i am confuzzled

[Shueisha]

ive read a bit on both and am completly confuzzled,

what do i need to meditate?

do you need to meditate to raise your energy?

how do you raise your energy?

[Greenrat]

heres what i do which works for me...

to meditate-
silent room (usually at night when everyones in bed)
i just watch my breath and focus on the blackness behind my eyelids, if you start to hear your thoughts then you'v lost focus.

raising your energy IS a form of meditation as it requires you to focus on one thing, so you dont really have to distinguish them as 2 seperate practises.

theres loads of different variations of raising ur energy, like physical exercise, chi kung or n.e.w. you can find the n.e.w. tutorials at www.astraldynamics.com

i find sitting in the garden and looking at the stars at night is a good way of ridding my mind of all the trivial crap that takes it up all day..