Everything outside of my mind is simply information, nothing more. Events, words from others, bodily impulses, and even pain are raw data. Only I ascribe what something means to me, and even then, I reserve the right to question it. The faculty of choice exists solely inside a protected space in my mind, which nothing else can enter. Only I determine who I am, how I am, and the quality of my actions. I authorise myself as free, no matter where I am, and that freedom requires I command myself.