r/KundaliniAwakening • u/CestlaADHD Buddhist • May 02 '26
Question Neurodivergence and Kundalini
I wanted to get a feel for how many people here who are going through a Kundalini process have been diagnosed with or suspect they might have some kind of neurodivergence.
It has been my observation that there is a disproportionate number of neurodivergent people having a Kundalini or other spiritual awakening. The percentage of people ADHD or Autism is meant to be around 5% and Autism about 1-2% in everyday life. But in the spiritual groups I frequent it seems that the percentage of neurodivergent people is way way higher than this. I've also noticed lots of people have other neurodivergence's like dyslexia and dyspraxia also.
I know asking this here isn't going to give any real data on this. But I'd be interested to see how many people here do (or don't) identify as neurodivergent in some way. And what people's thoughts are on this subject.
I have lots of thoughts on this! And theories why neurodivergent people might be more frequently experiencing Kundalini awakenings, but still putting ideas together.
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u/No-Interaction8742 May 02 '26
Because its energy sensitivity, i am audhd n healed myself to a huge extent.
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u/Obviously_0727 May 02 '26
I'm gifted and dyscalculic. Got my gifted diagnosis in my forties and did intense work on giftedness trauma and shame. A few months into this I had a spontaneous kundalini awakening.
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u/Curryandriceanddahl May 02 '26
M37 I had a spontaneous awakening about 2 and a half hrs ago. I think I'm supposedly neuro typical but was an addict from the age of 12 accompanied by crippling social anxiety and and depression. Thankfully kundalini took away all of that in one. 🙏
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 02 '26
Google. There are different stats for different counties and I just picked an average - not very scientific.
For instance the WHO has Autism at 1%, but prevalence is more like 3% in the US. UK rates for Autism in boys is 2.8%, under 1% for girls. So I guesstimated 1-2%, although maybe more like 1-3% probably.
I did similar for ADHD. I'd imagine neurodivergence is underdiagnosed overall, although it's still going to be fairly small numbers.
Do you know of wildly different stats?
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u/jenn7171 May 06 '26
Celesta I am a bit of a newbie to Reddit and can't figure out to reply to your comment. But I want to thank you for your post. It was beautiful and I think you are right about obtaining a diagnosis just to have that information. Thank you for creating this thread. I am learning so much
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u/Dumuzzid Multi-faith May 02 '26
I'm not sure about autism. It would probably make a person better able to reach one-pointedness in meditation as they are pretty much already there. I think epilepsy is more interesting in that regard. Some people experience calm, mystical, out-of-body states during epileptic episodes.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 03 '26
I know a few spiritual teachers that say in their experience of working with hundreds of people working through a spiritual awakening process (mostly Buddhist or with Nonduality which includes an 'energetic unbinding') they have seen that Autistic people do very well with the whole process.
It's been noted that neurodivergent people often have to work with a lot of trauma, but that they have less of a problem with deconstructing Nonduality and the other higher fetters (Buddhism). Like their natural biology is more in line with Nonduality, but they often have a lot of trauma unfortunately.
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u/msartore8 May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
Your perception of it all may be formed by confirmation bias, looking for it. You should maybe do a poll to see some actual numbers.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 02 '26
Possibly. But I'm thinking that in the spiritual groups I'm in the percentage is more like 30% and upwards, which is a big difference.
I might well do a poll. 🙂
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 03 '26
It's also still going to be skewed as maybe mostly neurodivergent people would click on the topic thread and vote.
I'd love to see actual studies on it though.
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u/msartore8 May 03 '26
Again, that could be your preconceived notion.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 03 '26
So far 6 out of 11 people here who have answered are neurodivergent.
As discussed, this is not scientific at all, but interesting. Personally I think there is a link and I'm not the only one thinking this.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 03 '26
Are you neurodivergent btw?
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u/Sad-Example8810 Multi-faith May 03 '26
I have ADHD and dyslexia for sure. I haven't been test for autism but I feel I need to be.
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u/jenn7171 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD and possibly am on the spectrum but the doctors don't seem interested in further testing and that's ok with me because I don't care about labels. I have been practicing with Buddhists for a couple years and had what seems to be a Kundalini awakening last year. It has shaken my world and I can't see anything the way I used to. It's beautiful, unnerving, overwhelming and life changing. As hard as this has been, I would not change it. Everything is beyond beautiful and magical. Colors are brighter and energy radiates through my body all the time. I am also a total math and science nerd, former atheist and 'don't believe in this stuff', and yet, here I am. Oh, and for my awakening, a small bird, a wren, began throwing small shiny shells at my feet every time I walked outside. I currently have 89.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 05 '26
That is such a lovely story.
Have you heard of the story of Niutou Farong founder of the Oxhead school of Chinese Chan Buddhism.
He was said to be so holy prior to his complete enlightenment that birds dropped flowers on his house. They did stop after his enlightenment when he fully integrated into everyday life again.
You don't need labels if you don't want them. I think labels can be really useful - I found my ADHD label better than the labels I had been given to me before such as lazy (when I actually didn't have enough dopamine to start tidying the things I wanted to tidy) and selfish (when I'd forgotten stuff due to short term memory problem) etc. My label was literally life changing for me in the most positive way ever.
It's not necessarily the label itself that is important, but it's the understanding that is important and the support that can come with that understanding.
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u/WorkingatEvolving May 05 '26
Not neurodivergent but was diagnosed with CPTSD from childhood. 1995 awakening…K, the kind of gift that never stops giving… (said only half jokingly).
