Liked · December 18 · Edited · 
A
couple of years ago, I heard about a Star Trek Voyager episode that
brilliantly demonstrated the powerful potential of engaging co-operation
with each other including different races and even different species of
intelligent life.
The story begins when Voyager is accidentally pulled into a Void, where it turns out other lost ships were struggling to survive. When Voyager first arrived they were instantly attacked by one of the other ships and 90% of their food and supplies were stolen. Voyager’s crew soon discovered the other ships already in the Void survived by stealing supplies from each other and whenever possible stealing from new unsuspecting ships the moment they stumbled into the Void.
When Voyager’s crew discovered they did not have enough power to leave the Void on their own Captain Janeway asked the other ships to form an alliance where each ship would pool their resources and technologies with the other ships in the alliance and thus they would all find a way out of the Void together. It was difficult to convince the other ships this was a good idea, but eventually several ships did join the alliance, shared their resources and technology, and made it possible for all the ships that were working co-operatively to leave the Void together. Those who refused to join the alliance due to their entrenched patterns of fear and lack were left in the Void to continue as they had before.
This story demonstrates the power of co-operation and working in community to achieve what otherwise might seem impossible… Some of the ships had been in the Void for years, barely surviving by competing for the limited supplies and resources that might wander in through other lost ships.
Living from competition had created separation, distrust, hatred and loss of resources that could have benefited everyone if they had chosen to live in co-operation with one another.
The ships that chose to co-operate and share resources ultimately changed their lives, moving their existence from the experience of lack in the Void into an expansive and abundant world. Co-operation unifies and strengthens the greater whole, moving our experience from struggle to survival, into a whole new more abundant world of possibilities.
Here too is a picture of a much younger Kevin Sorbo, this month's guest mentor... in another GREAT Gene Roddenberry series... Andromeda. He has hardly changed... it's his Super HERO great heart!
The story begins when Voyager is accidentally pulled into a Void, where it turns out other lost ships were struggling to survive. When Voyager first arrived they were instantly attacked by one of the other ships and 90% of their food and supplies were stolen. Voyager’s crew soon discovered the other ships already in the Void survived by stealing supplies from each other and whenever possible stealing from new unsuspecting ships the moment they stumbled into the Void.
When Voyager’s crew discovered they did not have enough power to leave the Void on their own Captain Janeway asked the other ships to form an alliance where each ship would pool their resources and technologies with the other ships in the alliance and thus they would all find a way out of the Void together. It was difficult to convince the other ships this was a good idea, but eventually several ships did join the alliance, shared their resources and technology, and made it possible for all the ships that were working co-operatively to leave the Void together. Those who refused to join the alliance due to their entrenched patterns of fear and lack were left in the Void to continue as they had before.
This story demonstrates the power of co-operation and working in community to achieve what otherwise might seem impossible… Some of the ships had been in the Void for years, barely surviving by competing for the limited supplies and resources that might wander in through other lost ships.
Living from competition had created separation, distrust, hatred and loss of resources that could have benefited everyone if they had chosen to live in co-operation with one another.
The ships that chose to co-operate and share resources ultimately changed their lives, moving their existence from the experience of lack in the Void into an expansive and abundant world. Co-operation unifies and strengthens the greater whole, moving our experience from struggle to survival, into a whole new more abundant world of possibilities.
Here too is a picture of a much younger Kevin Sorbo, this month's guest mentor... in another GREAT Gene Roddenberry series... Andromeda. He has hardly changed... it's his Super HERO great heart!
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