Being neutral is nothing more nor less than compassionate wisdom. All wisdom is compassionate, or it would not be wisdom.

Does taking things personally mean ego? I would say so. Part of taking personally is the thought: "How can they talk to me this way? Who do they think they are? Who do they think I am?" Yes, that looks like ego to Me.

Without ego interference, the thought more likely will be: "What's really going on here? And how do we progress from it?"

And always the answer is love, not ballooned love, but love as a willingness to understand and go on from there.

The world needs you to build it. Unless you are building it, you are letting it slip. The world needs you to keep it up.

You cannot wash your hands of the world. You have a hand in it. You are like a mighty rung on a ladder.

That does not mean that you must get into the middle of the fray with your fists. Your thoughts. Remember your thoughts. Let your thoughts solve the problems of the world. Let your thoughts dissolve the problems of the world.