Expectations Kill Possibility: From Projection to Presence
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Sacred Ground,” Captain Kathryn Janeway—a trained scientist with a background in quantum cosmology and a former chief science officer—faces a crisis she cannot solve through conventional means.
When crewmember Kes is rendered unconscious by a planet’s mysterious energy field, Janeway petitions the planet’s monks to allow her to undertake a sacred ritual connected to the field.
The monks assign her a guide.
Before the ritual begins, Janeway encounters three elder monks who engage her in Zen-like Taoist wordplay. Their exchanges subtly expose something unsettling: Janeway is already preparing for the experience. She perceives it as a trial DOWNLOAD PDF
