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Aatma ke Zariye Gyaan Dhoondhna

Elder Mathias Held ke dwara

Sattar ke

Hum sirf apne hi samajh se nahi sachchaai jaane par us dhimi aur choti Aatma ki aawaaz se bhi.

Pyaare bhaaiyon aur bahano, Prabhu hame batate rahe hai “biswaas se aur stady kare se gyaan dhoondho.”¹ Hum long raushni aur samajhdaari khali apan sangat me nahi seekhta par Pavitra Aatma ke aguwaai aur prerna ke zariye bhi.

Gyaan ka yahi zariya hamaar zindagi me sab taaim sange nahi raha.

Hamaar priye patni, Irene, aur hum, 31 saal pehle Girja ke sadasye bana jab hum nawa shaadi kara raha. Hum long duno jan Colombia me pala raha, lekin hum long ke shaadi ke kuch mahina baad, hamaar kaam ke kaaran hum long Germany rahe chal diya. Hum long bahut jawaan raha aur bahut aasha aur ummeed raha, khaas kar ke i hum long ke liye utsuk aur khushi ke samay raha.

Jab hum apan kaam pe dhyaan deta raha, Irene ke lagta raha ki hum long ke swarg se koi sandesh mile la raha, bina jaane kaise ya kab u mili. Tab u hum long ke ghar sab rakam ke bheche la long ke aawe ke maoka dees jon encyclopedia, vacuum cleaner, khana pakae la book, rasoi ke appliance, ityadi, sab taaim u khaas sandesh ke aasra karte huwe.

Ek shaam u hamme bolis dui jawaan ladka long kaale suit pehere hamara darwaaza khat-khataane aaye aur ki uske saaf rup se laga ki uske chaahi u long ke andar aawe ke bolo. U-long bolis raha ki u-long Parmeshwar ke baare me baat kare mangta raha lekin baad me aai jab hum bhi ghare rahega. Kya yahi woh khaas sandesh tha?

U-long hum long se mile aawe lagis, aur u-long ke kahe anusaar, hum long skripchas padha aur samajh paaya ketna zaroori raha ki Ishu Masih hum long ke Uddhaarkarta aur Muktidaata hai. Jaldi hum long ke lage laga ki hum long ke nahi chahata raha bachpan me shishu ke rup me baptisma lo, jon ki na hosh me lewa ge raha. Haalaaki, phir se baptisma lewe ke matlab rahi i nawa Girja ke sadasye bano, tabe pehle hum long ke chaahi uske baare me sab cheez achcha samajh lo.

Lekin hum long kaise jaane sakta raha ki jon baat prachaarak long Mormon Dharamshaastra, Joseph Smith, aur uddhaar ke yojna ke baare me batata raha, sachche ke sab sach hai? Achcha, hum long Prabhu ke vachan se jaan giya raha ki hum long “unke falon se unhe pehchaan lenge.”² Isliye, ek bade aayojit dhang se, hum long i Girja ke jaanjh kare laga u falon ke liye apan khud ke samajh ke nazro se. Humne kya dekha? Tab, humne dekha:

Milansaar aur khushaal log aur achche pariwaarein jo samajhte theh ki hamein is jiwan me khushi mehsoos karna tha aur na sirf kasht aur kangaali.
Ek girja jahan pe sewako ko talabh nahi milta ho par jahan sadasye khud saupe gaye kaam jimwaari se swikaarte.
Ek girja jahan sab Ishu Masih aur pariwaarein pe gaor karte hai, jahan sadasye mahine me ek baar upwaas karte aur daan karte gareeb aur zarooratmand ko, jahan swasth aadate ko badhawa dete hai, jisse hum haanikaarak cheezo se dur rehna seekhte hai.

Iske alaawa:

Hum niji badhanti, siksha, mehnat karna aur aatma-nirbharta ko jo mahatwa diya jaata raha ko pasand kiye the.
Hum ne seekha tha us badhiya humanitarian kaarikram ke baare me.
Aur hum ne un maha sammelano ko pasand kiya tha, uske sundar sangeet aur wahan batlaae gaye gambheer aatmik siddhaanto ko bhi.

Yeh sab dekh ke, hamein is Girja me koi kharabi nahi dikhata raha. Uske saath, humne jo kuch dekha woh sab pasand kiya. Haalaanki, hum ab bhi baptisma lene ko raazi nahi the kyunki hum sab kuch jaanna chahate theh aysa karne se pehle.

Par, bhale hum nirnay na kar sake the, Prabhu hamein shaant se taeyaar kar raha tha, Woh hamein bana raha tha, aur Woh hamein madad kar raha tha ki hum sirf apne hi samajh se nahi sachchaai jaane par us dhimi aur choti Aatma ki aawaaz se bhi, jo khaas rup se hamare dilon se kehta hai.

Woh aawaaz aur uske saath ke ehsaas ne 10 mahine baad ek sanjha ke susamachaar sikhe la samay jawaab diya, jab hum long Mosiah 18 padhta raha, “Kyunki tumhari ichcha hai … ek dusre ke bojh dhona chahate ho, …aur jinhe aashwaasan ki zaroorat hai unhe woh dena chahate ho, … agar tumhare dilon ki yahi ichcha hai, tab Prabhu ke naam par baptisma lene ke khilaaf, tumhaare paas kya kaaran hai?”³

Mormon Dharamshaastra ke i skripcha hum long ke dil aur aatma me samae ge raha, aur hum long achanak mehsoos kara aur jaana ki koi kaaran nahi raha hum long ke baptisma nahi lewe ke. Hum long samajh giya ki i verse me jon ichcha ke baat hois raha wohi hum long ke dil me raha aur wahi baat zaroori raha. Sab kuch samjhe se i baat avashyak raha kyunki hum sab paryaapt baate jaanta raha. Hum long hamesha ek pyaar kare la Swarg ke Pita ke prabhaaoshaali nirdeshan par bharosa kiye hai aur jaante hai ki Woh hamein raah dikhata rahega.

