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Today's guest curator is the amazing @paradigmprospect! We are always happy to feature his amazing selections and commentary.

The feeling of separation seems to be a constant theme throughout our lives as human beings. Sometimes we can witness how interlinked everything seems to be, other days we feel utterly at odds with the world around us and the processes in ourselves that gnaw away at our trust in the meaning of it all. Yet beauty, hope and amazing discoveries are just as much a part of being alive as challenges are - no ups without downs.

As these 5 Steemians remind us, getting stuck in a fixed view on the world or a static situation can lead to great pain, but it can also become a way to ultimately reconsider our own place in the grand scheme of things. As we encounter both beauty and horror living on Earth we learn how to see it all as part of the same game of life, presenting itself in endless varieties of form and thought that foster our rising awareness.

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3000 km European Roadtrip back to my Birth Country

Steemit is a great place for all sorts of travel stories, and more than anything these stories inspire me to go out on the road and to meet kindred spirits along the journey. Especially when a travel diary comes with such lively and engaging photographs and impressions!

If you are thinking about travelling Europe and would like some authentic captures of its scenery, this article might do the trick! Come along for an immersive ride as @frejafri takes us on a magical journey across Europe; travelling from Spain all the way to Denmark with her little tribe, visiting friends and family, reminding us how beautiful and diverse Europe's nature and scenery can be.

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The cause of our sufferings

This post is about sheep and people. The sheeple. About what makes the sheeple the sheeple, and why all of us have been sheeple at one point or another.

The analogy of sheep with passively-accepting naive human beings is an evergreen in alternative media circles, but @akdx shows us there is good reason for this analogy that might go deeper than we thought.

We constantly look for the "cause" of suffering outside of us, but maybe it all comes down to ourselves - and about what we choose to allow within our environment without sharing our objections loudly and clearly.

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Mother Nature & Human Beings: Two Similar Entities With Different Manifestation

From a young age we are taught that nature is dangerous, and that as a human society it's generally a good idea to gain control over our environment before it takes control over us.

But is that really the "correct" approach? Are we that different from nature?

As @edave points out in his insightful article, nature is part of us and we are part of it. Maybe it is time we considered nature to be something to work in tandem with, rather than to fight against and gain control over. We have so much in common with nature that reminding ourselves regularly through articles like this seems like a really good idea before we get too carried away by our human programs.

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To Me, By Me, Through Me, As Me: A Path Out of Victimhood

Few narratives remain as convincing and omnipresent in our age as that of the "poor little victim of circumstance" thrown into a world beyond his control. Whenever life seems to get tough, even and especially students of spiritual approaches tend to feel alienated from the unity of it all, singled out. We look for "reasons" that explain why this or that "always happens to me" and our ego demands answers about the state of the world we find ourselves in. How then can we find peace?

By considering the viewpoints of other people on the search.

As @solarsupermama points out, beginning the spiritual journey often goes hand in hand with endless questions about the nature of reality, the point of suffering and the apparent lack of fairness in this world. But maybe it's our assumptions about ourselves that make these states of affairs inexplicable, not the circumstances themselves. A great write-up for those in search of a grander perspective.

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Gamifying Recruitment for Waging War

Some of humanity's developments of recent decades can be rightfully considered "worrisome".

As the human drama unfolds on Earth, and the theme of war remains an ever-present topic that demands our attention, we find that the military itself has not stopped refining its techniques for recruitment - that they are in fact amping it up.

Digital games of warfare and armed conflict have become such an enshrined part of our modern culture that we can find proof about wartime simulation games being used as recruitment tools for the 'actual' military. Let @cupidzero take you on a strange excursion into the in's and out's of making war fashionable to a whole generation of video gamers and its shocking ramifications for contemporary 'real-life' warfare. Mad respect for this article!

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Conclusion

@paradigmprospect continues to show a remarkable ability to find inspiring and thought-provoknig content. Check out each great post and let their creators know what you think. For submitting these excellent articles and commentary, @paradigmprospect earns 5 SBD.

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