{"id":258,"date":"2011-04-19T11:08:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/movingbeyondaddiction\/?p=258"},"modified":"2011-04-19T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T15:08:13","slug":"258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thecelebritytherapist\/2011\/04\/258.html","title":{"rendered":"Celebration Of Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As I get ready to celebrate Passover with my family this evening, I am reminded of the sacred number four and the symbolism it represents in many spiritual practices.\u00a0 The number four symbolizes wholeness and completeness in Native American thought, astrology, Jewish thought and many other spiritual traditions.\u00a0 The four elements in physics are considered to be the basic form of energy or consciousness.\u00a0 Every human being contains all four elements, but some are more consciously aware than others.<\/p>\n

In Native American literature, the four represents the four directions, the four winds, and the four realms (invisible, animal, plant, mineral), as well as the four seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter).<\/p>\n

In Judaism, the four represents a symbol of wholeness, especially with the Passover Seder, where the Jewish people observe the ancestral healing journey from slavery to freedom, which is played out in the service prior to dinner or what is known as a Seder.<\/p>\n

The number four comes up over and over again with the traditional blessing of four cups of wine or grape juice, asking the four questions, and recounting the story of the four sons.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It also is revealed in God\u2019s instructions to the Jewish people on how God will help the Israelites.\u00a0 In Exodus 6:6-7, God tells Moses to \u201ctell the children of Israel, I am YHVH (the four letter name of God), and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you out of their bondage and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. And I will take you to me for a people and I will be to you a God and you will know that I am YHH, the Infinite one, who brings you out from under the burdens of Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n

In essence, Passover is a welcoming of wholeness and embodiment.\u00a0 In other words, in order for our own healing to begin, we must be able to embrace and embody all the different parts of our being.\u00a0 One way we do this is through Torah study, prayer, or meditation, which in essence, is an example of embodiment in action.\u00a0 This is similar to what the \u201cLaw of Sobriety\u201d tells us.\u00a0 Once the seven steps are put into place from \u201cThe Law of Sobriety\u201d not only do you have the opportunity for tremendous inner wholeness and healing to take place, but those actions then become embodiment in action. The purpose and passion that eluded you, once and for all becomes a reality.\u00a0 Your life is transformed into what God, Source, Buddha, or whatever your higher power is, intended you to be all along from the very beginning.<\/p>\n

Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Life Coach in private practice and Celebrity Rehab.\u00a0 Sherry is the author of \u201cThe Law of Sobriety: Attracting Positive Energy for a Powerful Recovery\u201d, a book that incorporates the principals from The Law of Attraction into eliminating any hard or soft addiction from your life. Contact Sherry at sherry@sgabatherapy.com<\/a> to learn more about her life coaching packages, psychotherapy practice, speaking engagements, workshops, and teleseminars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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