The Neutral Level of The Neutral Level
"Neutral" is a word that came into known use in English 1549 and refers to a mutually understood non-dual background. "Neuter" has been in use since the 14th century and is composed of ne meaning "not" + uter meaning which of two, thus synonymous with neither The Neutral state is often misinterpreted as a passive state, but it should be understood as much not-passive as not-active. It literally refers to the non-dual state of body and mind, you and me or of any conflict.
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“I feel the carousel starting slowly
And going faster and faster: desk, papers, books,
Photographs of friends, the window and the trees
Merging in one neutral band that surrounds
Me on all sides, everywhere I look.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
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