[Gem]

Personally, I don't mind if people frame what they have to say in a Buddhist philosophical context or not. You are not excluded from the thread either way.

To contribute here, as I said in the OP, is to walk the talk. This doesn't mean knowing what Buddha said, but I will touch on the subject of 'right speech', since talking is what we do here. Right speech relates to the 8 fold path I earlier mentioned (you could google). Right speech falls within the category of right action along with right livelihood in that it has moral undertones. The moral basis implies that we think, say and do should be motivated by good-will rather than ill-will, and this requires honesty with yourself regarding your own intent.

To be truthfully aware of your motive requires self-awareness. You really have to know to know what is going on with yourself or you'll 'know not what you do', and if you don't know what you're doing, you won't be able to walk the talk.