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how to enter flow state on command (CIA focus 12 protocol)

I just entered focus 12. my FOV feels maxxed out. I feel like I'm dreaming. I feel no friction. like i'm in the movie "limitless". here's the exact protocol to enter this state. CIA gateway papers.

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Dec 07, 2025
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now i’ve been doing research into the mind more

but yesterday i had so many tasks to do, and my mind just shut down, i got tired, fatigued, and it didn’t mater how many stims i have in.

i started writing in my journal just giving myself some clarity on what to do next…

and half the page in just figuring out a plan it felt like my eyes had zoomed out

like i just turnt the FOV slider up, hands felt far from my body, and i felt lightheaded

and while i was kind of “entering” this focus state. my mind had a flashback of a past email i wrote. on the CIA’s brain synchronisation weapon. and i realised that this is what i was experiencing.

they call it focus 12. when your vision “zooms” out and you feel a tunnel vision. this is flow state.

this intrigued me, and i decided that i should do more research on this. because it is a literal cheatcode. as if you unlock insane focus on command. like microdosing mushrooms, but naturally.

and i looked into the science. and how you could enter this state.

let me break it down for you…

i’ve studied copywriting a lot, and that led me into the rabbit hole of psychology.

and that led me into figuring out that there are 2 hemispheres of the brain. the emotional and the logical.

the left and the right.

and “flow state” or “focus 12” is when these 2 hemispheres connect and “synchronise” with eachother. the CIA spent millions on researching this.

that was the science. and i looked deeper into how you can actually activate this on command.

and i figured out that it is a state where you are “derealised”. as if you felt like you was dreaming.

the CIA doc matched up. and i talked about this in an email in the past. it’s mind awake. body asleep.

einstein would do this too. he’d work when he was falling asleep. and he’d have a pen at the end of his desk which would roll really slowly until it hit the ground. and when it hit the ground he would be awakened and have a whole new perspective/idea to look into.

which is interesting. because that’s what flow state is. jon jones talked about this when he was fighting rampage jackson. he felt like he evolved into some sort of “higher self”. it was really just focus 12. this flow state where he knew exactly what to do in the fight.

but how do you actually engineer this state on command? normally when you get into flow you just hop into it and work. you don’t even realise that you are in a flow state.

but right now i’m in this mode. feels like i’ve turnt my FOV slider to the max, and everything feels far. but the words on the screen feel close.

it’s your 2 hemispheres syncing.

emotional/logical both integrating.

and i engineered it on command. and i also realise that i’m in it. which is interesting.

here’s how i did it.

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