Jyoti ko Chunno
Elder Vern P. Stanfill dwara
Sattar ke
Hume bhavishyevaktaun ki salaha ko maanna chahiye, dhaarmik prerna ko jaanna aur us par kaarye karna chahiye, aur Parmeshwar ke aagyaoun ka palan karna chahiye.
Bahut samay nahi hua hai, meri patni aur main ne yah faesla kiya tha ki hum apne ghar ke nazdeeki sthaan uttarpakshin Montana ke sundarta ko aur bhi achchie tarah se anubhao karenge. Humne Hiawatha Trail cykil se jaane ka faesla kiya, ek relpat jo sundar Pathrile Pahaad ko paar karta hai Montana aur Idaho ke beech mein. Humne achche doston ke saath ek khushi ka din bitaya, us sthaan ki prakritik sundarta ke saath.
Hume pata tha ki humare mahaan 15 mil(24-km) lamba safar ke raaste mein bade ghaddon ke upar rel ka pool ko bhi paar karna hoga aur pathrile pahaad ko kaattey hue lambe gufaaoun mein se. To humne apne aap ko humare topion aur cykil mein lage jyoti ke saath taeyaar kiya.
Jo is marg se pehle guzar chuke the ne hume chunaoti diya tha ki guffa mein andhera rehta hai aur hume zyada jyoti ki zaroorat hogi. Jab hum Taft Guffe ke bade pathrile darwaaze ke saamne pahunche, ek dekhbhaal karne waale ne marg ke khatre ke bare mein samjhaya, saath mein kinare ke nazdeek bade ghaddon, nokile diwaaron, aur puri tarah se andhere ko. Turant, hi hum guffe mein hal gaye. Kuch hi der cykil chalane ke baad, humare ird-gird andhera cha gaya tha. Jyoti jo main le gaya tha wah bahut kam tha, aur phir weh andhere mein ghir gaye. Turant hi, maine dar, pareshaan, aur gumrah mehsoos kiya.
Main apne doston aur parivaaron ko apne chintaaoun ko batlaane mein sharminda tha. Bhale hi ek anubhawik cykil chalane waala tha, ab maine mehsoos kiya ki maine kabhi cykil nahi chalaya tha. Main theek dikhna chahata tha bhale hi pareshaani badh raha tha. Anth mein, jab maine apne chinta ko jo mere apne ird-gird the se batlaya, main ek dost ke zyaada shaktishaali jyoti ke kareeb gaya tha. Sahi mein, sangaton ke sabhi logon ne mere ird-gird ek mazboot gol bana liya tha. Uske nazdeek rahane se aur uske jyoti par kuch samay ke liye nirbhar hone se aur sangaton ke samuhik jyoti se, hum guffe ke andhere mein aur bhi aage badhe.
Kai ghanton ke baad, maine ek choti si jyoti dekha. Bilkul turant hi, maine mehsoos kiya ki sab kuch achcha hoga. Maine aage badhata raha, dono apne doston ki jyoti aur choti si jyoti par nirbhar ho kar. Mera himmat badhata raha jaese jyoti aur bhi zyada badhati rahi. Guffe ke anth tak pahunchne se bahut pehle hi, mujhe apne doston ki madad ki zaroorat nahi thi. Sabhi chintaaein kam hui jabki hum jyoti ki oar badh rahe the. Maine shaanti aur chintahin mehsoos kiya tha subeh ki jyoti ki garmi aur mahima mein pahunchne se hi pehle.
Hum us duniya mein rahatein hain jaha hum humare vishwaas mein chunaotiyon ko naubhao karenge. Hum yah mehsoos karenge ki humin chetaaouniyon ko jhelne ke liye taeyaar hain-phir baad mein hum jaane ki humari taeyaari kam thi. Aur jesa mere dost ne mujhe andhiyare ke baare mein chetaaouni diya tha, hume aaj bhi chetaaouni milta hai. Devduton ki awaaz hume khudh ko dhaarmik shakti se shaktishaali jyoti se taeyaar karta hai.
Ussi tarah, hum dhaarmik sharminda, peeda, ya pareshaan mehsoos karenge jab hum humare vishwaas ko chunaouti denge. Phirbhi, kuch rokh ke saath, unko in ahessas ki shakti aur samay humare karye ke upar nirbhar karega. Agar hum kuch nahi karenge, sandeh, ghamand, aur shaayad dharm se dur jana hume jyoti se dur karega.
