GATE TWO — ECHO

Pause where you are. Take two slow breaths, easy and unforced. On the second exhale, ask silently: “What has been calling me back?” Do not answer. When the question lands, name one small, ordinary thing you have returned to more than once (a place, a habit, a thought, a curiosity). No meaning. No interpretation. Simply acknowledge it. Without action, the Gate remains symbolic only. When ready, proceed.