It involves an awareness of what is taking place. It involves a divine desire to learn and to be receptive to the promptings of the Spirit. It involves a striving to seek added light and knowledge. Irreverence is not only an act of disrespect for Deity, but it makes it impossible for the Spirit to teach us the things that we need to know. It is in the temple that we must speak in reverent tones.
Reverence is no minor nor mundane matter.
It has eternal consequences and should be treated as divine in nature. To be reverent in the temple, we must sense it to be a place of purity and a place of holiness. Place of purity. The temple is a place of purity. It is of the utmost importance that we keep the temple pure and holy.