Jeff Foster talks about seeing depression from an 'awakened' perspective. His popular article on depressive breakdown, suicide and spiritual awakening can be found here: http://www.lifewithoutacentre.com/rea...

"We can view depression not as a mental illness, but on a deeper level, as a profound, and very misunderstood, state of deep rest, entered into when we are completely exhausted by the weight of our own false story of ourselves. It is an unconscious loss of interest in the second-hand -- a longing to 'die' to the false..." - Jeff Foster

Jeff's website is http://www.lifewithoutacentre.com