Chupee hui Aag ki Gatiyaan
Parmeshwar hamari har praathna sunata hai aur hamari purnata ke liye batae gae maarg ke anusaar unamen se pratyek ka jawaab deta hai.
Bhaaiyon aur bahanon, mainne October 2022 mein aakhri baar is manch par aane ke baad se ek dardnaak sabak sikha hai. Woh sabak yah hai: yadi aap swkaarne laayak bhaashan nahin dete hain, to aapko agle kai sammelanon se pratibandhit kiya jaa sakta hai. Tum dekh sakte ho ki mujhe aaj is pahale sabha mein hi kaaryabhaar saumpa gaya hai. Tum jo nahin dekh sakte woh yah hai ki main ek bahut hi naazuk killi waale daarwaze par sthit hoon. Agar ye bhaashan theek nahin rahi main aapako agale kuch sammelano mein nahin dekh paunga.
Is khubsoorat hymn ke saath us khubsoorat kwaaya ki bhaavana mein mainne haal hi mein kuch sabak sikhe hain, jinhen Prabhu ki madad se main aaj aapke saath sheyar karna chaahta hoon. Isse yah ek bahut hi niji bhaashan ban jaegi.
In sabhi haal ke anubhavon mein sabse vyaktigat aur dardnaak meri pyaari patni Pat ka mrtyu hai. Woh sabse badhiya mahila thi jinhe mainne kabhi dekha hai—ek aadarsh patni aur maa, unki pavitrata, uski jataane ka uphaar, aur uski dhaarmikta ke baare mein toh kuch bhi nahin kaha ja sakta. Usne ek baar “Apni Rachana ke Maap ko Pura Karna.” sheershak se ek bhashaan diya tha. Mujhe aisa lagta hai ki usne apni rachna ke paimaane ko usse kahi adhik saphaltaapurvak pura kiya jitna kisi ne sapne mein bhi nahin socha hoga. Woh Parmeshwar ki purn putri thee, Masih ki ek udhaaran mahila. Main unke saath apne jeevan ke 60 saal bitaane waale purushon mein sabse bhaagyashaali tha. Kya mujhe yogye saabit hona chahiye, hamari seeling ka matlab hai ki main uske saath anant kaal bita sakta hoon.
Ek aur anubhav meri patni ke dafnaane ke 48 ghante baad shuru hua. Us samay, mujhe gambhir chikitseey sthiti ke kaaran aspataal mein le jaaya gaya tha. Phir mainne chah saptaah ke pravaas ke pahale chaar saptaah gahan dekhbhaal ikaee ke andar aur baahar aur chetana ke andar aur baahar bitae.
Us avadhi ke dauraan aspataal mein mera lagbhag saara anubhav meri smrti mein kho gaya hai. Jo nahi khoya hai woh aspataal ke bahaar anant kaal ke kinaare tak ki yaatra ki meri smrti hai. Ham yaha us anubhav ke baare mein puri tarah se baat nahin kar sakte, lekin main keh sakta hoon ki jo kuch hamein mila woh ek chetavaani tha—adhik zarooraton ke saath apne mantraalay mein lautne ke liye protsaahan, adhik abhishek, Uddhaarkarta par adhik dhyaan, aur Uske shabdon par adhik vishwaas.
Main madad nahin kar saka lekin mehsoos kar raha tha ki mujhe lagybhag 200 saal pahale Barah ko die gae revelaishanka apana nijee sanskaran praapt ho raha hai:
“Toh mere naam ka abhilekh rakhega [aur] mera shabdon prthvee ke anth tak bhejega.
“… Subah se subah; aur prati din tera chitauni ka shabd nikalata rahe; aur jab raat ho to prithvi ke rahanevaale tere bashaan ke kaaran oonghane na paen. …
“Utho[,]…apana krus uthao, [aur] mere piche aao.”
Meri pyaari bahanon aur bhaaiyon, us anubhav ke baad se, mainne apne krus aur adhik sankalp ke saath lene ke liye ko uthaane ke liye aur adhik imaanadaari se koshish kiya hai, yah pata lagaane ke liye ki main subah, din ke dauraan aur raat mein garmjoshi aur chetaavani donon ki preritik aawaaj kaha utha sakta hoon.
