Hey Jorge,

Until very recently I was just like you.... my ideas about spirituality came from movies showing eastern people meditating... movies probably made by people who know nothing about meditation etc.

But just recently, thanks to this site actually, I've started to look into it. In fact I've just now been investigating a very helpful site, posted up near the top of this thread by our friend SuperUltimateSupremeMega (or whatever)... probably the one positive post he made on the site. Check this out:

When you place your attention somewhere in your body, you can feel that it's not just your perception that is focused there. Something else is happening. Energy is displaced to that area. It is possible to measure this: the temperature of the spot you focus your attention on will rise. The Chinese say that "Chi follows Yi," where "Yi" is the mind or intention/attention.
It comes from this site: http://www.eclecticenergies.com/energy/whatis.php

The whole site is really excellent. Very eye-opening, and I think a great place to start looking into spiritual ideas. Looks like this stuff really is pretty practical and real, not just crazy talk.