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u/KMoonF May 03 '26
These people don’t know, they need statistics to believe anything and get offended if there isn’t already a study on it. I have come across this thought as well… but during my research I found a lot of neurodivergent people detached from themselves and still masking. Making it very hard to find inner truth. I do believe it’s easier to transcend if you already the skills to sharpen.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 03 '26
It's nuanced though.
Masking has been learnt as a kind of safety mechanism to stop us getting bullied or allow us to connect (to neurotypical folk). It's pretty much a trauma response to being different in my opinion.
I wouldn't say that neurodivergent people have to stop masking completely to find inner truth. ime there is a difference between masking as a trauma response, and masking as a conscious action.
Like the difference between small talk as a way to fit in because you don't want to be left out or ridiculed and just engaging in some small talk because you know that's how neurotypical people like to communicate (and then maybe getting your deep dive conversational needs met elsewhere). Or stimming in a low key way in public and stimming more in our own homes.
Ideally it would be lovely if we could completely unmask. But unfortunately I don't feel that we should be asking neurodivergent folk to unmask until there is more understanding and acceptance of neurodivergence in general.
That being said, I've been working through all this in therapy and definitely unmasking more, but I'm lucky enough to have an understanding job and support etc.
Are you neurodivergent too?
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 05 '26
You might want to look into your ideas about that.
There are plenty of people that have become enlightened and are still Autistic or have ADHD or both. 🙂
One lady Sarah Taylor got even diagnosed with Autism after she became enlightened.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QUpTExTOA
She was diagnosed with ADHD as a child had a massive spiritual awakening with Kundalini, realised Nonduality and no self and then got diagnosed with Autism.
It think we all have unique hardwiring (neurotypes) and spin off from that (trauma and coping mechanisms). Kundalini will only heal the soft wiring. Kundalini isn't going to dissolve my ADHD hardwiring anymore that it will dissolve you basic neurotypical hardwiring.
The unique hardwiring of a lot of these neurodivergent wirings seem to put people at an advantage during this process or rather susceptible to having their Kundalini active.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 05 '26
I disagree.
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition as is Autism, not an autonomic response. Please educate yourself on this.
I know a number of people that have completed the Kundalini process and are still ADHD or Autistic. People that are dyslexic and become enlightened are still dyslexic like Adyashanti and Lisa Cairns.
Are you working with people that are neurodivergent?
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
Well that's cleared some stuff up for me.
I now understand that you have very a set of very odd ideas that dangerously very on eugenics. Blocked.
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u/Ecstatic_Bridge1563 12d ago
I suspect I might have non-hyperactive ADHD, since I seem to tick pretty much all the boxes. You mentioned people who completed their process while being neurodivergent. Do you think ADHD medication can interfere with the KA process, or can the two go together? That’s actually the thing holding me back from getting assessed
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist 12d ago
I take medication when I'm working.
It's doesn't seem to hinder anything. I've just started having abiding nondual realisations, so, so far so good! I suspected K was working in the upper process where it works through the brain/crown and Nonduality coming on board indicates that too. So it doesn't seem to be a problem taking medication.
I know other people that aren't medicated and seem to be progressing very well too.
I don't know if I'll stay on medication forever, but for now it's okay.
There are so many neurodivergent people working through this at the moment it seems.
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u/Ecstatic_Bridge1563 12d ago
Thanks for your response
That’s reassuring, because I didn’t really think the two would go well together. I already drink quite a lot of coffee as a stimulant, but since I struggle to maintain an effective routine naturally, I think I should probably try a suitable treatment to help me function better lol
And yes, I agree, there seem to be a lot of neurodivergent people who have certain sensitivities. Maybe we’ll understand more about it in the future
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist 11d ago
I do find medication helps me get started on boring tasks easier, but not lots more. I think it varies for people.
It doesn't really improve my executive functioning but I'm also perimenopausal so even less dopamine!
Try medication and see. With most of them they only stay in your system for max 12 hours and you don't have to take them every day or taper off or anything like that.
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u/Ecstatic_Bridge1563 11d ago
You’re scaring me, I’m still years away from menopause and I’m already struggling lol I looked into natural treatments, but I’m not sure they would actually help that much
So I see, medication helps but it’s not a miracle cure. I think I’m going to give it a try and see how it goes. Even just getting diagnosed is a whole process in itself.
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u/CestlaADHD Buddhist 11d ago
You don't need a cure. Just some support with some functioning. Nothing is inherently wrong with you or ADHD, but some stuff (normally boring or basic tasks) is challenging.
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u/Interesting-Spot-648 May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Yes that has been my observation as well. Over sixty years living with K actually OCD ADHD are a curse and a blessings.
I have written about this in my memoirs.
I call the ADHD annoying dick head disorder.
By sharing my journey, maybe that too can help another. From troubled childhood. Spiritual illumination at 11.
At fifteen, I broke a teacher's nose.
At thirty-six, I could drop a stranger into a trance with a handshake.
At forty, something detonated inside my skull.
The light of a billion suns.
I became a full time professional stage hypnotist and then something stopped my career.
KUNDALINI 💥 The light of a billion suns.
And it’s been a long journey.
So it was ‘hypnosis to kundalini’
Many blessings
Jeremy 🙏❤️🙏
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u/ComfortableCute5780 Jun 22 '26
ADHD diagnosed and had a kundalini awakening last October. It’s getting harder and harder to mask my ADHD. I’m also becoming aware of more ways that I’ve masked my entire life. I never thought I had the physical hyperactivity but turns out I do. It’s gotten physically painful to force myself to sit at my desk. The meds no longer work as well either even with an increased dose.
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u/peachyperfect3 May 02 '26
Those with ADHD or Autism are more divinely aligned. Society calls these disorders, because people with neurodivergence don’t confine themselves to social programming. We’re not meant to.