Maine guffe ke andar ke apne anubhao se kuch zaroori shikshan ko sikha tha. Main unmein se kuch ko batlaaunga.
Pehla, chahe kitna bada sandeh hi na ho, hum chunntey hain ki kitna der rahega aur kitna hum par prabhaao daal sakta hai. Hume humesh yaad karna chahiye ki Swarg ka Pita aur Uska Putra hume kitna prem karten hain. Weh hume kabhi nahi chodhnege, naki Weh hume haarne denge agar hum Unse madad maangege. Peter ke Galilee mein Samundar ke baari halkon ke anubhao yaad karo. Jab ki Peter ne apne ird-gird dhandke andhere ko mehsoos kiya tha, usne turant hi apne musibat ko jaan liya tha aur ussi samay usne madad ke liye pukaarne ko chunna tha. Usne Uddhaarkarta ki shakti ko bachne ke liye sandeh nahi kiya tha; usne sirf se chillaya,” “Prabhu, mujhe bacha. .”1
Humare jiwan mein, Uddhaarkarta madad karne ke liye ek bharose ka dosts, neta ya ek prem karne waale mata-pita ki tarah madad kar sakta hain. Jabki hum sandeh se ladh rahein hain, yaha koi bhi buraai nahi hai unke jyoti par kuch samay ke liye nirbhar hona jo hume prem kartein hain aur humari sach mein madad karna chahatein hain.
Jab hum sahi sochtein hain, kyo hum unki baatein suntein hain jo humare samay mein mahaan aur bade imaaraton mein se swaarthi awaaz detein hain aur unki awaaz ko bhura detein hain jo hume sach mein prem kartein hain? Yah sandeh todh deta hai naaki upar utahta aur upar utahne mein madad karta hai. Unke nokile shabd humare jiwan mein ched kar deta hai, humesha turant hi aur kuch samay ke hi liye elecktronik cheezein saaodhi se aur jaanbooj kar humare vishwaas ko todh detein hain. Kya yah achcha hain ki hum apne andar ke achchaai ko kisi ajnabi ke haathon mein saup dein? Kya unse jyoti ki umeed karna jinke pass jyoti hai hi nahi dene ke liye aur jinke vishay mein hum khudh hi nahi jaante hain? Yeh anjaan dhaarmik lutera, agar humare saamne sachchaai se pesh aaya, unhein hum apna samay nahi denge, parantu kyunki weh sagaton ki awaaz ka galat fayeda utatein hain, dhoondhne ke dauraan chip jaatein hain, unhein unchaahi adhikaar milta hain.
Humari chunaao unki jo pavitra cheezon par hastein hain hume Uddhaarkarta ke bachaane waale aur jiwan dene waaale jyoti se dur karta hi. John ne likha tha: “Tab Ishu ne fhir logon se kaha, jagat ki jyoti main hoon; jo mere piche ho lega, wah andhkaar mein na chalega, parantu jiwan ki jyoti payega.”2 Yaad rakho, jo hume sachcha prem kartein hain humari madad karenge humare vishwaas ko badhaane mein.
Jaesa hi main guffe mein chintith ho gaya tha, hum apne sandeh mein madad ko pukaarne ke liye chintith ho jaatein hain. Shaayad hum wah honge jinmein logon ne shakti dhoondhi ho, aur ab hume madad ki zaroorat hai. Jab hum yah jaantein hai ki Uddhaarkarta ki jyoti aur daya hum par mahaan hai ghamad mein hokar isko bhoolna nahi chahiye, phir prerit Girjaghar ke netaein, mata-pitaaien, aur bharosemand dosts madad kar saktein hain. Weh humare dhaarmik cheezon mein madad ke liye taeyaar rahatein hain jo hume vishwaas ke chunaotiyon mein shakti dega.
