Aagyaaon ka Paalan Karo
Pradhaan Thomas S. Monson dwara
Wah jisne hume banaya hai aur jo hume sachche prem karta hai jaanta hai ki hume kya zaroorat hai humare jiwan ko mahaan khushiyon ko sahi tarah se parpt karne ke liye.
Mere pyare bhaaiyon, kya achacha hai ek baar phir tumhare saath milna. Hume is shaam ko jo shabd humne sunna hai par prerna mila hai. Main prarthna karta hoon ki mujhe bhi jo main batla raha hoon mein maarg milega.
Mera sandesh aaj raat tumhare liye bilkul saaf hai. Wah yah hai: aagyaaon ka paalan karo.
Parmeshwar ke aagya hume aschariye mein daalne ke liye nahi hai ya humare khushiyon ka rukaawat banne ke liye. Uska ulta hi sahi hai. Wah jisne hume banaya hai aur jo hume sachche prem karta hai jaanta hai ki hume kya zaroorat hai humare jiwan ko mahaan khushiyon ko sahi tarah se parpt karne ke liye. Usne hume maarg diya hai jisse, agar hum uske piche chalenge, hume surakhchit dhang se maarg dega is maranshilta ke jiwan mein jo humesha khatarnaak hai. Hum is jaanemaane ishubhajan ke shabdon ko yaah kartey hai: “Aagyaaon ka paalan karo! Is mein surakhcha hai; is mein shaanti hai.”1
Humare Swarg ke Pita hume utna prem kartey hue kaha: ; Tu jhuti sashi na dena; tu chori na karana; nato kisi ke stiri ka laalach karna; ki tu apne samaan apne padosi se prem rakh; aur age.2 Hum aagyaaon ko jaantein hain. Wah samjhta hai ki jab hum aagyaaon ka paalan kartein hain, humare jiwan ziyada khushaal, ziyada bharpur, aur kam uljha hua hoga. Humare chunaoutiyon aur musibatein jhelne mein asaan honge, aur hum Uske vaade kiye hue ashirwaad ko prapt karenge. Parantu jab Wah hume niyam aur aagyaaon ko deta hai, Wah hume chunne bhi deta hai ki unhein swikaar karne ya inkaar karne. Is mein humare faesla batlayega humare parinaam ko.
Main jaanta hoon ki hum sab ke paas uska antim nirnay hai anant jiwan mein humare Swargy Pita aur Uska Putra, Ishu Maseeh ke paas. Yah bahot zaroori hai, isliye, hum kis tarah ka chunaao ko apne jiwan bhar kartein hain jo hume is mahaan parinaam tak pahuchaayega. Hum jaantein hain, phirbhi, saitaan humare aanewaale jiwan mein rahega. Wah aur uske dekhbhaal karne waale humare sachche ikchaaoun mein bhaadha daalne ke liye taeyaar rahenge. Weh hume ananat mukti mein ghambheer aur humesha khatra paeda kartey hain jabtak ki hum bhi apne parinaam ko paane ke liye taryaar nahi rahatey aur shakti nahi lagatein hain. Devdut Peter ne hume chetaaouni diya hai, “Sachet raho, kyuki tumhara virodhi shaitaan gajarne waale singh ki naai ki khoj mein rahata hai, ki kis ko faad khaaye.”3
Bhale hi humare jiwan mein koi samay nahi hai jab hum bahakawe se bach saktein hain, tum jawaan ladkoun us umar mein ho jaha tum khaaskar kamzor ho. Jawaani ka umar mein humesha atamnibharta ki kami hoti hai, us tarah ka ahesaas jo tumne socha nahi hoga, apne hum umar ke saath meijhol badhaana chahoge, aur unke saath jana chahoge. Tumhe bahakaya jayega ki apne sthir ko nichala karo aur unke piche chalne mein taaki swikaar karein weh jinhein tum mitraon ki tarah banana chahatey ho. Kripa mazboot raho, aur kisi bhi cheez se sanchet raho taaki wah tumhe anant ashirwaad se dur na kar sakey. Wah chunaao jo tum yaha aur abhi kartey ho humesha ke liye zaroori hoga.
