Pratham Adhyakshta ka Sandesh, November 2010
Aabhaari Hone ka Divye Uphaar
Ek aabhaari hirday … hamein praapt hota hai jab hum Swarg ke Pita ko Unke ashirvaadon aur hamare ird-gird ke logon ko un cheezon ke liye jo woh hamare jeevan mein laate hai ke liye dhanyevaad dete hai.
Yeh ek badhiya sabha raha hai. Jab mujhe Girjaghar ka Pradhaan niyukt kiya gaya tha, mainne kaha, “Main apne liye ek kaam lunga. Main Tabernacle Gaayakmandal ka salaahkaar rahunga.” Main apne gaayakmandli se khush hoon!
Meri maa ne ek baar mere baare mein kaha, “Tommy, jo kuch tumne kiya hai main un sabhi baaton se khush hoon. Magar mere paas ek tippani hai tumhare liye. Tumhe apne piano ke saath rehna chahiye tha.”
Tab main piano ke paas gaya aur uske liye ek dhun bajaya: “Yahan hum chale, [yahan hum chale] ek janamdin samaroh par.”1 Phir mainne uske maathe par ek chumban di, aur usne mujhe gale lagaya.
Main uske baare mein sochta hoon. Main apne pita ke baare mein sochta hoon. Main un sab Maha Adhikaariyon ke baare mein sochta hoon jinhonne mujhe prerit kiya hai, aur anye log, jinmein vidhwaaen bhi shaamil hai jinse mainne bhent kiya tha—woh 85 the—chulhe ke liye ek murgi ke saath, kabhi kabhi unke kharch ke liye kuch paese.
Main ek raat der se ek mahila se milne gaya. Aadhi raat thi, aur main nursing ghar gaya, aur wahan ke receptionist ne kaha, “Main jaanti hoon woh so gayi hogi, magar usne mujhe unko uthaane ko kaha, kyunki usne kaha, ‘Main jaanti hoon woh aaega.’”
Mainne uska haath pakda; usne mera naam liya. Woh jaag rahi thi. Usne mere haath ko chuma aur kaha, “Main jaanti thi tum aaoge.” Kaise main nahin aata?
Sundar sangeet isi tarah mujhe bhaata hai.
Mere priye bhaaiyon aur bahanon, humne sachchaai, aasha, aur prem ke prerna bhare sandesh sune hai. Hamare vichaar Unke or mud gaye hai jinhonne hamare paapon ke liye praeshchit kiya, jisne hamein jeene ka raasta dikhaaya aur prarthna karne ka tarika, aur jinhonne Apne khud ke karmon se dikhaaya ki sewa ke aashirvaad kya hain—woh tha hamara Prabhu aur Uddhaarkarta, Ishu Masih.
Luke ke pustak, adhyaaye 17 mein, hum Uske baare mein padhte hai:
“Aur aesa hua ki woh Jerusalem ko jaate hue, Samaria aur Galilee ke beech se hokar ja raha tha.
“Aur kisi gaaon mein pravesh karte samay, use das aadmi[mile] jo kodhi the, jo door khade the:
“Aur unhonne unche aawaaz nikaali, aur kaha, he Ishu, he Swami, hum par daya kar.
“Aur jab usne unhein dekha, usne unse kaha, Jaao aur apne aap ko paadriyon ko dikhaao. Aur aesa hua, ki, jaate hi jaate, woh shuddh ho gaye.
“Aur unmein se ek, jab usne dekha woh changa ho gaya hai, laut kar aaya, aur unchi aawaaz mein Parmeshwar ki badhaai karne laga,
“Aur Ishu ke paaon par muh ke bal gir kar, uska dhanyevaad karne laga: aur woh ek Samaritan tha.
“Aur ispar Ishu ne kaha, Kya dason shuddh nahin hue the? magar woh nao kahan hai?
“Kya is pardesi ko chod koi aur na nikla, jo Parmeshwar ki badaai karta.
“Tab Usne usse kaha, Uthkar chala jaa: tere vishwaas ne tujhe changa kiya hai.”2
Divye mel jol se jo kodhi the unhe kathor, aahista maut se bachaya gaya aur jeevan jeene ka naya mauka mila. Jis ek kodhi ne aabhaar prakat kiya woh Swami ke aashirvaad ka hakdaar hua; jin nao ne abhaar nahin dikhaya Unke niraasha ka hakdaar hua.
