Agreed that you shouldn't conflate them, but there are many types of meditation that you can practice and: - not all are rooted in spirituality - some are dir

Agreed that you shouldn't conflate them, but there are many types of meditation that you can practice and: - not all are rooted in spirituality - some are directly related to mindfulness I find that if I meditate regularly, I'm more likely to catch myself practicing mindfulness by accident in my daily life. In those moments I usually discover something about my surroundings that I didn't know before. Really practical stuff, like an unexplored trail that's a better way to take on my commute home from work. Intentionally practicing mindfulness is fine, but for me it's the cases of being mindful without explicitly setting the intention that make it worthwhile. They're really pleasant, nothing spiritual about it. And meditation is linked to those moments because, if I'm lucky, it causes them.