Brahm or Bhram
It’s an intriguing design of nature that the Sanskrit words Bhram and Brahm which have totally opposite meanings are so similar in sound and have the same set of characters rearranged. I noticed this when I misread the words in an article and realised how easily one can mistake one for the other in real life too.
Bhram means delusion (false belief of the mind) or illusion of the eyes.
Brahm on the other hand means the highest and unchanging reality, beyond all illusions and delusions.
More often than not we believe that the world of illusions and delusions we see around us is the final truth and unchanging reality. This, according to Dalai Lama and other evolved masters is the cause of negative emotions and suffering. All their teachings are to guide us to experience the highest, unchanging reality.
Take a moment to reflect on the fragile world of illusions in these rain drops perched on a leaf. What is real? The reflection in the rain drop? The rain drops and the leaf? Or is there more to reality than what our eyes can see?