Mere bhaaiyon aur bahanon, kya hum jo aashirvaad paate hai uske liye dhanyevaad dena yaad rakhte hai? Hriday se dhanyevaad dena na sirf hamein apne aashirvaadon ko pehchaanne mein madad karta hai, magar woh swarg ke darwaazon ko kholta aur hamein Parmeshwar ke prem ko mehsoos karne mein madad karta hai.
Mera priye dost Pradhaan Gordon B. Hinckley ne kaha, “Jab tum aabhaar ka jeevan jeete ho, tum ghamand aur badaai aur ahankaar mein na rahoge, par aabhaari hone ki aatma mein rahoge aur woh tumhare jiwan ko ashirvaad dega.”3
Dharamshaastra mein Matthew ke pustak mein, hamein aabhaari hone ka ek aur uddharan milta hai, is baar Uddhaarkarta ki or se ek uddharan. Jab woh jangalon mein teen dinon tak yaatra karta raha, 4,000 se zyaada logon ne uska picha kiya aur Uske saath yaatra kiya. Use unpar daya aayi, kyunki unhonne pure teen dinon se kuch khaaya nahin tha. Par, unke chelon, ne sawaal kiya, “Hamein is jangal mein kahan se itni roti milegi, ki hum itni badi bheed ka pet bhare?” Hum mein se kaiyon ki tarah, chelon ne bhi sirf kami ko dekha.
“Aur Ishu ne unse pucha, Tumhare paas kitni rotiyaan hai? Aur [chelon ne] kaha, Saat, aur thodi si choti machliyaan.
“Aur [Ishu] usne logon ko bhumi par baethne ki aagya di.
“Aur un saat rotiyon aur machliyon ko liya, aur dhanyevaad karke, aur toda aur apne chelon ko deta gaya, chelon ne logon ko diya.”
Dhyaan dein ki Uddhaarkarta ne dhanyevaad diya jo kuch unke paas tha—aur ek chamatkaar hua: “Aur sabhi ne khaya, aur unke pet bhar gaye: aur unhonne bache hue tukdon ko batoda aur sab milakar saat tokriya hui.”4
Hum sabhi ne aese samay anubhav kiye hai jab hamara matlab sirf hamare kamiyon par tha par hamare aashirvaadon par nahin. Epictetus jo ek Greek philosopher tha ne kaha, “Woh jo ek budhimaan vyakti hai un cheezon par shok nahin manata jo uske paas nahin hai, magar khushiyaali manata hai un cheezon par jo uske paas hai.”5
Aabhaari hona ek divye siddhaant hai. Prabhu ne Bhavishyevakta Joseph Smith dwara diye gaye ek pratikaran mein kaha:
“Tumhein apne Prabhu Parmeshwar ko sabhi cheezon mein dhanyevaad dena chahiye. …
“Kisi bhi cheez se manushye Parmeshwar ko krodhit nahin karta, ya kisi ke virudh usko gussa nahin hota, par sirf jab log sabhi cheezon mein Unko dhanyevaad nahin dete.”6
Mormon Dharamshaastra mein hamein batlaaya gaya hai “Jo daya aur ashirvaad [Parmeshwar] ne tumhe diya hai, unke liye har din aabhaar prakat karte raho.”7
Hamari paristhitiyon ke baawajood, hamare paas bahut kuch hai jiske liye aabhaari rehna chahiye agar hum sirf ruk kar apne ashirvaadon ke baare mein gehraai se soche.
Yeh ek vishaal samay hai dharti par rehne ka. Jabki is duniya mein aaj bahut kuch galat hai, wahan aesi bhi cheezein hai jo sahi aur achcha hai. Wahan shaadiyaan hai jo safal hoti hai, maata-pitaaein hai jo apne bachchon se prem karte aur unke liye balidaan dete hai, dost jo hamari parwaah karte aur madad karte hai, shikshak jo padhaate hai. Hamare jiwan mein anginit tarikon se aashirvaad milta hai.
