But, yes, he's right in that you should set aside some time that is free from distractions and where you don't do anything but think about what you're about to do.
I can't speak about the whole of "Eastern Meditation", if there is such a thing-- but I happen to be taking a graduate course right now on Buddhist Meditation, and I can tell you that the breadth and variety of meditation techniques within the Buddhist tradition is staggering, and that a large number of them don't involve "meditating on nothing."
A bit late getting to this topic but I had a useful resource.
Through my 'Google Listen' acct I found a good resource - zen cast podcasts on buddhist topics.
In recent months there have been some excellent talks on meditation / awareness / focused thought / mindfulness from this teacher:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Fronsdal
I offer this in light of some of the good comments in this thread about fuzzy thinking on "Eastern Meditation" etc.
Michael
