When I read the Ten Commandments through the lens of trauma, attachment, and the nervous system, something stands out immediately: they all begin with negation. Thou shalt not…

The problem is, the human brain doesn’t follow “don’t.”

It can’t.

Before the brain can avoid something, it must first imagine it.

“Don’t steal,” requires the brain to first picture stealing.

“Don’t covet,” requires you to imagine coveting.

“Don’t commit adultery,” requires you to visualize the very thing you’re trying to avoid.

Negation strengthens the neural pathways of the thing we fear, not the behavior we desire.

If you’ve ever told a child, “Don’t touch that,” you know exactly what happens next.

But this isn’t immaturity—it’s neurobiology.

And adults are no different.

So I rewrote the Ten Commandments in the positive, not to change their spiritual essence, but to translate them into a language the brain can actually embody.

Affirmation gives the nervous system a direction, not a prohibition.

It names the path, the energy, the posture of consciousness that leads us back to the Tree of Life rather than the fear-based duality of the Tree of Knowledge.

The original commandments pointed away from danger.

These point toward wholeness.

This is why I rewrote the Ten Commandments—so you can follow them, embody them, and actually be transformed by them.