Masih mein Adheek Hona: Dhalaan(slope) ka Drishtaant(parable)
Prabhu ke samay mein, yah nahin hai ki ham kaha se shuru karte hain balki yah ki ham kaha ja rahe hain, yah sabse adhik maayane rakhaa hai.
Ek yuva ladke ke rup mein, Meri badi aabhilaasha thee. Skul ke ek din baad, mainne pucha, “Maa, jab main bada ho jaunga to mujhe kya banna chahiye: ek peshvar basketaball khilaadi ya ek rok star?” Durbhaagye se, “toothless” aashchary Clark ne bhavishy ke athletic ya sangeetamay gaurav ke koi sanket nahin dikhae. Aur kai prayaason ke baovjud, mujhe baar-baar mere skul ke unnat shaikshanik kaaryekram mein pravesh se vanchit kar diya gaya. Mere shikshakon ne aakhirkaar sujhaav diya ki mujhe maanak kaksha mein hee rahena chahiye. Samay ke saath, mainne pratipoorak adhyayan ki aadaten viksit kei. Lekin Japan ke apne mishan tak mujhe laga ki meri gyaan ka aur aadhyaatmik sambhaavanaen ubhrane lagi hai. Mainne kadi mehnat karta raha. Lekin apne jiwan mein paheli baar, Mainne apne vikaas mein vyavasthit rup se Prabhu ko shaamil kiya, aur isse saara phark pada.
Bhaaiyon aur bahanon, is Girjaghar mein, ham Parmeshwar ke sab bachchon ki divye kshmata aur Masih mein kuch aur banne ki hamari kshmata mein vishwaas karte hain. Prabhu ke samay mein, yah nahin hai ki ham kaha se shuru karte hain balki yah ki ham kaha ja rahe hain, yah jo sabse zyaada maayane rakhta.1
Is siddhaant ko pradarshit karne ke liye, main kuch buniyaadi ganit par dhyaan dunga. Ab, maha sammelan mein ganit vidya shabd sunkar ghabrao mat. Hamare BYU–Idaho mein ganit vidya vibhaag mujhe vishwaas dilaata hai shuruaat karne wala bhi is kendriye avadhaaran ko samajh lega. Yah ek pankti ke line se shuru hota hai. Hamare uddeshyon ke liye avarodhan, hamaree lain ki shuruaat hai. Avrodhan mein uchch ya nimn praarambhik bindu ho sakta hai. Dhalaan ki line tab sakaaraatmak ya nakaaraatmak roop se jhuka hua ho saata hai.
Ham sabhi ke jiwan mein alag-alag avrodhan(intercepts) hote hain—ham alag-alag jagahon par alag-alag pratibhaon jiwan ki endowments shuru karte hain. Kuch uchch avrodhon ke saath paida hote hain, mauka se bhare hote hain. Dusron ko shuruaati paristhitiyon ka saamna karna padta hai jo chunaotipurn aur anuchit lagti hain.2 Ham tab vyaktigat pragati ki dhalaan ke saath aage badhte hain. Hamara bhavishye hamare shuruaati bindu se bahut kam aur hamare dhalaan se bahut adhik nirdhaarit hoga. Ishu Masih divye kshamta ko dekhta hai chaahe ham kahei se bhi shuru karen. Usne ise bhikhari, paapi aur durbal mein dekha. Usne ise machhuaare, chungee lenevaale aur yaha tak ki aane-maane bhi dekha. Koi phark nahin padta ki hum kaha se shuru karte hain, Masih is baat par vichaar karta hai ki hamen jo diya gaya hai 3 Jabki duniya hamare avrodhan par dhyaan kendrit karti hai, Parmeshwar hamare dhalaan par dhyaan kendrit karte hain. Prabhu cheezon ko nirdhaarit karne ke liye upyog karne mein, Woh sab kuch karega hamare dhalaanon ko swarg ki or modne mein Woh hamari madad karega.
Yeh siddhaant sangharsh karne waalon ko dilaasa dena chahiye, aur un logon par rukhe jinhen lagta hai ki unhen har tarah ka phaeda hai. Mujhe gareebee, shiksha tak pahunch, chunautipurn paarivaarik paristhitiyon sahit, aur kathin shuruaatiparisthitiyon vaale vyaktiyon ko sambodhit karte hue shuroo karna chahiye. Kai shaaririk chunautiyon, maansik svaasthy baadhaon, ya mazboot aanuvanshik purv-svabhaav waale vyakti shaamil ho sakte hain4 Mushkil shuruaati binduon se jujh rahe kisi bhi vyakti ke liye, kripa pahechane ki Uddhaarkarta hamare sangharshon ko jaanta hai. Usne [hamare] durbaltaaon ko “[le lega], taaki maanav shaarir ke anusaar uska kathora [shayad] dayaa se bhar sake, … ki wah sharir mein jaan [shayad] sake ki … kis prakar durbaltaaon ke anusaar [ham] logo [hamaree] ki sahayeta kar sake.”5
Main un logon ke liye protsaahan ki do baaten saajhana chahunga jo kathin shuruati paristhitiyon ka samna kar rahe hain. Sabse pahele, is baat par dhyaan kendrit karen ki aap kaha ja rahe hain aur na ki aapne kaha se shuru kiya hai. Aapki paristhitiyon ko nazarandaaz karna galat hoga—weh vaastavik hain aur inhe sambodhit karne ki aavashyakta hai. Lekin ek kathin shuruati bindu par adhik dhyaan kendrit karne se yah aapko paribhaashit kar sakta hai aur yaha tak ki aapke chunne ki chamta ko bhi simit kar sakta hai.6
Varshon pahele mainne Boston, Massachussetts, mein shahar ke andar ke yuvaon ke ek samuh ke saath sewa ki thee, jo kaafi had tak susmaachaar aur Girjaghar ki apekshaon ke liye nae the. Parmeshwar ke staron ko kam karni ki ichcha ke saath meri sahaanubhuti aur unki sthiti ke prati chinta ko bhramit karna aakarshak tha.7 Mujhe antath ehsaas hua ki apne pyaar ko dikhane ka sabse shaktishaali tarika aapni ummidon ko kabhi kam nahin karna tha. Main jo kuch bhi karna jaanta tha, hamne unki kshmata par dhyaan kendrit kiya, aur unme se pratyek ne aapni dhalaanon ko upar uthana shuru kar diya. Susmaachaar mein unka vikaas kramik lekin sthir tha. Aaj unhonne mission ki sewa ki hai, college se naatak kiya hai, mandir mein shaadi ki hai, aur ullekhaniye vyaktigat aur vyaavasaayik jiwan ji rahe hain.
