Celestial Therapy

insights from a talk given at Women's Conference that really has inspired me:
When we are weary, worried, in despair, restless, lonely, misunderstood, indecisive, overlooked, overweight, overwhelmed, overwrought, underappreciated, underemployed, or undernourished our first question should be "Where is the temple?"   "As the forces around us increase in intensity, whatever spiritual strength was once sufficient will not be enough" -Elder Eyering. Its time to arise and benefit from the privileges of the temple. Its time for each of us to make sure we are engaged in what could be called "Celestial Therapy"

Celestial Therapy offered to everyone exclusively in the House of the Lord
There is only one aristocracy that God recognizes" George Albert Smith said " and that is the aristocracy of righteousness" No one is turned away who is willing to comply with the Lord's rules for admission. The Lord is the master healer. He knows everything about us and everything about this earth, this galaxy, this universe ....and beyond. The glory of God is intelligence. The more laws we know, and more important, the more laws we live, the more joy and peace we experience. in Doctrine and Covenants 109:22 the Lord tells us four blessings that come with being faithful in keeping the temple covenants: that as we leave His house we will leave with
1. Armed with His power
2.  With His name upon us
3. With His glory round about us
4. With His angels having charge over us
Through temple experiences each of us can access the Lord's power and other blessings of the priesthood.

The Lord's Alter And Symbols Are Part of Celestial Therapy 
 The Lord can alter whatever we are willing to put on His alter. Celestial therapy also heals with the help of temple symbols. As we wrap our minds and hearts around the mighty symbols of the temple, we ask the Lord these questions
What does this symbol mean for me now?
What message is the Lord trying to give me through that symbol?
Do I understand the symbol the way I should?
Do I feel about the temple that way I should?
Temple symbols allow us to consider that there are many ways to interpret something. For every problem in life, there is power and knowledge in the temple to help us.
There are three ways that Celestial Therapy heals our hearts and homes:
1. It free's us
2. It reveals to us things we have never before considered about ourselves and others
3. It comforts us

Celestial Therapy Heals Us As It Free's Us
Celestial therapy can free us and save us time and energy by turning many "hot issues" of the world into "non issues" for us. Here is a example: Take one "hot" issue of the world and then immerse it in temple truths. what is the result. Most often, a non issue; at the very least, an abundance of eternal clarity that reduces prolonged debate to a post it note sized comment.
Celestial therapy can also free us and our ancestors . We are freer when we leave the temple than when we entered. Freer to do what the Lord requires of us and to discern good from evil. Freer to fill the measure of our creation and experience joy. Freer to solve our problems and freer to give our will to the Lord. We are also freer to put aside telestial relationship behaviors that shrink our spirits and grieve the Spirit.

Celestial Therapy Can Heal Us Through What Is Revealed To Us
Celestial Therapy can give us new insights into ourselves and others, sometimes clarifying what we should do in difficult situations. The Lord generally manifests to us those things we are seeking just as soon as he perceives us ready. At times we get more than we requested

Celestial Therapy Can Heal Us By Comforting Us 
 Celestial Therapy can indeed heal us as it frees, reveals, and comforts, Inside the temple, the Lord's altar and symbols are part of Celestial Therapy. when we depart from the temple, Celestial Therapy continues as we leave with the Lord's power and name upon us with his glory and angels round about us. Through the Savior's atoning sacrifice we come to know Him, not just know about him. And we come to love him above everyone and everything else. When we want to live closer to the Lord we ever have, closer to him than to anyone else, he brings us closer to everyone else. We experience through temple worship an anchoring and a direction in all our relationships.