state awareness Articles
20 Jul 2026
What Is Metacogstate?
What Is Metacogstate? Metacogstate is awareness of both your thinking and the internal state shaping it. It combines two kinds of recognition: awareness of what your mind is doing; awareness of the condition from which your mind is doing it. You may notice: “I am assuming the worst.” That is metacognitive awareness. You may then…
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10 Jul 2026
What Does Calm Intelligence Mean?
What Does Calm Intelligence Mean? Calm intelligence is a way of describing a simple proposition: The quality of thinking is affected by the state of the thinker. Within GuideState, it describes the clearer thinking and better judgement that can become available when we recognise the state we are thinking from. Most approaches to thinking focus…
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