Note of Purpose:  I have decided to share my philosophy on life and the nature of the universe with the rest of the world for the primary purpose of helping humanity to exist in progressive harmony, strive towards peace, and understand a collective sense of humanism.   Philosophy is not and has never been a search for some affixed truth.  Philosophy is both the long history and future of human thought on all aspects of existence written by writers who cared and thought deeply about man and his place in the cosmos so that we may have a better understanding of the world and how to live peacefully and meaningfully in it.   Philosophy then, can also be understood as an evolving guide to living and creating the "good life".  My philosophy here is a contribution to this history as a collection of outlooks, views, rhetoric, perspectives, essays, quotes, lyrics, maxims, aphorisms, etc as I have only minimally come to understand the universe through my own experience.  I have found an unsurmountable amount of joy in reading the thoughts of others throughout my life and appreciate the tremendous effect past thinkers have had on my own philosophical views.   Therefore, I take the responsibility upon myself to share what I've learned from what I've read and studied by forming my own views while at the same time paying homage to those who have inspired them. I believe it is of the utmost importance to keep an open mind to the views and beliefs of others, especially those that oppose our own so that we may construct the best methods and means to live in peace and harmony in the post-modern world.  I thank you all for reading and for thinking freely for yourselves... ...Question Everything...peace and love to all... Patrick Cleveland aka ?PRoCLaiM!                                                                                                                Main Page