Dusra, hume Prabhu mein zoroor vishwaas karna chahiye apne khudh ke dhaarmik shakti ko badhaane ke liye. Hume humesha dusron ki jyoti par nirbhar nahi kar saktein hain. Mujhe pata tha ki guffe ki andar ki andhera kuch hi pal ke liye hoga agar main apne dost ke bagal mein cykil chalata raha aur sangaton ke saath surakhchit raha. Parantu mera ikcha tha ki main apne khudh ke bal par jata ek baar jaese hi jyoti mujhe nazar ah jata. Prabhu hume sikhlaatein hain, “Mere paas aao aur main tumhare paas aaunga; mujhe saaodhaani se dhoondho aur tum mujhe dekh sakoge; maango, aur tum mujhe prapt karoge; khatkhataao, aur tumare liye khola jayega. .”3 Hume kaarye zaroor karna chahiye, yah asha karte hue ki Prabhu Apne vaada ko pura karega humare andhakaara se bahar nikaalne mein agar hum Uske paas jaatein hain tab. Viridhi, phirbhi, hume bahakane ki kosish karega ki humne kabhi Aatma ki prabhaao ko mehsoos hi nahi kiya hai aur yah asaan hoga ki koshish na karein.
Pradhaan Dieter F. Uchtdorf ne salaha diya hai “apne sandeh par sandeh karo apne vishwaas par sandeh karne se pehle.”4 Mere ghar ke angon mein, ek jawaan ladke ne abhi haal hi mein kaha tha, “Yaha cheezein hain jo maine mehsoos kiya hai jo kisi bhi tarike se samjhaya nahi ja sakta hai sirf ki weh Parmeshwar se hi.” Yah dhaarmik sachchaai hai.
Jab sandeh yah sawaalon ko jheltein hai, hume dharmik ashirwaadon ko yaad karna chahiye aur us ahesaas ko jisne hmare hriday aur jiwan ko pehle hi badal diya hai aur humare vishwaas ko Swarg ke Pita, Uske Putra, Ishu Maseeh mein daal diya hai. Mujhe is jaane maane ishubhajan mein salaha dobara yaad dilata hai: “Prabhu yah uske achchaai par sandeh mat karo [isliye] humne use bitey hue dinon mein jaan liya hai.”5 Anjaan karna aur bitey dhaarmik anubhaoun ko kam samjhne se Parmeshwar se dur ho saktein hain.
Humare jyoti dhoondhane ka safar khatam ho sakta hai humare ikcha se jaan kar jab yah humare jiwanon par chamkega. Naye dharamshaatra jyoti ko samjhata hai aur unko vaada deta hai jo swikaar kartein hain: “Ki jo Parmeshwar se milta hai wah jyoti hai; aur jo jyoti prapt karta hai, aur Parmeshwar mein vishwaas rakhta hai, aur zyaada jyoti prapt karta hai; aur wah jyoti sahi din tak badhati hi rahati hai.”6 Ussi tarah jaese hum jyoti ki oar cykil cala rahe the, jitna hi hum kosish kartein hain, humare jiwan mein Uska prabhao utna hi badhata hai. Guffe ke anth ki jyoti ki tarah, Uska prabhaao hume aatamnirbharta, mahatav, daya aur-sabse zaroori- wah shakti ki Wah jiwit hai ko dega.
Teesra, yaha koi utna andhera nahi hai, utna darawna, ya utna mushkil jo joyti ke dwara dur nahi ho sakta hai . Elder Neil L. Andersen ne abhi haal hi mein sikhlaya hai: “Jabki duniya mein buraai badh rahi hai, yah par sachchaai ke liye pratipurakh dhaarmik shakti hai. Jabki duniya dhaarmik cheezon se dur ja rahi hai, Prabhu unke liye raasta banata hai jo Usko dhoondhatein hain, unko zyaada surakhcha, zyaada saboot, aur zyaada aatamnirbhata unke dhaarmik disha ke safar mein deta hai. Pavitra Aatma ka uphaar andhere mein zyaada joyti pradaan karta hai.”7
Bhaaiyon aur bahanon, hume akela nahi choda gaya hai ki sabhi rang se prabhaawit ho jaye aur duniya ke rang mein mil jaye, parantu hume chunna chahiye. Is dhaarmik shakti ko prapt karne ke liye, hume bhavishyevaktaun ki salaha ko maanna chahiye, dhaarmik prerna ko jaanna aur us par kaarye karna chahiye, aur Parmeshwar ke aagyaoun ka palan karna chahiye. Hume chunna chahiye. Hume Uddhaarkarta ki jyoti ko chunnna chahiye. Ishu Maseeh ke naam se, amen