Spiritual Teachings and Writings by Andres Aguila

World Peace Is Simple Starting on the inside. By Andres Aguila One of the cornerstones to truly living a spiritual life is the art of humility.  This essential element in the journey of the heart seems to have an arsenal of attack aimed and firing against it at all times.  I have seen in my life how easily it has been to slip into patterns of pride and arrogance even when I have been consciously seeking to live on the humble road. In a discussion about the pitfalls of the ego, including the seemingly polar opposites of arrogance and insecurity, someone recently asked “But do you think that the ego is all bad, or are there parts of it that are necessary?”  First of all, let me clarify, I do not have any concrete answers to that or almost any other...

Who Am I? Finding And Pursuing The Dream By Andres Aguila   “To travel the world and build a global network of self-sustaining youth ranches” became my dream and my mantra, a deep burning passion…I suppose due to my own “troubled” childhood and youth. After a series of bizarre events while traveling overseas, and receiving my first spiritual awakening, I simply felt the need to share positive options with the upcoming generations.  I realized that part of my mission on the planet was to assist others in finding their own passions and purpose.  I also felt a need to move away from the current world system.  I had no idea how I would finance this dream, but at age 20, I believed I was ready, and I am sure God must have been laughing as I would...

What Other People Think Important insight into the healing of the heart. By Andres Aguila   It has become almost cliché to say, “I don’t care what other people think.”  I recently read a blurb written on Facebook by a lady I knew 20 years ago, which said she remembered the time, in high school, that she stopped caring about what other people thought.  Her words accompanied her photo…with breast implants, make up, and dyed hair. My observation of her contradiction is quite similar to my observation of western culture in general.  It appears that most people care about what other people think.  Is it wrong to care about what other people think of us?  I tend to believe that there is a balance to be had somewhere in the mix of the human...

What are you willing to do? Taking action to realize your dreams. By Andres Aguila   You have a dream in your heart.  Destiny awaits you. Our dreams and our visions have been planted in the fertile soils of our hearts and minds and are exuberantly waiting, like baby seedlings, for us to water and nurture them.  The power is in our hands.  As we choose to give attention to our destiny, we will begin to see the manifestation of our dreams.  However, it should be noted carefully that in order to truly fulfill your destiny, you must face many, many fiery trials and tribulations.  No on said the road to fulfillment would be easy, and no one said it would be fair…or if they did, they may have been hallucinating.  The questions then are these:  “How...

   There Has Got To Be More Than Christianity              My first spiritual awakening came as a surprise to me. Growing up in a conservative “Christian” city in the US and attending a Catholic high school, I had no desire for any of what I had seen in religion.  After several years of drug use, selfish sexual activities, violence, and many other dark and egotistic behaviors, I hit rock bottom while on an overseas hitchhiking journey.  I had been away from home for nearly a year and I was ready to end my own life.  I felt I had nothing to live for…no love, no reason to go on, and no purpose in this life.             In a depressed stupor I realized I needed truth.  Now what “truth” meant…I had no idea.  I sat...

The Magic Prayer Letting go of judgments to gain personal freedom. by Andres Aguila There seems to be a rather strange malfunction in the human existence, which is to separate from other humans.  Rather than working together for a peaceful existence, the normal activity of humans appears to divide. One of the surest ways that I have found to misery is to judge others.  There is a dark magic that takes place in the act of judging others, which has a boomerang effect and smacks us onto our bums.  Though I am thankful for the humility that comes with such a smack down, I am learning to humble myself and walk in humility rather than waiting for life to do it for me.  The master Yahshua (Yahshua is the original Hebrew name for Jesus) warned us “Do not...