Your thoughts don't harm anyone, but your physical actions might.
But they will harm yourself -- or that's what Buddhists teach, anyway. These are precepts, not commandments -- nobody will punish you if you don't live by them. The idea is that keeping the precepts helps yourself as well as others.
5. Pick the right profession, do not work with something that harm or tempt others. (Ahimsa = nonviolence)
Don't be a cop or a mafia capo?
Close: don't be a butcher, soldier, cop, arms dealer, or dealer in intoxicants.
7. Consciousness, be aware of your body, your emotions, your senses and your consciousness. Learn.
Sorry, this sounds like just think about yourself.
Not the same at all. The opposite, in fact. This refers to "mindfulness," which is at the core of Taoist, Yogic, and Buddhist teaching: a practice that teaches you to be aware of what's going on in your mind and body at any given time. The theory is that you do harmful ("unskilful") things out of delusion; to do good ("skillful") things, you have to rid yourself of delusion and perceive both yourself and the world as it really is. Someone who is deluded (i.e., all of us, pretty much) will inevitably do harm out of anger, jealousy, greed, lust, ignorance, or thoughtlessness. The first step in freeing yourself of delusion is to become aware of it -- to consciously note that, for example, you're angry, or sad, or depressed, or whatever. That done, it becomes possible to practice letting go of these delusions, and not letting them rule you.
8. Meditation/Concentration - Leads to wisdom
JemyJ, depends what is the focus there of as to where it leads.
Certainly. It's most definitely possible to get lost in meditation, to start chasing the shadows conjured up by your mind. I hear they can be quite fascinating.
But seriously, Respect to JemyJ, and all ideas. JemyJ is quite a thinker
Hey now, watch it -- you don't want it to go to his head.
