This is a great episode that explores the concept of heaven. The Vhnori believe that people ascend to the Next Emanation by entering a pod that transports them to the great beyond when they are dying, sick or lonely.  Harry Kim and the Star Trek crew call that into question when they discover the bodies are really transported to orbiting astroids.   Is this heaven?  Kim end ups taking the place of a Vhnorian and actually dying and being brought back on the Enterprise.   Captain Janeway orders Kim off duty for a couple of days to put his recent adventure in perspective. He resists, but she tells him that it is too easy in Starfleet to just carry on, and objectify each new, “extraordinary experience” as all in a day’s work. She urges him to take the time to appreciate what he’s been through.  Meanwhile, Torres determines that the Voyager sensors were detecting slight energy emissions from the newly appearing bodies, adding to a complex and dynamic energy field that inundated the asteroid field — a possible indication of the next emanation.

Affirmation: It is only my own tunnel vision that hides the deeper layers of existence from me. I will open myself to new ways of seeing , and see my life anew.

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