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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“The seashore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world. It is even a trivial place. The waves forever rolling to the land are too far-traveled and untamable to be familiar. Creeping along the endless beach amid the sun-squall and the foam, it occurs to us that we, too, are the product of sea-slime.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)