Samadhi: Integration and Flow as Natural ADHD State

Samadhi is the state of complete integration and absorption—what modern psychology calls flow. It's not the goal of ADHD management but the natural result when effort (abhyasa), non-attachment (vairagya), and concentration (dharana) align. For ADHD minds, samadhi is profoundly relevant because ADHD individuals frequently experience hyperfocus states where time disappears and absorption is total. Rather than pathologizing this, Patanjali's framework recognizes it as a fundamental human capacity. The difference between disordered hyperfocus and healthy samadhi is intention and alignment with values. An ADHD person hyperfocused on social media isn't in samadhi; one hyperfocused on meaningful work approaches it. Patanjali teaches that samadhi is available when the mind is properly trained and directed. This reframes ADHD management as cultivating the conditions for healthy absorption—clarifying values through sankalpa, training attention through dharana, releasing perfectionism through vairagya—making flow an accessible, natural state.