Vegetable Soup Remedy
by noodleheadpig
This article was originally written April 19, 2007, post Virginia Tech shooting.
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Current mood: grateful
Category: Life
There are insane things in this world that happen to us. And though no one really sits down and charts out our individual destinies for us, we understand, on some level, through previous demonstration, that there just may be a higher power who has the capability for calling back the souls of this planet. To use them for his/her good and care for them in the glorious Eternal Garden.
It is with struggle that I write this blog as my emotions regarding the Virginia Tech shootings have spanned from government conspiracy level to out right crying for the souls. I do not know anyone, in anyway, connected to Virginia Tech. Yet, the raw emotion of the senselessness rocked me to my roots.
I found myself, sitting in my car last night, ready to get out and head inside to my safe haven, my home. I stop and leave the radio tuned in to hear the compelling story of a father and his son and their story of that day. There were no faces. I had no visual experience to attach to what I was hearing. I had no preconceived notions of these people other than their voice. I have heard them before. And through that instant clarity and stripped down media experience, I was, in that moment, able to truly experience the range of emotions that they courageously displayed for us all. I cried. Without the distraction by any of the visual elements or fanfare, I cried. The true nature of myself came flowing from me. Passion and Compassion took over and my heart just melted and expanded for being touched, if only as an observer.
In that realizing moment, I felt loss. I felt pain. I felt injured. I felt distrust. Anger. Rage. Disgust. Sorrow. Powerless. Defiant. Empowered. Strong. Determined. Guilty. Thankful. Grateful. Prayerful… grateful… prayerful… Thankful.
It was in that short moment, in my car, next to a dumpster, that I felt the Soul of us All. We are a masterful blending of all colors, facets, shapes, sizes, pasts, presents and perfect futures.
You call the vegetable soup by the ingredients in the beginning. 
You deliberately call each piece into the existence of the whole. In the masterful end, it is a culinary explosion of ALL tastes, ALL textures and ALL that you called into it. What a wonderful feast of experiences to learn and grow from… in front of our eyes. Be thankful, as hard as it may NOW seem, in its very existence.
It is in this weird twist of thinking that our hearts can collectively find solace. There is no doubt in my mind that there are a million aspects to this situation that should be evaluated and learned from. But let us not take our eye off the ball to the most paramount gift. The fact that, no, we DON’T have to experience this type of thing again. But for whatever lessons that remain unlearned, the cycle will continue. Maybe not in this same metaphor of life, but it will play out. It is my intent to break this cycle of collective ignorance.
With humble gratitude, I am remindful of those individuals affected by this tragedy and I surround them, with all my love and compassion, in the Violet Flame… to heal and be healed.
The time is NOW.
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