When you experience an unsettling feeling, an emptiness inside, a nervousness without cause, a desire for more than the humdrum repetitiveness of daily life, it is time for you to start your spiritual quest, to find the path to God.

God is the reason you are beckoned to search for the meaning of life. God draws you toward the awareness of your true nature, that you are a spiritual being connected to all, a part of all that exists.

God wants you to accept life's challenges, to learn how to love yourself and others to the fullest extent, without reservation, without holding back. God wants you to go with the ebb and flow of life, taking responsibility for your actions, using your free will without interfering with the free will of others. Your true nature is more than the body your soul inhabits, you are part of the life force that is the essence and makeup of all that is.

The Meaning of Life and Finding Our Path to God

The meaning of life is to learn to love yourself and others as God loves you, to seek truth and your higher purpose in life, not interfering with the free will of others along your path. The goal of life is to become a better person, achieve a loving, whole feeling of being connected to everyone and everything, at peace inside and in tune with our true nature as spiritual beings of God.

The Path to God

The seemingly limitless number of faiths are as individual as we are, but further analysis of sacred books reveals that a supreme being of a spiritual nature, God, is behind the mysteries of life. The Golden Rule is a common thread in religious teachings and to have faith that there is a higher meaning to life and a spiritual destination worth working toward. God connects us all wanting us to learn to live together in peace and harmony.

Let us not allow prejudice to take hold of our heart and evoke harsh feelings towards others who are different from us. Let the truth behind the wise words of the religious texts which promote love, peace and harmony shine through and reach the hearts of those who are in need of their comfort and wisdom.

Let your path be free of frustration toward those who are at a different stage in their spiritual development than you, and free of judgment toward others' chosen paths which may be different than yours. Before you are tempted to judge others, consider the lesson behind this famous fable: The Blind Men and the Elephant and God's ten commandments.

What Is Spiritual Enlightenment and Faith

When you seek a way to open your heart, to love all including yourself as God wants you to do, when you feel your connection with others, you have started on your path toward spiritual enlightenment, to God. Faith is believing in a higher order to life, that life is more than a random set of occurrences. It's believing in a power of creation which is the source of all life, that a supreme being or intelligent force is responsible for life as we know it.

The road to enlightenment begins with a spiritual awakening drawing you to find the higher power which binds all, eventually leading you to your higher purpose. Once you achieve your higher purpose, the road will end in a fulfilled, blissful state of love and inner peace.

How to Find Lasting Happiness

If you only had these four directions to choose from as your life's goal, which one of the following do you think would bring you lasting happiness?

As this simple four-choice test illustrates, the way to achieve lasting happiness is to find your higher purpose in life by searching for and following your path to God. Once you discover your higher purpose, you will live a more fulfilling life and will no longer crave those material things which can never satisfy your soul's needs.