Hum 1 Corinthians mein padhatey hain: “Yaha par … duniya mein kai tarah ki baatein hai.”4 Hum vishwaas karne waale awaazon, sach lagne waale awaazon, ghambheer awaazon, mushkil ki awaazon, aur aschariye ki awaazon ke ird-gird hain. Main yah saat kahata hoon ki yeh sab zor ki awaaz hain. Main tumhe chetaaouni deta hoon ki awaaz dhire karo aur us chote, sthir, awaaz par prabhaawit ho jo tumhe surakhcha ki oar le jayega. Yaad rakho ki ek aadmi jiske paas adhikaar tha ne baptisma ke baad tumhare sir par haat rakha tha, tumhe Girjaghar ka sadesye banatey hue aur kahatey, “Pavitra Aatma ko Prapt karo.”5 Apne hriday ko kholo, tumhare aatmaoun ko bhi, us khaas awaaz ki oar jo sachchaai ki gawahi deta hai. Jaesa bhvishyevakta Isaiah ne vaada kiya hai, “Tab tumhare piche se yah vachan tumhare kaanon mein padega… , kahatey ki, maarg yahi hai, issi par chalo.”6 Kya hum kabhi us ki awaaz ko sunn sakenge, ki hum uske dayabhare, maarg dikhlaane waale awaaz ko sunnenge jo hume surakhcha pradaan karega.
Aagyaaon ko napaalan karne se wah raasta khulta hai jise main humare din ka aafat kahata hoon. Usmein andekha karne ka aafat, ashlil chitron ka aafat, nashon ka aafat, amaranshilta ka aafat, aur wifalan ka aafat, aur bhi kuch shaamil hai. Dharamshaastra batlatein hain ki virodhi “in sabhi cheezon ka [neev] hai.”7 Hum jaantein hai ki wah “sabhi jhuton ka pita hai, dhoka dene aur insaan ko andekha karne mein.”8
Main tumse guzarish karata hoon ki kisi bhi cheez jo yaha anewaale duniya ke maranshilta aur anant jiwan ke khushiyon se tumhe dur karta hai se dur raho. Uske bahakawe aur jhut se, virodhi tumhe niche gaddhe mein tumhe barbaad karne ke liye gira dega agar tum use yah karne doge to. Tum gaddhe mein gire ke sthaan par ho saktey ho khudh hi jaanne se pahale ki waha koi bhi raasta nahi hai bachne ke liye. Tumne virodhi ke sandesh ko sunna hai. Wah chaturta se pukaarta hai: Yah sirf ek baar asar nahi karega; sabhi log kar rahein hain; puraane zamaane ke nehi raho; samay badal chuka hai; yah kisi ko darad nahi de sakta hai; tumhara jiwan tumhare liye hai. Virodhi hume jaanta hai, aur wah bahakawe ko jaanta hai jo humare liye muskil hoga andekha karna. Yah zaroori hai ki hum saaodhaan rahe un jhuton aur bahakawe se bachne ke liye dur rahein.
Mahaan himmat ki zaroorat hai jab hum vishwaasi aur sachche rahatey hai badhatey hue dabaao aur khatron ke saath mein hum jo humare ird-gird hai se prabhaaowit hotein hain aur jo sach ko badal deta hai, sachche aur achche ko todh deta hai, aur duniya ke insaani banawati cheezon mein shaamil ho jata hai. Agar aagyaaon ko insaan dwara likha gaya hai, unhein badalne ke liye ahessas ya kanoon ya koi bhi dusra tarika insaan ke bhalaai mein hoga. Aagyaaon, phirbhi, Parmeshwar dwara diya gaya hai. Humare chunne ki kaarye, hum bagal kar saktey hain. Hum use badal nahi saktey hain, ussi tarah jaese hum keemat ko nahi badal saktein hain jo aagya na maanne aur use todne se hota hai.
Hum yah jaan saktein hain ki humare is jiwan ke mahaan khushiyon Parmeshwar ke aagyaaon aur Uske niyamon par chalne se mil sakta hai! Main Isaiah bhaag 32, verse 17: mein paaye hue shabdon ko pasand karta hoon. “Sachchaai ke kaarye se shaanti prapt hota hai; aur humesha ke liye sachchaai shaanti aur aswaasan ka prabhaao.” Ustarah ka shaanti, us tarah ka aswaasan sirf sachchaai se prapt hota hai.
