Nephi is explaining Lehi's dream to his brothers and they want to know about the river of water. Nephi tells them that the water was filthiness and ". . . so much was his mind swallowed up in other things that he beheld not the filthiness of the water."
In our lives we are surrounded by filthiness, as much as we would like to avoid it. We certainly don't want to go wading in it, but Lehi's experience teaches us that if we fill our minds and lives with good, uplifting things we can tune out much of the worldly and unworthy parts of the world around us.
I remember hearing a story about President David O. McKay being at a Pioneer Day parade in Salt Lake. Someone later asked him if he wasn't scandalized at the short skirts of the cheerleaders and pom pom girls in the parade. He replied that he hadn't noticed any short skirts; he only saw some lovely, sweet young ladies.
"Unto the pure are all things pure", according to Titus 1:15. We need to focus on the good, the uplifting, the holy; studying our scriptures, attending the temple and our church meetings, being righteously engaged in service and other good causes. Only then can we travel through the World that we are "in but not of", and "[behold] not".
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That's really good. I always thought of it in the light of - we should pay more attention, instead of learning from Lehi's not noticing the filthiness because his mind was focused on other things. Good lesson, thanks.
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