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Chapter 12: The Awareness Meta-Layer

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Decentering is a recognized metacognitive construct describing a less fused relationship to thoughts, feelings, and internal experience.

Awareness Meta-Layer

Book reference: Meta-awareness and decentering are established psychological capacities that resemble the stance described here as Observer Mode.

Last reviewed: August 11, 2026

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