THE METACOGNITIVE SELF-GIFTING PRINCIPLE (MSGP)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) April 12, 2026 Aleksey Baskakov
A conceptual framework called the Metacognitive Self-Gifting Principle proposes that individuals can treat their own mental content as a process they co-author, alongside environmental, historical, and automatic cognitive processes. The key tool is asking oneself the reflective question "What am I gifting myself right now?", which creates a psycholinguistic recursion that reframes experience as something subject to choice, increasing the likelihood of constructive change. The principle aligns with neurobiological, metacognitive, predictive, existential, and other models, and incorporates concepts of an iterative working cycle, psychological hygiene, and groundless consciousness. The paper aims to share the concept and establish authorial priority.