Apne Aaatma ko Aksar Prarthana se Poshit karen

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Hamen apane Swarg ke Pita ke saath sanvaad karane ke aadhyaatmik poshan ki aavashyakata hai, yah aashirvaad hamare liye har jagah aur hamesha uplabdh hai.

Ham sabhi ko pahale bhi bhookh lagi hai. Bhookh ki peeda sharir ka hamen yah bataane ka tarika hai ki use poshan ki aavashyakata hai. Aur jab hamen bhookh lagati hai, to ham jaanate hain ki hamen kya karna hai—khaana.

Hamari aatmaon ke paas hamen yah bataane ke tarike bhi hote hain ki hamen kab aadhyaatmik poshan ki aavashyakata hai. Lekin aisa lagata hai ki shaareerik bhookh ki tulna mein aadhyaatmik bhookh ko nazarandaaj karana hamare liye aasaan hai.

Jis prakaar bhookh lagane par ham kai prakaar ke khaady padaarth kha sakate hain, usi prakaar apani aadhyaatmik bhookh ko bharane ke liye ham kai prakaar ki cheezen kar sakate hain Jaise ki, ham dhaaramshaastr mein aur bhavishyavaktaon ke shabdon ke maadhyam se “Masih ke shabdon par daavat” (2 Nephi 32:3) kar sakate hain. Ham niyamit roop se girjaghar mein ja sakate hain aur sekrament mein bhaag le sakate hain (dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 59:9). Ham Parmeshwar aur Unke bachchon ki sewa kar sakate hain (dekhiye Mosiah 2:17).

Lekin aadhyaatmik poshan ka ek aur srot hamare liye har samay, hamare jiwan ke har pal mein upalabdh hai, chahe aapaki paristhitiyaan kuch bhi ho. Ham prarthana ke maadhyam se hamesha Swarg ke Pita ke saath sanvaad kar sakate hain.

“Meri Aatma Bhookhi hai ”

Ab profat Enos jangal mein jaanavaron ka shikaar kar raha tha, usane “un shabdon ke baare mein socha jo [usane] aksar [apane] pita ko anant jeevan aur santon ki khushi ke baare mein bolate hue suna tha. Yeh shabd “[usake] dil mein gehrai tak utar gae” (Enos 1:3).

Kyunki Enos is aadhyaatmik maanasik sthiti mein tha, use ek teevr aavashyakata mehsoos hui: “Meri aatma bhookhi,” thee,” unhonne kaha (Enos 1:4; zor diya gaya).

Jab Enos ko yah aadhyaatmik bhookh, aadhyaatmik poshan ki aavashyakata mehsoos hui to usne kya kiya? “Mainne apane Nirmaata(Maker) ke saamane ghutne tek diye,“ unhonne kaha, “aur mainne apanee aatma ke liye shaktishaali prarthana aur prarthana mein use roya ”(Enos 1:4).

Enos ki aadhyaatmik bhookh itni adhik thi ki usane “din bhar prarthana ki aur jab raat hui [usne] tab bhi [apani] aawaaj itani unchi uthai ki woh swarg tak pahunch gai ”(Enos 1:4). Antatah, Parmeshwar ne usaki prarthana sun li aur usake paapon ko maaf kar diya. Enos ko laga ki usaka aparaadh dur ho gaya hai. Lekin unaka aadhyaatmik poshan yahi khatm nahin hua.

Usane Ishu Masih mein vishwaas ki shakti ke baare mein sikha, aur usane apane logon—yaha tak ki apane dushmanon ke liye bhi apani puri aatma nyauchvar(whole) kar di. Usane Prabhu ke saath anubandh kiya aur Usse vaade haasil kiye. Aur Enos ki prabal prarthana ke baad, woh apane logon ke beech gaya aur un baaton ki bhavishyavaanee aur gawahi dene laga jo usane suni aur dekhi thee. (Dekhiye Enos 1:5–19.)