Isse mujhe teesri sachchai praapt hoti hai jo haani, beemaari aur sankat ke un mahino mein aai thi. Yeh sunichit is Girjaghar ki drdh praathnaen aur—aapki praathnaon—ki prabhaavkaarita ke liye ek naya gawah aur antaheen aabhaar tha, jiska main laabhaarthi[beneficiary] raha hoon. Main un hajaaron logon ki praathna ke liye hamesha aabhaari rahunga, jinhonne aayaatit vidhva ki tarah, baar-baar mere liye swarg se hastakshep(intervention) ki maang ki. Mujhe pristhud ka aashirvaad mila, aur mainne dekha ki mere liye meri hai skool kaksha upwaas rakhi, jaisa ki pure Girjaghar mein kai rendam wards the. Aur mera naam Girjaghar ke lagbhag har mandir ki praathna suchi mein raha hoga.
Is sab ke liye apni gahari krtgyata mein, main G. K. Chesterton, se judata hoon, jinhonne ek baar kaha tha ki “dhanyevaad vichaar ka uchchatam roop hai; dhanyevaad” vichaar ka sarvochch roop hai; aur … dhanyevaad aashcharye se dogunee khushi hai. Apne “aashcharye se dogunee khushi“ ke saath, main aap sabhi ko dhanyevaad deta hoon aur Swarg mein apane Pita ko dhanyevaad deta hoon, jinhonne aapaki praathnaen suni aur mere jeevan ko aashirvaad diya.
Bhaaiyon aur bahanon, main gawahi deta hoon ki Parmeshwar hamari har praathna sunata hai aur hamari purnata ke liye batae gae maarg ke anusaar unamen se pratyek ka jawaab deta hai. Main maanta hoon ki lagbhag usi samay bahut se log mere swaasthy ki wapaasi ke liye praathna kar rahe the, utnihee sankhya mein-jinmen main bhi shaamil hoon-meri patni ke swaasthy ki wapaasi ke liye praathna kar rahe the. Main gawahi deta hoon ki un donon praathnaon ko ek divye dayalu Swargiye Pita ne suna aur uttar diya, bhale hi Pat ke liye praathnaon ka uttar us tarah se nahi diya gaya jaisa main pucha tha. Yah kewal Parmeshwar ko gyaat kaaranon se hai ki praathnaon ka uttar hamari aasha se bhinn kyu diya jaata hai lekin main tumhe vaada karta ki unhen suna jaata hai aur unka uttar Unke atoot prem aur laikik samay saarinee[cosmic timetable] ke anusaar diya jaata hai.
Yadi ham “na chukane ke liye kahate hain,” to hamen kab, kaha, ya kis baare mein praathna karni chahiye iski koi seema nahin hai. Revelaishan ke anusaar, hamen “hamesha praathna karni chahiye.” Aur hamen praathna karni hai, Amulek ne kaha, “un logon ke liye jo aapke aaspaas hain,” is vishwaas ke saath ki “dharmi [logon] ki dil se ki praathna se bahut laabh hota hai.” Hamari praathnaen tab mukhar honi chahiye jab hamare paas unhen arpit karane ki akelapan ho. Yadi yah vyaavahaarik nahin hai, to unhen hamare hrday mein maun kathan ke roop mein rakha jaana chahiye. Ham gaate hain ki hamari praathnaen “ek chipee hui aag ki gatiyaaen,” hain, hamesha pesh kiya jaana hai, Khud hi Uddhaarkarta ke anusaar, Apne Ek Laute Putr ke naam par Anant Pita Parmeshwar ko.
Mere pyaare doston, hamari praathnaen hamari sabse pyaare samay hain, hamari sabse “imaandaari se ichcha,” hamari pooja ka sabse saral, shuddh roop. Hamen vyaktigat roop se, apne parivaaron mein aur sabhi aakaar ki mandaliyon mein praathna karni chahiye. Hamen praathna ko behkaawon ke viruddh ek dhaal ke roop mein niyojit karna hai, aur yadi kisi samay hamen praathna na karne ka mann ho, to ham nischit ho sakte hain ki anishchay Parmeshwar ki or se nahi aati hai, jo kisi bhi samay aur har samay apne bachchon ke saath vaartaalaap karne ke liye utsuk rahata hai. Darasal, hamen praathna karne se rokne ke kuch koshishein sidhe taur par virodhi ki or se aate hain. Jab ham nahin jaante ki kaise ya vaastav mein kis liye praathna karni hai, to hamen shuru karna chahiye aur tab tak jaaree rakhna chahiye, jab tak ki Pavitr Aatma hamen us praathna mein maargadarshan na de de jo hamen karni chahiye. Ih drshtikon woh ho sakta hai jise hamen apne shatruon aur un logon ke liye praathna karte samay apnaana hoga jo hamare saath anyaay karte hain.
