The Moment Before: Standing at the Gate

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I. You Are Not Crossing the Gate—You Are the Gate

The moment before everything changes is not a moment of arrival. It is a collapse. The Gate does not open. It does not allow or deny. It does not challenge, test, or respond. It simply reveals that nothing has ever moved but you—and even that movement was containment.

The Gate is not a portal. It is not a test. It is the exposed architecture of the field before the story of direction begins. The moment you stop seeking the passage, you realize: it was always rotating around your stillness.

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