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So I tried to do some philosophical thinking, you know, contemplating the universe, staring at the number 42 in tandem with 4, 8, 15, 16, and 23, and considering all the implications present in the presented philosophies of "Ergo Proxy," and this is what I came up with.

Esso est percipi:
That is, all things are as we perceive them. Period. In whatever way you see something, that is how it is, because in this system of belief, your personal universe is all that matters.
Cogito, ergo sum:
That is, because I can think, I must exist ("I think, therefore I am" wink . The flaw in this is that, in combination with the above, proving the existence of anything beyond your individual consciousness is impossible. For the following argument, assume that consciousnesses besides one's own have been proven.
Esso est percipi, ergo, essi est percipo.
Assuming proper conjugation (and I really didn't look it up, so I imagine it's wrong), this means that because things must be as we perceive them and because other consciousnesses exist, we are necessarily as others perceive us. Following that, if we perceive others' perception of us, we can be anything we wish to be, yes? There are two problems with this.
First, the universe must necessarily be considered, as it is the omnipresent, ubiquitous, third-person arbiter of existence. Therefore, we cannot assume that our perceptions of how others view us can dictate how we actually are. We must depend upon others' cooperation, which is going to be hard to get. In order to actually change oneself, all past perceptions from other consciousnesses must be eliminated and/or transferred to a perception which corroborates with all others. This brings to mind the problem of disagreeing perceptions. A human being, having a versatile personality and consciousness, easily handles differing perceptions of self from external sources, having many "faces," one might say, to present and having many aspects of personality simultaneously. However, there are rarely, if ever, cases in which a human being is perceived as other than a human being. If one were to change this, that is, create an environment in which all perceivers of one consciousness agree that it is other than as it was born to be, based on Barkeley's assertion (the first one), the subject of perception must necessarily adhere, because its own perception of self is rendered null and void at the mercy of others, given that your own perception of self does nothing save prove consciousness (go Decartes) and ego est percipi can only withstand Barekley's onslaught on a personal level. If one wants to change oneself, one must wait until either all perceptions are willing to agree, or all perceptions are lost- that is, after death has been perceived by all others and those others have forgotten one's existence- that is, many years, even generations, after the perceived death. Then is one alone to dictate one's own self. Unfortunately, besides the problem of death, the problem of God must be addressed.
As I introduced- second, God. He (I'll be using the masculine, feminine, and neuter interchangeably) perceives all human beings as It created them- that is to say, in Her image. Accepting the above solution to the human problem, we can apply something similar to God. Unfortunately, God is/knows Truth, and the Truth is, you're dead, and He isn't just going to change Its mind on your willy whims. How to get around this? Fool God. You may ask, "How am I going to do this?" And I would answer, "I... haven't gotten that far, yet. But I imagine it has to do with a powerful masking effect on your own soul, learned from intense study of the spirit after multiple lifetimes, meaning you have to bend 'Cogito, ergo sum' into 'Cogito, ergo soma eternum' in addition to the eternal soul, assuming that statement means 'As long as I think, my body will endure forever.' Until that's done, *shrugs* I'm out." And fooling God is really gonna require more than a few lifetimes- maybe even eternity. You'll have to live forever to achieve any bodily dreams, unless you are willing to deal with God, Satan, and the consequences of making a mistake with either one.

Okay, I think that all forms into a logical flow. If it doesn't, let me know, I'll adjust it. But I was thinking about it while I was mowing my lawn the other day, and I thought it would be fun to write out.