The autobiography is on the spiritual life of the author and how she has received guidance in the form of messages, premonitions, visions and silent voices from the Higher Being, or Higher Soul and God. They have forewarned her in cases where there is likelihood of a mishap or foreboding, These warnings have come to her well in advance to allow her to heed them. This overall guidance and the many experiences prompted her to name the book The Guiding Light.