Goddess COMMANDMENTS

Here for your viewing pleasure, are The Goddess Commandments, which came to me this morning, unbidden.

THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE GODDESS
Behave toward others as a healthy mother behaves toward her child:

As a mother teaches her child, so must you teach others.
As a mother does what is best for her child, so must you do for others.
As a mother feeds, clothes and shelters her child, so must you do for others.
As a mother entertains her child, so must you entertain others.
As a mother plays with her child, so must you play with others.
As a mother laughs with her child, so must you laugh with others.
As a mother is patient with her child, so must you be with others.
As a mother smiles with love upon her child, so must you smile upon others.
As a mother protects her child, so must you protect others.
As a mother heals her child from illness, so must you heal others.
As a mother hopes for her child, so must you hope for others.
As a mother worships her child, so must you worship others.
As a mother dies to protect her child, so must you die to protect others.

What do you think? Do any of these strike you as "wrong," and if so, why? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHERS you think should be added? Of course these differ from the Flies Guys' Ten Commandments -- we're dealing with a Mother Goddess here. These are what I imagine were the Commandments people used before the Patriarchy galloped in and smashed our human wholeness.

Notice what's not included: Things like "Thou shalt not kill," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not rape," etc. Those things wouldn't even have crossed anyone's mind in pre-patriarchal Mother-Goddess society. Only completely deranged peoples would need to use those as deified commandments.

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I shot the picture above with my digital camera, from a painting I have done by the remarkable Susan Sedon Boulet.