keep in mind that there actually is something we have agreed to call “reality”. What some brainwavers and some spiritual folks tend to forget…

So thats just to make clear: mindreality.com and mind-reality.com are different people, different sites, different approaches and slightly different believes.

In no way my site was derived from his, and apart from the fact that we and our websites are all more or less colorful threads in the big carpet of the universe, there is no connection. Well, now there is, because I linked them… ;-)

‘kay - that was just to vent the air because someone mailed me and complained because he mistyped the url and ended up here whilst he wanted to go to Enoch’s site… not my fault, buddy.

Something we computerized folks sometimes forget: the way our brain is wired (and the connections between our mind and the universe) has developed over the centuries.

And somehow it seems that our mind puts more emphasis on things that we really write - opposite to things we type on a computer keyboard.

A lot of studies prove that we remember things better when we actively write them down, and it is very likely that manifestation technics (like writing down your “goals” or timeline events) work much better as well when done in your own handwriting.

This topic came back to me recently when Wendi Friesen made a sidenote on it in one of her free teleseminars. I thought: YES. I almost forgot how to write - I am an extremely “digital” person. So the next step was to purchase an “art pen” (cool thingy with a brush tip - used for Japanese / Chinese type calligraphy usually) and a few cheap notebooks and do some writing - just like in elementary school, *lol*

I have now started to do certain things (personal “development diary”, project brainstorming, goal setting, timeline work) in handwritten, physical notebooks. Other stuff is better organized with software applications like Journler or iGTD. The results are stunning.

This whole thing is really interesting - so I will digg into it. Will take some time, but expect a lenghty semi-scientific article on it including interviews with some very successful “manifesters” and their use of handwriting somewhen during the next week (RSS or newsletter subscribers will know first!)

From original author’s description: Sonic Synergy is the convergence of two streams of sound as medicine: The contemplative and theraputic tonal dynamics of ancient traditions … all » blended with the 21st century psychoacoustic technologies of brainwave entrainment and resonant frequencies. The participants (from left to right): Ken Becker, Taressa Bell, Stephen Ross, Debra Nunes This is a 9 minute clip from a recen…
My Comment: Nice stuff, not just because I used to play cello myself… ;-)