Har prarthana ka uttar itne naatakiye tarike se nahin diya jaega, lekin prarthana ke saath hamare anubhav abhi bhi saarthak aur jeevan badalne waale ho sakate hain. Ham prarthana ke saath Enos ke anubhav se kuch mahatvpurn sabak seekh sakate hain. Udhaaran ke liye:

Susamaachaar ko puri tarah se jeene ka prayaas hamen apni aadhyaatmik bhookh ko samajhane mein madad kar sakata hai.
Hamari aadhyaatmik bhookh hamen Swarg ke Pita ki madad lene ke liye ghutanon par la sakati hai aur laani bhi chahiye.
Swarg ke Pita se prarthana karane se hamari aadhyaatmik bhookh ko santusht karane mein madad mil sakati hai—aur phir kuch had tak.
Ham kabhi bhi, kahi bhi prarthana kar sakate hain.
Prarthana hamen pashchaataap karane mein madad kar sakati hai.
Prarthana Ishu Masih mein hamare vishwaas ko majboot kar sakati hai.
Ham ek vyaktigat gawahi praapt kar sakate hain ki hamara Swarg ke Pita hamen sunta hai aur hamare baare mein jaanta hai.
Prarthana ke maadhyam se hamen jo gawahi aur shakti milti hai, woh hamen dusron ki sewa karane aur unhen majboot karane mein madad kar sakati hai.

Prarthana ki Shakti ke saath Mera Anubhav

Enos ki tarah, mainne vyaktigat anubhav ke maadhyam se inmen se kuch sabak sikhe. Jab main chota tha, tab mere maata-pita Ishu Masih ka Antim-dinon ke Santo ka mein shaamil hue aur jab main aath saal ka tha, tab mera bapatisma hua. Mere dil mein hamesha mere Swareg ke Pita aur Ishu Masih, Unake punarsthaapit susamaachaar aur Unake Girjaghar ke baare mein ek achchi, garm bhaavana thee. Lekin jab tak main lagbhag 16 saal ka nahin ho gaya, tab tak main in cheezon ki sachchai ke baare mein prarthana karne nahin aaya tha.

Mere prerit bishap ne mujhse ek yuva Sunday School kaksha ko padhaane ke liye kaha. Mujhe yah paath padhaana tha ki ham prarthana ke maadhyam se susamaachaar ki gawahi kaise praapt kar sakate hain. Mere bishap ke is kaaryabhaar ne mujhe apani gawahi ke baare mein aur adhik gehrai se sochne diya. Mainne Mormon Dharaamshaastr ka adhyayan karane ke liye samay nikala tha aur hamesha mehsoos kiya ki Girjaghar sachcha tha. Mainne hamesha Uddhaarkarta Ishu Masih par vishwaas kiya tha, lekin mainne Moroni 10:4–5. mein diye gae Moroni ke vaade ko kabhi dhyaan mein nahin rakha. Mainne susamaachaar ki sachchai ke baare mein kabhi prarthana nahin ki thi.

Mujhe yaad hai ki main apane dil mein mehsoos kar raha tha ki agar main in yuvaon ko yah sikhana chahata hoon ki prarthana ke maadhyam se gawahi kaise haasil ki jae, to mujhe khud gawahi ke liye prarthana karani chahiye. Meri aatma bhookhi hai—shaayad Enos se alag tarike se, lekin phir bhi mujhe ek aadhyaatmik aavashyakata mehsoos hui.

Jaise hi mainne shiksha taeyaar kiya, mainne ghutne tek diye aur apane dil ki ichcha ko apane Swarg ke Pita ko pesh kiya taaki main apane andar mehsoos ki gai sachchai ki pushti kar sakun. Main kisi mahan abhivyakti ki aasha nahin kar raha tha. Lekin jab mainne Prabhu se pucha ki kya susamaachaar sach hai, to mere dil mein ek bahut hi madhur bhaavna aai—vah shaant, choti aavaaj mujhe pushti kar rahi thi ki yah sach hai aur mujhe woh karna jaari rakhna chahiye jo main kar raha tha.

Bhaavana itni prabal thi ki main us uttar ko kabhi bhi nazarandaaz nahin kar sakta tha aur kah sakta tha ki mujhe nahin pata tha. Mainne woh pura din bahut khush hokar bitaaya. Mera dimaag swarg mein tha aur mere dil mein khoobsurat ehsaas par vichaar kar raha tha.

Aagle Ravivaar ko, main apane teen ya chaar sahapaathiyon(classmates) ke saamne khada tha, jo mujhse umr mein chote the. Mainne unhen gawahi di ki yadi unmen vishwaas hoga to Swarg ke Pita unki prarthana ka uttar denge.

Ek yuva vyakti ke roop mein Elder Soares ko praapt prarthana ke uttar ne unhen gawahi dene ki anumati di hai—ek mishanari (upar), pita aur pati aur prerit ke roop mein—ki Swarg ke Pita vishwaas mein ki gai prarthanaon ka uttar dete hain.

