I was very sceptical about minmapping in the beginning, but now I have found out that it is a very efficinet way to open the channel to your other than conscious mind.

I use it this way: before reading, activating, photoreading or whatever step I'm doing, I create a very quick mindmap of the things that are important to me at that moment, of course concerning the subject to be read. I don't care if seemingly irrelevant words appear, I write them on the mindmap anyway. AND: I do it very quickly!

After doing this I am much more focused on the subject and understand more.