Dusra, aapni dhalaan ko uthaane ki prakriya mein Prabhu ko shaamil karen. BYU–Pathway Worldwide ke adhyaksh ke rup mein sewa karte hue, mujhe Peru, Lima, mein ek bade bhakti mein baithe hue yaad hai, jaha Elder Carlos A. Godoy bhashaan diye the. Jab usne mandli ki or dekha, university ke itne vishwaasi pratham pidhee ke chaatron ko dekhkar woh abhibhoot lag raha tha. Shayad aisi paristhitiyon ke maadhyam se apne svayan ke maarg par chintan karte hue, Elder Godoy ne bhaavanaatmak rup se kaha: Prabhu “aapki itni madad karege jitna aap khud ko nahi kare sakte. [Toh] is prakriya mein Prabhu ko shaamil karen ”8 Prophet Nephi ne sikhaya “ki yah anugrah se hai ki ham bachae gae hain, aakhirakaar ham kya kar sakte hain ”9 Hamen apne hisse ka kaam karna chahiye, 10lekin Unki kripa se hi ham apni divye kshmata ka ehsaas kar sakte hain.11
Ant mein, main un logon ke liye counsel ke do kshetron ko saajha karta hoon jinke shuruaati bindu unche hain. Sabse pahele, kya ham un paristhitiyon ke liye kuch namrata dikha sakte hain jinhen hamne svayan nahin banaya hoga? Jaisa ki BYU ke purv president Rex E. Lee ne apne chatron se kaha, “Ham sabhi ne kuwase piya hai jise hum ne nahin khoda, aur aag se khud ko garm kiya jise hamne nahin banaaya.”12 Usne ne tab apne chaatron se un shikshak kuon ko vaapas dene aur phir se bharne ka aahvaan kiya, jinhen pahele ke pioneer ne banaya tha. Dusron ke dwara lagae gae kheton mein dobara beej bone mein viphalata pratibha ko bina badhae lautne ke barabar ho sakti hai.
Dusra, ek uchch prarambhik bindu par dhyaan kendrit karna aksar hamen yah mehsoos karne mein phansa sakta hai ki ham sampann ho rahe hain jabki vaastav mein, hamari aantarik dhalaan kaafi sthir ho sakti hai. Harvard ke prophesar Clayton M. Christensen ne sikhaaya ki saase saphal log sabse vinamr hote hai kyunki un meh paryaapt aatmavishwaas hota hai kissi se bhi seekhne aur sudhaar karne ke liye.13 Elder D. Todd Christofferson ne salaah di ki “hamen svechchha se swikaar karne aur yaha tak ki sudhaar ki [talaash karne] ke tarike khojne ki zaroorat hai.”14 Yaha tak ki jab cheejen achchi tarah se chal rahi prateet hoti hain, to hamen prarthanapurn yaachika ke maadhyam se sudhaar karne ke avasaron ki talaash karni chahiye.
Chaahe ham prachur maatra mein ya kathin paristhitiyon mein shuru karen, hamari antim ksmata ka ehsaas tabhi hoga jab ham Parmeshwar ko hamara saathi bana lenge. Mainne haal hi mein ek raashtriye star ke pramukh shikshak ke saath baatcheet ki, jo BYU–Pathway ki safalta ke baare meh puchtaach kar raha tha. Woh ujjval tha aur uski jaanch imaanadaar thee, lekin woh spasht rup se ek dharmnirapeksh pratikriya chahata tha. Mainne unke saath apne pratidhaaran kaaryekram aur salaah dene ke prayaason ko saajha kiya. Lekin mainne yah kahakar samaapt kiya, “Ye sabi achche abhyaas hain, lekin hamare chatron ki pragati ka asli karan yah hai ki ham unhen unki divye kshmata sikhate hain. Kalpana kijiye ki agar aapke pure jiwan mein, aapko bataaya gaya ki aap kabhi safal nahi ho sakte. Phir is shiksha ke prabhaav par vichaar kare jo ki aap divye sambhaavana vaale Parmeshwar ke vaastavik putr ya putree hain.” Woh ruka, phir saraltaa se uttar diya, “Woh shaktishaali hai.”
Bhaaiyon aur bahanon, iska ek chamatkaar, Prabhu ka Girja yah hai ki ham mein se pratyek Masih mein kuch aur ban sakta hai. Main kisi anye sangathan ke baare mein nahin jaanta jo apne sadasyon ko sewa karne, waapas dene, pashchaataap karne aur behtar insaan banane ke adhik avsar deta hai. Chaahe ham prachur ya kathin aadhyaatmik paristhitiyon mein shuru karen, aaie ham apni drishti aur dhalaanon ko swarg ki or rakhen. Jaise ham karte hain, Masih hamen ek unche sthaan par uthaega. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.