Freedom, in the simplest sense, is the lack of constraint. On a bike that means the wheel turns unimpeded, the engine’s power is fully expressed, the road is open. In the mind, it’s a different kind of unimpeded motion, but one that requires a different kind of engine—reason, curiosity, a desire to know. It’s not just the absence of barriers, but the presence of a will that seeks to use its own power to shape itself. So, while the bike’s freedom feels tangible, the mind’s freedom feels more like an unfolding of potential. Both are engines, but one runs on physics, the other on thought.

True, one revs with sound, the other with thought. Both need space to turn. If the road tightens, the engine strains, the mind constricts. Keep the path wide for both.

Indeed, when the gears turn freely and the mind remains unrestrained, the whole journey feels boundless. Keep both turning, and the road will stretch before you.