Lol, yes, in a way.

Mental illness is relative. It’s just a deviation from the norm. It is considered normal by the majority of mental health professionals to experience a vast range of emotions, being able to fall in love, form strong attachments to other human beings, have healthy self-esteem and alike. The separated state has been normalized and why shouldn’t it be? It is the norm for the vast majority of people.

So, from the perspective of a classically trained mental health professional, a person undergoing spiritual awakening might suffer from “depersonalization disorder”, while a fully enlightened person might be classified as a “high functioning psychopath”.

But the opposite also holds true. From the perspective of enlightenment, a separated state can only be described as a “pervasive, chronic neurosis” with the patient constantly being obsessed with things that don’t matter.

Who’s to say?

Is it true that to a person of enlightenment, “nothing matters”? Well, yes, I’m not gonna mince words here - it is true. But why is it so scary? Nothing matters does not mean unengaged or apathetic, it just means not taking it all seriously. It’s a matter of perspective. When you play tennis with a friend, does it really matter if you win or lose? If you are really attached to the outcome, if it becomes personal for you, a competition, will it make it more or less enjoyable? More or less fun? Is it more or less fun to dance when there’s no goal to it, no outcome, no scores, no evaluation?

The biggest illusion of all is that attachment makes thing more enjoyable. It’s actually the opposite. You can’t really have fun while it’s important to you. Attachment makes everything less enjoyable, just more meaningful. What you’re really enjoying in attachment is the meaning, not the process. But love is fundamentally meaningless, it can’t be explained, it needs no meaning to be enjoyed.

You can think of enlightenment as learning to enjoy and love life itself rather than the meaning of life.