In the West, meditation doesn't really exist.
The surprising thing is that the thing that comes closest to meditation in the West (in a roundabout way) is bureaucracy.
Bureaucracy is terrible when it's enforced upon others, but it also forces its subjects to pay attention. "To be here now." That very much includes fines for various misdemeanors and other punishments.
It also forces its functionaries to keep geting "work" done, to focus their minds on meaningless texts to a degree that would otherwise be impossible. Deep concentration while letting go of all meaning.
Whether the result is useful work or counterproductive is an entirely political question.
This might be Scientology's greatest strength.
