I feel that the key to my elusive happiness is in finally figuring out what the purpose of life is... I keep looking at what the world offers, but find nothing really lasting!...

My concerns for running a sound business and making a decent living for my family seem to prevent me from pursuing a spiritual life. The fear of not having enough drives my life. I am so confused about what my true purpose should be, and I long to strike a balance between worldly concerns and spiritual growth.

In this one-minute wisdom video, Guy talks about how we already have everything we need to fulfill our purpose, if only we will allow ourselves to be revealed by the light that transforms everything it touches.

In this answer to a viewer's question, Guy talks about the true meaning and purpose of "religion," which is to "reconnect" with a higher level of ourselves that already exists, waiting to be discovered.

Do you want to be a new person? Well, you're certainly not going to be a new person when you keep repeating the level of consciousness that literally runs itself into the ground... and where, incidentally, at the end of your physical life you have nothing whatsoever to show for your existence on this planet... any more than a lion has something to show for its existence...

We must attend to our practical responsibilities. That is part of being a human being. But there is no inherent pain in fulfilling the natural purposes of this physical life. Pain comes in when we turn a natural purpose into something personal and become identified with a role that we believe we have to keep in place. When a purpose of ours has run its course, we must be willing to see the ne...

The easiest thing in the world is to walk around unconsciously feeling superior to everyone we meet. But with what do we measure? A critical spirit? A judgmental mind? What kind of eyes have to look down on another to convince themselves of up?

Dear Guy: I am interested in your email classes... I really need more spirituality and GOD in my life... especially now. I need to find out WHAT GOD wants me to do...I FEEL He has a SPECIAL job or MISSION now, for the last 8 yrs. and STILL cannot find out what this is... AM I CRAZY? I have tried to meditate but always seem to fall asleep... what am I doing wrong? (I feel like Satan is preventi...

I'm beginning to see what I can no longer be a part of, if change is going to happen... but it's a very strange feeling to only know what not to do (instead of what to do)... I had no idea that the purpose of my life was to learn about myself, but it has occurred to me how amazing it is to know that, because if I can just remember that, then no matter where I go or what happens, I will always...

Question: I struggle as I get older and the purpose of my life changes. I begin to wonder, "Well, what is my purpose?" Is being mindful enough? Should I be volunteering? Should I be doing this or that to complete myself? I also struggle with the conditions of the world and my local community. The changes in our society weigh heavily on me, and I often don't know what I can do. But the conflict arises when my mind remembers...

Everyone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn't hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands. Listen quietly for a moment: everything can change right now. Learning to hear this supreme secret is no more difficult than choosing whether to swim against a current or to let it carry you safely...

In this short talk, "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about how creation is not complete without our awareness of it. When we surrender the fearful self that never stops pursuing what it wants, what we receive in exchange is this higher awareness of being an essential part of creation. Then we are participating in something timeless, where fear, hatred, anxiety, and doubt cannot dwell.