Isliye, usi din, humne apna baptisma ka taareekh tay kar liya, jald hamara baptisma hua, akhir me!

Hum ne is anubhao se kya seekha?

Pehla, humne seekha ki hum ek pyaar kare la Swarg ke Pita pe pura bharosa kar sakte the, jo lagataar hamein woh banne me madad karna chahata hai jo woh jaanta ki hum ban sakte hai. Hum long janta Uske shabdo ki sachchaai jab Usne kaha tha, “Mai manushye ko niyam par niyam, aagya par aagya, thoda yahan, aur thoda wahan dunga; aur dhanye hai weh log jo mere kaha ko sunte hai, … kyunki unhe samajh milega; kyunki jo apnaaenge unhe mai aur dunga.”⁴

Aur dusra hai, humne seekha ki, hamara apne akalmandi ke alaawa, ek aur tarike se hum gyaan paa sakte hai raah dekhne aur samajh ka. Woh hai dhimi aur narm aawaaz Unke Pavitra Aatma ki jo hamare dilon aur hamare mann se bhi kahe leta hai.

Hum mangta i siddhaant ke hum long ke dekhe ke shakti se tulna kare. Hum long ke Swarg ke Pita ne hamein na sirf ek par do sharirik aankhein di hai. Hum long paryaapt rup se khali ek aankhi se dekhe sakta hai, lekin dusra aankhi se hum long bahut alag cheezein dekhaawe hai. Jab donon baat pe, sange apan dimaag me rakkhega, usse hum long apan aaspaas teen-tarfa chitra banae paaega apan ilaaka ke.

Usi tarah, hum long ke dui rakam jaankaari mila hai, hamare sharirik aur aatmik haesiyat se. Hum long ke mann ek anubhao paawe hai hum long ke sharirik sensas se aur samajhne ke shakti se. Lekin Pavitra Aatma ke uphaar ke zariye, Pita ne bhi hamein ek dusra anubhao diya hai, jo ki sabse zaroori aur sachcha waala hai kyunki woh seedhe Unke paas se aata hai. Lekin Aatma ke prabhaao etna dhima rehwe ke kaaran, dher jan i dusra jaankaari ke zariya ke baare me nahi utna jaane hai.

Jab i duno anubhao ke milaawa jaawe aatma ke andar, tab ek sampurn chitra me sabhi baato ki hakikat dikhti hai jaise woh sach me hai. Asal me, Pavitra Aatma ke atrikt anubhao ke zariye, kuch “hakikate,” jo sirf hamare mann ki samajh se guzarta hai, sake iske jhuta ya yuhi galat maana jaae. Moroni ka kaha yaad karo: “Pavitra Aatma ke shakti ke dwara aap sab baato ki sachchaai jaanoge.”⁵

Mere Girja ka sadasye rahe 31 saalo me, hum kayi baar anubhao kara hai ki agar hum long apan akalmandi ke aasra karega aur Pavitra Aatma se milne waale prabhaao aur vichaar ke aatmik akalmandi ke nahi maanega ya thukraaega, toh ayse hoi jaise hum long sirf ek aankh ke zariye jiwan bitaata hai. Lekin bola jaae to, hamein asliyat me do aankhein mili hai. Sirf dono anubhao ko milaane se hi hamein sahi aur pura gyaan milta hai sabhi sachchaaiyon aur hamare jiwan ke sab anubhawon ka, tatha apne pehchaan aur lakshye ka gehra samajh ki hum jiwit Swarg ke Pita ke bachche hai.

Hamme yaad aawe ek baat jon Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson ek saal pehle hum long ke sikhaais raha jab u bolis raha “aane waale dinon me, aatmik rup se zinda rehna namumkin hoi jaai bina Pavitra Aatma ke raah dikhaawe, aguwaai kare, sahanubhuti de, aur lagataar saath ke prabhaao ke.”⁶

Hamme ab ekdam yakeen hoi ge hai ki:

Hum long ke ek pyaar kare la Swarg ke Pita hai, aur hum long sab raazi hoya raha dharti pe aawe ke divye yojna ke hissa ban ke.
Ishu hi Masih hai; Woh jiwit hai aur mera Uddhaarkarta aur Muktidaata hai.
Joseph, ek saadhaaran kheto ka ladka, ko chuna gaya tha aur woh ek prabhaaoshaali profat bana jisne yeh jo, purn samay ka yug hai ko shuru kiya tha, uske sabhi chaabiyon, shakti, aur Parmeshwar ke pavitra pristhud ke adhikaar ke saath.
Mormon Dharamshaastra ek dusra gawaah hai Ishu Masih ke, aur pariwaarein hamesha ke liye saath rehne ke liye hai.
Hamare Prabhu, Ishu Masih, Apne is punahsthaapit Girja ki aguwaai karte hai, aaj, hamare jiwit profat, Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson ke dwara.

Yeh aur dher aur anmol sachchaaiyaan khaas aatmik siddhaante ban chuki hai mere liye Parmeshwar ke madad se. Aur hume pratiksha hai un kai naye shikshaaon ki jo Woh ab bhi chahata hai mujhe—aur tumhe—mile jaise jaise hum is anokhe jiwan se guzarte hai aur “stady aur biswaas se bhi … shiksha dhoondho.”

Hum janta hai yeh sab baate sach hai aur gawahi deta hoon inki, Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.