Hum apne aap ko aur anye logon ko pariwartit kar sakte hai jab hum bure soch ke daaere se dur rahenge aur apne dilon mein aabhaar ki bhaavna rakhenge. Agar abhaar na maanna ek gambhir paap hai, tab aabhaari hona ek uncha sadgun hai. Kisi ne kaha hai ki “aabhaari hona sirf ek mahaan sadgun nahin, magar sabhi anye sadgunon ka pita hai.”8
Hum kaise apne dilon mein aabhaaripan ka bhaavna jaagrut kar sakte hai? Pradhaan Joseph F. Smith, Girjaghar ke chate (6th) Pradhaan, ne ek jawaab diya. Usne kaha: “Abhaari vyakti duniya mein bahut saari cheezein dekhta hai jiske liye dhanyevaad dena chahiye, aur uske liye duniya mein zyaada sukh hai dukh ke milaan mein. Pyaar jalan se vijay paata hai, aur raushni andhakaar ke taakat ko uske jiwan se baahar nikaalta hai.” Usne yeh bhi kaha: “Ghamand hamare abhaaripan ko nasht kar deta hai aur uske badle mein swaarthipan laata hai. Hum kitna zyaada khush hote hai ek abhaari aur premi aatma mein, aur hamein kitne saaodhaani se apne aap mein, prarthna bhare jiwan dwara, ek abhaaripan ka bhaavna utpann karna hai Parmeshwar aur manushye ke prati!”9
Pradhaan Smith hamein batla raha hai ki ek prarthna bhara jiwan aabhaari hone ki chaabi hai.
Kya hamare sampatiyaan hamein khush aur abhaari banate hai? Shaayad kuch der ke liye. Par, jo cheezein hamein gehri aur lambe samay ki khushi aur abhaar deti hai woh cheezein hai jo paise se nahin kharidi jaati: hamare parivaar, susamachaar, achche dost, hamara swaasth, hamare gun, jo pyaar hamein auron se milta hai. Durbhaagye se, yeh kuch cheezein hai jinhe hum bina vichaar kiye hi swikaar kar lete hai.
Ek Angrezi lekhak Aldous Huxley ne likha, “Kai manushyon ko bina vichaar kiye hi cheezon ko swikaar karne ki aadat hai.”10
Hum aksar un logon ko bina vichaar kiye swikaar kar lete hai jo hamare abhaar ke hakdaar hai. Aao hum intazaar na karte rahein abhaar vyakt karne ke liye. Apne mrit priyejanon ke baare mein bolte hue, ek vyakti ne apna pashchataap aesa pesh kiya: “Mujhe woh khushiyaali ke din yaad hai, aur main aksar ichcha karta hoon ki main mrit logon ke kaan mein fusfusa sakta woh abhaar jo mujhe unke jiwit samay mein vyakt kar dena chahiye tha, aur jo unka hak tha.”11
Priyejanon ki judaai hardam hamare dilon mein kuch pashtaawa laati hai. Aao hum aese ehsaas ko kam karein jitna humse ho sakein hamesha apna pyaar aur abhaar unhein prakat karne se. Hum nahin jaante kitni jald bahut der ho jaaegi.
Ek abhaari dil, ab, aata hai abhaar vyakt karne se apne Swarg ke Pita ko Unke aashirvaadon ke liye aur unko jo hamare aas paas hai ko un cheezon ke liye jo woh hamare jiwan mein laate hai. Iske liye jaankaar koshish chahiye—kam se kam tab tak jab tak humne abhaari hone ki bhaavna ko achchi tarah seekh liya aur apna liya hai. Aksar hum abhaar mehsoos karte hai aur chahate hai ki abhaar vyakt karein magar bhool jaate hai ya sirf karte nahin. Kisi ne kaha hai ki “abhaar mehsoos karna aur bolna nahin ek uphaar ko baandhna aur na dene ki tarah hai.”12
Jab hum chunaotiyon aur musibaton ka saamna karte hai apne jiwan mein, hamare liye aksar kathin ho jaata hai apne ashirvaadon par gaur karna. Haalaanki, agar hum achchi tarah dekhein aur thik se dhoondhe, hum mehsoos kar paaenge aur pehchaan sakenge ki humne kitna diya hai.
Main tumhare saath ek parivaar ki kahani baantunga jo gambhir chunaotiyon mein ashirvaad paa sakein the. Yeh kahani mainne kai varsh pehle padha tha aur rakh liya kyunki usmein ek sandesh hai. Use Gordon Green dwara likha gaya tha aur ek Americi patrika mein chapa tha kuch 50 varsh pehle.