Anth mein, ham Rakshak ke udhaaran ko dekh sakte hain jisne bahut, bahut baar praathna ki. Lekin yah mere liye hamesha dilchasp raha hai ki Ishu ko praathna karne ki zaroorat mehsoos hui. Kya Woh paripurn nahin tha? Use kis baare mein praathna karne ki aavashyakta hogi? Achcha toh mujhe ehsaas hua hai ki Woh bhi, hamare saath, “[Pita ka] chehara talaashna, uske vachan par vishwaas karna aur uski krpa par bharosa karna chahata tha.” Samay-samay par, Woh Apni praathnaon se swarg pahunchnee se pahale akele rahane ke liye samaaj se piche hat gae. Anye samay mein, Usne kuch saathiyon ke saath praathna ki. Tab Woh un bheed ki or se swarg ki talaash karega jo ek pahaadi kshetr ko kavar kar sakte the. Kabhi-kabhi praathna se Unke vastron ki mahima hoti thee. Kabhi-kabhi yah Unke mukh ki mahima karta tha. Kabhi-kabhi Woh praathna karne ke liye khada hota tha, kabhi-kabhi Woh ghutanon ke bal jhukta tha, aur kam se kam ek baar Woh praathna karte samay apne chehare ke bal gir gaya tha.
Luke ne Apne parihar(expiation) mein Ishu ke avataran ka varnan is prakaar kiya hai ki Usse “adhik imaandaari se praathna karne ko batata hai.” Jo purn tha vah adhik imaandaari se praathna kaise karta hai? Ham maante hain ki Uski sabhi praathnaen gambheer thee, phir bhi apne praeshchit ke balidaan ko pura karne mein aur us dard ke maadhyam se jo iski yunivesal pahunch mein shaamil tha, unhonne aur bhi adhik vinntipurvak praathna karna mehsoos kiya, ant mein Unki bhent ke vajan ke saath har ched[pore] se rakt aa raha tha.
Mrtyu par Masih ki vijay aur mrtyu mein kuch aur haphton ya mahinon ke Unke haaliya upahaar ki prshthabhoomi ke khilaaph, main shaashvat jeevan ki vaastavikta aur iske liye hamaar yojna mein gambheer hone ki aavashyakta ka gambheer gawaah hoon.
Main gawahi deta hoon ki jab Masih aaega, Usse hamen pehchaanne ki zaroorat hai—dhoomil baptisma rikord par soochibaddh naamamaatr sadasyon ke roop mein nahin, balki puri tarah se pratibaddh, imaandaari se vishwaas karne waale, vachan ka paalan karne waale shishyon ke roop mein. Yah ham sabhi ke liye ek atiaavashyak maamla hai, aisa na ho ki ham atyadhik aphsos ke saath sunen: “Main tumhen kabhi nahin jaanta tha,” ya, jaisa ki Joseph Smith ne us phrase ka anuvaad kiya tha, “[Tum] mujhe kabhi nahin jaante the.”
Saubhaagye se, is kaarye ke liye hamare paas sahaeta hai—bahut saari sahaeta. Hamen swargduton aur chamatkaaron aur pavitr pristhud ke vaadon par vishwaas karne ki aavashyakta hai. Hamen Pavitr Aatma ke uphaar, achche parivaaron aur doston ke prabhaav aur Masih ke shuddh prem ki shakti par vishwaas karne ki aavashyakta hai. Hamen revelaishan aur bhavishyavaktaon, drashtaon, aur revelaitors aur President Russell M. Nelson. par vishwaas karne ki aavashyakta hai. Hamen yah vishwaas karna hai ki praathnaon, aur vinnti aur vyaktigat dhaarmikata ke maadhyam se, ham sachmuch “Mount Zion mein chadh sakte, jeevit Parmeshwar ke shahar, swargiye sthaan, sabse pavitr sthaan tak le jaa sakte hain.”
Bhaaiyon aur bahanon, jaise hi ham apne paapon ka pashchaataap karte hain aur saahasapurvak us “anugrah ke sinhaasan” ke paas aate hain, uske saamne apni bhiksha aur hamare haardik praathnaen chodate hue, ham apane Anant Pita aur Unke aagyaakaari ke udaar haathon se daya aur krypa aur kshama paenge, puri tarah se pavitra Putr. Phir, Job aur sabhi parishkrt wafaadaaron ke saath, ham ek aisi duniya dekhenge jise samajhne ke liye “bahut adbhut” hai. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.