Saved By The Virus (Mindpower MP3)

Things are Happening

 

After another bout of computer virus attacks I went out and bought a MAC Pro.  I was told that most viruses are designed for Microsoft PC's so there'd be less of a chance for the Mac to get attacked, at least until they get more popular.  It's taking a little readjustment to learn the ins and outs of Apple ware, but I'm getting there.

I'm finding, though, that I can't download pictures for my websites as I did with my PC, so I think I'll keep my DELL to work on them, write posts and download music until I figure out how to take advantage of the Mac.  Life is full of new learning experiences.


Speaking of music, I bought some more brainwave entrainment audios from MindpowerMP3.com. I found that all of my computer playing, writing, and experimenting had led my weight to creep up on me, so I decided to take this opportunity to try their weight control programs.

The first thing I listened to was the "Reduce Cravings" audio.  It's 30 minutes of very ethereal and calming music/brain entrainment, and I have to say, I liked it.  I had inadvertently tested it while downloading it into my MP3 player.  I had just baked some cookies and was happily munching on them when I put my earphones on to see if my audio had downloaded correctly.  Within 5 minutes, I had stopped eating the cookies, almost forgetting that they were right next to me on the desk.  If it weren't for Jolene's attention on the dish, I would have forgotten about them.  I actually (mainly because I felt that I had gone to all of the trouble to make the dumb things and didn't want to waste them) had to convince myself to finish off the cookies.  I think from now on I'll listen to this audio every time I have the urge to eat something and see what happens. 

The "Lose Weight Naturally" audios are for bedtime listening, so I'll listen to them in bed for a while to see what happens.  Wouldn't it be nice to actually find something that really worked for me!

Back to the computer virus subject.  I have to tell you about the dream I had after I bought the Mac.  I hadn't thought much about the virus after I shut down my computer and moved on to the store.  I figured I'd be able to continue on with business as usual and could take my time removing the virus off of my Dell, so I wasn't very worried about it, I thought.  It bothered me that this had happened, but not as much as it did the first time, many months ago, when I was in the middle of the website production and had little time to waste.

So when I had this dream, I was a little surprised by it.  But I guess my subconscious was still bothered by the whole virus thing.

I dreamed that I was staying at my parent's house, sleeping in my old bed in my own room, and I was very restless.  My bed was uncomfortable and it was dark, so I couldn't tell what the problem was.  When morning came I found my sheets were littered by roofing materials; bits and pieces of wood, roofing tile and gravel.  I looked up and there was no ceiling,  and the roof had holes in it, almost like a storm had hit and taken some of the protective covering, causing the wood to rot and fall apart.  Then I looked over and saw that my windows had no panes.  Someone had stolen the windows.  Soon I was worrying about people coming in and robbing me while I wasn't paying attention, so I searched my room to see what else was stolen.  I found that my jewelry was missing.  What bothered me the most was that my grandmother's jewelry was also missing; my memories had been taken.

I alerted the household and went on a major search.  There were people everywhere cleaning up and searching for my lost goods.  For some reason I was sure I didn't keep everything in one place, so something had to still be there, and after some rummaging around in drawers I finally found some of my heirloom jewelery, tucked away and safe.  Whew, some memories were still with me.

Next thing I know I'm  traveling around a very green countryside with a new friend.  She had short, dark hair, a big smile and a quick wit.  What struck me the most was her accent.  I couldn't place it while in the dream, but it added to my new friend's personality and humor and I decided I liked it.

We drive through village after village in an old beat-up car, visit with families and old people, and buy their wares.  Some were homemade, some were old unwanted knick knacks, and all felt personal and necessary to remember my trip by.   I was making new memories with my new friends.

When I woke up from the dream, I realized that my girlfriend was Scottish, hence her accent.  We were traveling around Scotland.  Did you know that MacIntosh is a Scottish clan name?  I had to Google it to find this out. 

All I could think was that the brain entrainment was working on my brain, helping it organize and categorize my thoughts in such a  logical way that my subconscious mind formed this story to help me deal with the problem at hand.  I have to hand it to my brain:  I've had some pretty crazy dreams before, but none of the symbolism had been this obvious before.

So now I'm using the brain entrainment to try to lose weight.  We'll see if it works.

On a side note:  I've just listened to a webinar by Natalie Ledwell, cocreator of Mind Movies.  Mind Movies has joined forces with Morry Zelcovich, you know, the brain entrainment guy from an earlier post, Train Your Brain.  So now you can have a double whammy of video subliminal affirmations with brain training entrainment pulses.  It sounds pretty promising!