Hum apne aap ko paap ko karne mein kisi bhi tarah ki choti si azadi nahi de saktein hain. Hum apne aap ko use vishwaas nahi de saktein hain ki hum bhaag lein “thodi si bhi” Parmeshwar ke aagyaoun ko namaanne mein, paap hume kaabu mein kar sakta hai jisse bachna humare liye bahot hi peeda daayak ho sakta hai. Latein jo nasha, daaru, ashhlil chitra, aur amaranshilta se aata hai sachche hotey hain aur use todna bina mahaan shakti aur bahot madad ke mushkil hota hai.
Agar tumme se kisi ne is safar mein dakka khaya hai, main tumhe aaswaan deta hoon ki waha waapis jaane ke liye raasta hai. Us kaarye ko paschaataap kahatein hain. Bhale hi raasta mushkil ka hai, tumhare anant mukti us par nirbhar hai. Tumhare shakti ke laayak aur ziyada kya ho sakta hai? Main tumse guzaarish karta hoon ki abhi aur yaha par faesla karo puri tarah se paschaataap karne ke liye. Jitna jald tum karoge, utna hi jald tum shanti aur santosh aur aaswaasan ko anubhao karoge jo Isaish ne kaha tha.
Kuch hi der pahale maine ek mahila ke gawahi ko sunna tha jo, apne pati ke sang, surakhcha ke raastey se gumrah ho gayi thi, aagyaaon ko todtey hue aur, us kaarye mein, laghbhag apne parivaar ko naash karte hue. Jab weh ant mein kuch jaan paye bhaari lat ke prabhoo se bahar aur jaana ki kitna nakhush unke jiwan ho chuka hai, aur kitna dar de rahe the apne pyaar karne waalon ko, weh badlaao karne lage. Paschaataap ka safar dhire laga aur tha, kabhi kabhi, peeda se bhara hua, parantu purohiti ki madad se, parivaar ki madad aur unke mitron se, weh waapis apne rastey par laut gaye.
Main is bahan ki paschaataap ki changaai ki shakti ke kuch gawahi ko tumhe batlata hoon: “Kis tarah koi gum hua mimna ki tarah ja sakta hai aur [paap] mein fasa hua, is shaanti aur khushi ko jo hum abhi mahesoos kar rahein hain? Yah kis tarah ho sakta hai? Jawab hai … kyuki sachche susamachaar, ek sachche Putra aur Uska balidaan mere liye hai. … Jaha andhiyara tha, ab waha joyti hai. Jaha akelapan aur dard hai, yaha khushi aur asha hai. Hume badlaao ke kaaran bahot hi ashiwaad mila hai jo sirf paschaataap se mil sakta hai jo Ishu Maseeh ke Praeschit se hua hai.”
Tumhe aur mujhe ashirwaad ka uphaar dene ke humare Uddhaarkarta ne mrityu ko jhela hai. Sachchaai ke alaawa ki raasta mushkil ka hai, vaada sachcha hai. Prabhu ne unse kaha jo paschaataap kiye:
“Tumhare paap chahe laal rang ke ho, him ki naai unjale ho jayenge.”9
“Aur unke [paap] main ramran na karunga.”10
Humare jiwan bhar hume shaktishaaly gawahiyon ko poshan karne ki zaroorat hogi dharamshaastraon ki shikshan aur prarthna aur Ishu Maseeh ki susamachaar ki sachchaai ko yaad karne se. Jab sahi tarah se boya jata hai, humare susamachaar ki gawahiyon, Uddhaarkarta se, aur humare Swarg ke Pita sab jo hum kartein hain ki prabhaao se.
Main gawahi deta hoon ki hum sab humare Swarg ke Pita ke pyare putra hain, dharti par is din aur samay par bheja gaya ek kaarye ke liye, aur Parmeshwar ki purohiti mili taaki hum dusron ki sewa kare aur yaha dharti par Parmeshwar ke kaarye ko karein. Hume humare jiwan ko jeene ke liye aagya mili hai taaki hum us purohiti ke laayak bane rahein.
Mere bhaaiyon, hume aagyaaon ka paalan karna chahiye! Parinaam aschariye aur mahaan hai jo humare liye rkha gaya hai agar hum wah kartein hain. Yah humara ashirwaad ho, main Ishu Maseeh, humare Uddhaarkarta aur humare Muktidada ke naam se kahata hoon, amen.