When the mind is open and free of its own thoughts, life unfolds effortlessly, and the whole world is filled with light.

— Chuang Tzu

(in The Second Book of Tao, compiled by Stephen Mitchell)

BOOKS

Meditations for the Soul

Everyone longs for a soulful purpose that sets the heart ablaze. This book guides you on a journey through accessible meditations to help you experience the deep joy and fulfillment that comes when we live in the immediate and irrefutable now. Join Neale Lundgren as he shares thirty awakening exercises designed to help you activate your soul’s senses, become more present to your inner and outer worlds, and learn to bring soulfulness to your relationships with others. This book is all about helping you reconnect to your soul and strengthening your personal sense of purpose in life. With breathing exercises, visualizations, affirmations, and more, you will learn to incorporate ancient spiritual technologies even in the midst of your busy 21st century life.

Two Minds, One Soul (Coming Soon)

What we call “hell” is only a state of mind, not a material place of torment outside the borders of earth. The mind of our soul, once activated and acknowledged as the true center of the self, has the power to rid the mind of doubt, worry, and distress. Choosing the mind of our soul as our inner guide, transforms the way we see all things and restores our mind to its natural state of bliss.

ARTICLES

"How the Mind of the Soul Establishes Well Being"

Llewellyn Worldwide Journal, 2020

"Is Everyone Destined to Become a Society of Two?"

OmPoint - page 16 &17

"Three Meditation-in-Action Practices for the Soul"

Llewellyn Worldwide, Body & Soul blog, December 2020

"Becoming More Alive Through the Senses of the Soul"

featured in Watkin's Magazine - Spring 2022

ARTICLES IN BOOKS

``The Night That Sleep Awoke``

in Boyhood. Growing Up Male. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI, 1997

"The night that sleep awoke"

cited in The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity & Love by Bell Hooks

"Trail of Roses"

in 101 Tales of Finding Love. Volume 3. Compiled and Edited by Irma Sheppard

"Intuition and Truing"

in Meher Baba’s Gift of Intuition. Fifteen Essays by Don E. Stevens (London, Companion Books, 2006)

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

"Breaking Down the Neurotic-Psychotic Artifice: The Subversive Function of Myth in Goethe, Nietzsche, Rilke and Walter Benjamin"

This dissertation explores the principal philosophical thrusts of the German Enlightenment period in the work of Goethe, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Walter Benjamin. Dr. Lundgren searches for ways to re-envision mental illness from the perspective of the creative potential of the human spirit.

"Contemporary Notions of Temporality"

Benedict Neale Lundgren OSB,
Saint John's University

"A Hitherto Unnoticed Connection"

Benedict Neale Lundgren OSB,
Saint John's University

"The Meaning of life in the Greek Fourth Gospel"

Benedict Neale Lundgren OSB,
Saint John's University