Gordon batata hai ki kaise woh Canada ke ek khet par paeda hua tha, jahan use aur uske bhaai bahanon ko paathshaala se jald lautn padta tha jabki anye bachche gend khelte aur paodne jaate the. Unke pita, jabki, utne kaabil the ki woh unhein apne kaam ki keemat samjha sakte the. Yeh khaaskar sach hota tha fasal kataai ke samay jab parivaar Dhanyevaad Dene ka diwas manata tha, kyunki us din unke pita unhein ek badhiya uphaar dete the. Woh un sab samaanon ki ginti lete the jo unke paas tha.
Dhanyevaad Dene ke din ki subha ko woh unhein tehkhaane ke bhandaar mein le jaate jahan peepon mein seb, beets, gaajar baalu mein bhare hote the, aur baston ke dher mein alu ke saath saath matar, makai, lambe been, jelly, strawberry aur anye surakshit kiye fal hote the shelf par. Woh bachchon se har cheez ki ginti achchi tarah karwaata. Phir woh godaam mein jaate sukhi ghaas ki belon ki ginti karte aur kitne bushel anaaj hai ko ginte hai. Woh gaae, suar, murgiyaan, turkey, aur hans ko geente. Unke pita kehte the ki woh dekhna chahate the ki unke paas kitna hai, magar woh jaante the ki vaastav mein unke pita unhein utsav ke din Parmeshwar ke aashirvaad ginwaana chahate the aur ki Woh khush the unke mehnat ke liye. Ant mein, jab woh apne maa dwara tayyaar kiye gaye bhojan ke bhandaar par baethte, unhein ashirvaadon ka ehsaas hota.
Gordon ne kaha, magar, jo Dhanyevaad Dene ka din use sabse zyaada yaad hai woh tha jis varsh unke paas kuch bhi nahin tha abhaari rehne ke liye.
Woh varsh achchi tarah shuru hua tha: unke paas sukhi ghaas bachi thi, bahut saare beej, suar ke bachche chaar paedaaish ke, aur unke pita ke paas kuch paese the kisi din ek ghaas uthaane ki machine ko khareedne ke liye—ek badhiya machine jo kai kheti karne waale kalpana karte hai apnaane ke liye. Usi varsh unke shahar mein bijli ki sewa aayi thi—par unke paas nahin kyunki woh us sewa ka kharch nahin utha sakte the.
Ek raat jab Gordon ki maa kapde dho rahi thi, uske pita wahan aaye madad karne ke liye aur apni patni ko aaraam karne ko kaha aur apna knitting karne ko kaha. Usne kaha, “Tum zyaada samay kapde dhone mein lagati ho par sone mein nahin. Kya tum sochti ho ki hamein haar maanke bijli laga leni chahiye?” Jabki woh us prastaao se khush thi, usne kuch aansu bahaae yeh soch ke ki ghaas dhone ki machine nahin li jaaegi.
To us varsh unki gali mein bhi bijli lag gayi. Haanlaanki kuch badhaai ki baat nahin thi, unhonne ek kapde dhone ki machine li jo din bhar chalti rehti aur kuch chamkile battiyaan jo ceiling par latakti. Wahan ab tel bharne ke liye battiyaan nahin thi, wicks nahin kaatne padte the, kaali chimniyaan nahin saaf karni padti. Choti battiyaan chupchaap bhandaar mein rakh di gayi.
Bijli ki sewa ko unke khet tak aana shaayad aakhri achcha cheez tha jo us varsh unke saath hua tha. Jaise hi unke fasal zameen se nikal rahe the, baarish shuru hui. Jab baarish ant mein khatm hua, ek bhi paodha nahin bacha tha kahin. Unhonne phir se beej daala, magar aur baarish aayi paodhon ko nasht karne ke liye. Unke aalu mitti mein sad gaye. Unhonne kuch gaae bechein aur saare suar aur anye jaanwar unhonne rakhne ki nishchay kiya, jinke liye unhein bahut kam daam mile kyunki sab log wohi kar rahein the. Us varsh unhonne sirf kuch turnips ke fasal kaate jo toofaanon mein bach gaye the.
Dhanyevaad Dene ka din phir aa gaya tha. Unke maa ne kaha, “Shaayad hamein is varsh is utsav ko nahin manana chahiye. Hamare paas ek hans bhi to nahin bacha.”
