Noise is too connected to things of the world.
Distractions drown out the whisperings of the still small voice. She is in constant search of fun and is oblivious to wasted hours. She accomplishes nothing of substance or worth. She wears watches, but time is unimportant to her. Her belts symbolize Satan’s grasp; she is unaware of his subtle power. Her hair and makeup represent a life in chaos.
1 Nephi 17:45 “Ye have heard his voice... and he hath spoken unto you in the still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words.”
Next to Judging is Noise. There are many distractions that keep up from listening to the Spirit. Elder Neal A. Maxwell talks about Amulek in the Book of Mormon, whom I think demonstrates who Noise is. (Meek and Lowley) “Amulek was basically good, but was too preoccupied with the cares of the world.” He admitted that he had seen miracles and the power of God but he did not allow himself to hear or feel (see Alma 10:6). On her head she wears headphones that keep her from hearing the prompting of the Spirit. Her eyes are shut, representing that she has chosen not to follow the promptings of the Spirit. When we don’t have the Spirit, Satan has power to blind the mind and hearts of men, making them unable to see what is real (see Ether 15:19).
Her watches symbolize that she is unaware of the time she has wasted. She is all about having fun. She lives for the moment, not thinking of the consequences of her choices. President David O. McKay said, “Too much leisure is dangerous. Work is a divine gift” (Gospel Ideals, 497). We must be anxiously engaged in a good cause. (D&D 58:27) In Mosiah 6:7 we read, “And king Mosiah did cause his people that they should till the earth. And he also, himself, did till the earth, that thereby he might not become burdensome to his people.” Her belts represent Satan’s subtle power, slowly tightening around her and taking control of her life. Lehi plead with his sons regarding this. “O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe” (2 Nephi 1:13). Her hair, make-up, and fingernails represent a life of confusion.
Her watches symbolize that she is unaware of the time she has wasted. She is all about having fun. She lives for the moment, not thinking of the consequences of her choices. President David O. McKay said, “Too much leisure is dangerous. Work is a divine gift” (Gospel Ideals, 497). We must be anxiously engaged in a good cause. (D&D 58:27) In Mosiah 6:7 we read, “And king Mosiah did cause his people that they should till the earth. And he also, himself, did till the earth, that thereby he might not become burdensome to his people.” Her belts represent Satan’s subtle power, slowly tightening around her and taking control of her life. Lehi plead with his sons regarding this. “O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe” (2 Nephi 1:13). Her hair, make-up, and fingernails represent a life of confusion.
She lives for the moment, not thinking of the consequences of her choices.
is our companionship with the smart phone greater that that of the Holy Ghost?
be where you are when you are.
example (you are at church or seminary texting or playing games on phone) you're there but not there.
Link:
A Time to Prepare- Ian S. Ardern
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/a-time-to-prepare?lang=eng
