Thank you so much, I was not expecting such a useful and purposeful answer. I will certainly work on that. I had (almost) come resigned to the fact that this was a faith thing and as I am a practical person it was not going to be of any help.
I will update on my progress when I have anything. BTW, when I said I feel no different, I did not mean that I don't feel anything. My hands do tingle when I meditate and I can feel 'something'. I suppose I was expecting more :-)