Dhanyevaad dene ke din ki subha ko, Gordon ke pita ne kahin se ek khargosh laaya aur apni patni se use pakane ko kaha. Aadhe dil se woh pakane lagi, yeh kehte hue ki use pakane mein bahut samay lagega kyunki gosh bahut kada hota hai. Jab ant mein woh mez par pahuncha bache hue turnips ke saath, bachchon ne khaane se inkaar kar diya. Gordon ki maa ro padi, aur phir uske pita ne ek achambhe ka kaam kiya. Woh bhandaar mein gaya, aur puraani tel ki batti laaya, use maz par le gaya, aur jalaya. Usne bachchon se bijli ki battiyon ko bujhaane ko kaha. Jab sirf tel ki batti ki raushni bachi, woh vishwaas nahin kar paaye ki pehle utna andhera hota tha. Woh ashcharye hue soch kar ki woh kaise dekh sakte the bijli ki battiyon ki tezi ke bina.
Bhojan par aashish diya gaya, aur sabhi ne khaaya. Jab bhojan khaane ka samay pura hua, woh sab shaant se baethe. Gordon ne likha:
“Puraane batti ki dhimi raushni mein hum phir se saaf dekhne lage. …
“Woh ek sundar bhojan [tha]. Khargosh turkey ke hi swaad ka laga aur turnip bhi achche lage. …
“… [Hamara] ghar … , uski kamiyon ke baawajood, kitna bharpur tha hamare[liye].”13
Mere bhaaiyon aur bahanon, abhaar prakat karna shobha deh aur maanniye hai, abhaar dikhaane ke kaarye karna uddaar aur mahaan kaarye hai, magar abhaar ka jiwan bitaana swarg chunne ke laayak hai.
Aaj subha samaapt karne par, yeh mera prarthna hai ki un sabhi cheezon ke liye jo hum abhaari hai, hum apne Prabhu aur Uddhaarkarta, Ishu Masih ke prati apna abhaaripan bhi dikhaae. Uska mahaan susamachaar jiwan ke bade sawaalon ka jawab deta hai: Hum kaha se aaye hai? Hum yahan kyun hai? Hamare aatma kaha jaate hai jab hum marte hai? Woh susamachaar unke paas jo andhakaar mein hai ke paas divye sachchaai ki raushni laata hai.
Usne hamein prarthna karne ka tarika sikhaya. Usne hamein jeene ka tarika sikhaya. Usne hamein marna sikhaya. Uska jiwan pyaar ka den hai. Usne beemaar ko changa kiya; usne gareeb ya peedit logon ko sahayta aur protsaahan diya; Usne paapi ko bachaya.
Ant mein, woh akela khada raha. Kuch Chelon ne shanka ki; ek ne Use dhoka diya. Rome ke sipaahiyon ne Uske baazu mein chot pahunchaaya. Ahankaari bhid ne Uska jiwan le liya. Abhi bhi Golgotha ke pahaad se Uske daya ke shabd sunaai dete hai: “He Pita, inhein chama kar; kyunki yeh jaante nahin ki kya kar rahe hai.”14
Kaun tha yeh “dukhon ka purush, … shok se ghira hua”?15 “Kaun hai yeh mahima ka Raaja,”16 yeh prabhuwon ka Prabhu? Woh hamara Swami hai. Woh hamara Uddhaarkarta hai. Woh Parmeshwar ka Putra hai. Woh Hamare Uddhaar ka Lekhak hai. Woh kehta hai, “Mere piche ho le.”17 Woh sikhaata hai, “Jaao, aur meri tarah kaarye karo.”18 Woh niwedan karta hai, “Meri aagyaaon ka paalan karo.”19
Hum Uska peecha karein. Hum Unka uddhaaran apnaaye. Hum Unke shabd ka paalan karein. Is tarah karne se, hum Use abhaari hone ka divye uphaar denge.
Mera sachcha, hriday mein mehsoos kiya gaya prarthna hai ki hum apne vyaktigat jiwan mein abhaari hone ke us mahaan sadgun ko dikhlaae. Woh hamare khud ke aatma mein sama jaae, abhi aur sada ke liye. Ishu Masih, hamare Uddhaarkarta ke pavitra naam se, amen.
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