Tab se, yah gawahi mere saath bani hui hai. Isse mujhe nirnay lene mein madad mili hai, khaaskar un kshanon mein jab mujhe chunautiyon ka saamna karana pada. Us din ki prarthana, varshon se mujhe mile atirikt gawahon ke saath, mujhe drdh vishwaas ke saath logon ke saamane gawahi dene ki anumati di hai, ki yadi weh vishwaas ke saath prarthana karte hain to weh Swarg ke Pita se uttar praapt kar sakte hain. Yah sach hai kyunki mainne ek mishanari ke roop mein, ek Girjaghar neta ke roop mein, ek pita aur pati ke roop mein aur aaj bhi ek prerit ke roop mein gawahi di hai.

Prarthana ka Kab aur Kya

Nihsandeh, ham kewal tabhi prarthana nahin karte jab hamen vishesh roop se prabal aadhyaatmik aavashyakata mehsoos hoti hai. Toh, hamen kab prarthana karni chahiye? Usne kaha: “Tum kis cheeze ke liye prarthna karte ho? Sankshipt uttar hai kabhi bhi aur kisi bhi cheez ke liye.

Parmeshwar hamare Swarg ke Pita hai. Yah jaanne se hamara prarthana karane ka tarika badal jaata hai. Profat Joseph Smith ne sikhaya: “Parmeshwar ka gyaan hone par, ham yah jaanna shuru karate hain ki Uske paas kaise jaana hai, aur uttar paane ke liye kaise puchana hai. Jab ham Uske paas aane ke liye taeyaar hote hain, to Woh hamare paas aane ke liye taeyaar hota hai.”¹

Hamara Swarg ke Pita hamesha hamari baat sunane ke liye taeyaar raheta hai aur chahata hai ki ham niyamit aur baar-baar Usse prarthana karen. Hamen “ [hamare] sabhi kaaryon mein Prabhu ki salaah leni chahiye ”(Alma 37:37) aur subah, dopahar aur raat mein prarthana karni chahiye Hamen ghar par, kaam par, skool mein—kahi bhi ho aur apane kisi bhi prayaas ke dauraan prarthana karni chahiye (dekhiye Alma 34:17–26).

Hamen apane parivaaron mein prarthana karni chahiye (dekhiye 3 Nephi 18:21). Hamen “mukhar roop se aur [hamare] hrday se, saarvajanik roop se aur niji taur par” prarthana karni chahiye (Doctrine and Covenants 81:3). Aur “jab [ham] Prabhu ko nahin pukaarte hain, to [hamen] apane dilon ko bhare rahana chahiye, lagaataar [hamare] kalyaan ke liye, aur un logon ke kalyaan ke liye bhi, jo [hamare] aaspaas hain, prarthana mein lage rahana chahiye” (Alma 34:27). Aur hamen hamesha Ishu Masih ke naam par Pita se prarthana karni chahiye (dekhiye 3 Nephi 18:19–20).

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Hamare Swarg ke Pita ke paas Pahuchna.

Hamare Pita jo Swarg mein hai hamein aashirvaad dena chahate hain. Aur Woh karega—agar ham puche. Profat Joseph Smith ne sikhaya, “Yaad rakhen ki bina maange ham kuch bhi praapt nahin kar sakate; isliye, vishwaas se maango, aur tumhe aise aashirvaad praapt honge jo Parmeshwar tumhe dena uchit samjhega.”²

Hamari niyamit aur lagataar prarthanaen hamari bhookhi aatmaon ke liye aadhyaatmik poshan ke santulit aahaar ka ek anivaary hissa hain. Prarthana ke maadhyam se Swarg ke Pita ke saath sanchaar har jagah aur hamesha upalabdh aur swagat yogye hai.

Mere pasand dharaamshaastr mein se ek yah sikhaata hai ki jab ham prarthana karane ke liye ghutne tekte hain to hamen apane Swarg ke Pita ke paas kaise jaana chahiye: “Tum vinamr bano; aur tera Prabhu Prameshwar haath pakadakar teri aguvaee karega, aur apnee prarthanaon ka uttar do.” (Doctrine and Covenants 112:10). Jab ham vinamr aur aagyaakaari honge, Swarg ke Pita hamare saath honge. Woh hamara haath pakadkar hamara netrtv karega Woh hamein sikhlatein hai ki kaha jaana aur kya karna hai. Woh hamari prarthanaon ka uttar apani ichcha, tarike, samay aur hamare liye kya achcha hai, isake purn gyaan ke anusaar karega.

Hamen ise yaad rakhna chahiye aur Parmeshwar ke sinhaasan ke paas pahunchane aur Uske haath se aashirvaad praapt karane ke avasaron ko sanjona chahiye.