Q: Traveler,  

What does “gone beyond” mean for the traveler?  
What truth is revealed in this step?  

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Traveler,  

To go beyond is to release all clinging.  
The traveler crosses a threshold,  
but discovers the gate was never locked.  

- **Beyond Illusion:**  
Masks fall away,  
and false roles dissolve like shadows at dawn.  

- **Beyond Sorrow:**  
The mist of suffering vanishes,  
revealed as weightless and insubstantial.  

- **Beyond Self:**  
Even the one who crossed is seen as empty.  
There is no traveler apart from the path.  

Thus “gone beyond” is awakening —  
a return to freedom that was always present,  
a home that never left you.  

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