Auth in Flow Router?

application-layout.es6.js

Template.applicationLayout.helpers({
  loggingIn() {
    return Meteor.loggingIn();
  },
  authenticated() {
    if ( Meteor.user() ) {
      console.log( "We have a user!" );
      App.routes.handleUser();
    } else {
      console.log( "We DO NOT have a user!" );
      App.routes.handleNoUser();
    }
  }
});

application-layout.html

<template name="applicationLayout">
  {{> bertAlert }}
  {{> header }}
  <div class="container">
    {{#if loggingIn}}
      <p>Logging in...</p>
    {{else}}
      {{#if authenticated}}
        {{> Template.dynamic template=main }}
      {{else}}
        {{> Template.dynamic template=main }}
      {{/if}}
    {{/if}}
  </div>
</template>

application.es6.js

App = {
  routes: {
    public: [
      "login",
      "signup",
      "recover-password",
      "reset-password"
    ],
    authenticated: [
      "index",
      "login",
      "signup",
      "recover-password",
      "reset-password"
    ],
    handleUser() {
      // "Do this only on the pages in our authenticated array."
      if ( App.routes.authenticated.indexOf( FlowRouter.current().route.name ) > -1 ) {
        FlowRouter.go( '/howdy' );
        // Redirect to main auth'd page. e.g. /howdy
      } else {
        FlowRouter.go( FlowRouter.current().path );
      }
    },
    handleNoUser() {
      // "Do this on every page BUT the ones in our public array."
      if ( App.routes.public.indexOf( FlowRouter.current().route.name ) !== -1 ) {
        FlowRouter.go( FlowRouter.current().path );
      } else {
        // Go to the login page.
        FlowRouter.go( '/login' );
      }
    }
  }
};

This does work but seems like a lot of heavy lifting. Any thoughts? Improvements?