Shorter Temple Sessions

Sounds like you have ideas on how to “hasten the work”

I think it is a good idea. But I also find the time spent there to be peaceful most of the time. It takes me some time to decompress, leave the real world behind, and get into my quiet thoughts.

I like the idea of 2 versions. Shorter and longer for the different needs.

I’d love to see a shorter version. I can’t find where I posted about this before but the gist was

1) Create a condensed “only what is truly necessary” version of the endowment for people that want to spend more time in the celestial room or have to get back to the grind (counter-intuitive?).

2) Keep the traditional endowment for people going through for their first time, people still trying to memorize everything, or people that just want the longer version.

They can adjust schedules to accommodate both types of sessions. E.g. 6:00PM – 8:00PM – traditional session; 8:00PM – 9:30PM – session express.

There are enough temples out there and enough time to experiment to see what type of session would be the best attended, then increase the time slots available for those types.

I know for me I feel like I have to spend only a minute or two in the celestial room before moving on, partly because it’s already been several hours and I’ve got a day job (counter-intuitive? {echo}).

To be honest I haven’t found that the celestial rooms are good places to meditate. There’s too much commotion. :eh: I’d rather tuck myself in some random, secluded corner. Much easier to do in the larger temples, near impossible in the small ones.

Hasten the work… hurry up and get through the check-out line… it’s all the same.

There’s a lesson in there somewhere. It’s not the destination it’s the something, something.

Still, I’d like to get the portion I’m not that interested in over with so I can dedicate more time to portions I do enjoy. That’s going to be different portions for different people but our temples are structured more like assembly lines than choose your own adventure.

Among the displays was a replica of a Buddhist sanctuary. The museum built a mini-temple complete with pillows, soft dimmed lights and a written invitation to meditate. It was glorious. When we felt calm, we reverently walked out and moved on. I think LDS temples could recreate that.

That sounds wonderful.

I would love it if shopping malls had that too…I would go shopping with my wife more often if they had that. 🙂

On the other hand, we could have lived when it took most of the day.

I did and to complicate matters the presider/lecturer at the veil was Mr. Miles, my junior high science teacher who’s method of discipline was to charge down the aisle, grab the offender by the neck, and shake him till his teeth fell out. My first session was a truly special experience.

On the other hand, we could have lived when it took most of the day.

Ahh..the good old days. I’m just glad I’m young enough to have missed the one piece garments. Not sure I could have handled that.

Sometimes I think I was born a century too late. Other times I’m kinda glad I’m living now.

And if you go back far enough… no garments at all.

They still have the one piece deals at the temple. The last time I went they gave me a pair and required me to put them on (that was a very strange day for me at the temple, I think I brushed up against the wrong dude or something) but because of my back issues I could not get into them. I just couldn’t. I disobeyed and went with my regular g’s. No one noticed.