Does Coffee/Caffeine/Red Bull Effect Our Spiritual Journey?

[r6r6]

Yes, as does all that exists effect our spiritual journery, to some degree or another.

Caffeine/speed and warm water both enhance or aswareness abilities when coming out of sleep.

They both also work in conjunction to encouage a bowel movement in the morning.

To much speed also can have negative psyche effects leaving us with a rough edge that may also be characterized as someone having a sharp bite in their temperment.

Some people do get headaches if they dont get their caffeine fix.

I]m not aware of any physical/bodily damage being done in short or long run.

Heard rumors of caffeine bad for joints.

r6

[Sevenofthrees]

There may be a time when you wanna break the addiction of coffee. That is okay. And so then once you become unattached to the reaction of needing coffee, you can then if you so choose to enjoy a cup of coffee without the subconscious need that drinking this cup of has a physical or mental power over you. Therefore finding a middle way, a balanced approach, you may enjoy the act of still drinking coffee. You have been through the addictive pattern before so you can now consciously see the addiction pattern, making another conscious choice to break that pattern more easily. You are the creators of your personal reality. So drinking coffee is neither okay or not okay yet it is both okay and not okay. So maybe Red Bull really will give people wings. Or maybe a Monster really will make our hearts explode. ^_^

[Lucyan28]

Hi, I can say from my experience YES it does, the caffeine can help you to boost the consciousness vibration.

The Caffeine is a sacred substance, a gift from the mother nature to us. There are certain substances on the earth that will guide you in the journey, they are your allies, they certainly have some living spirit in their core, which bring us knowledge and data.

As all the sacred substances in the world, there are some substances that are your friends and will benefit you, but there are some substances that are hazardous for your body and will hurt you.

For example, the coffee is my dearest buddy, I love him, and he helps me a lot. But for some persons the coffee is not healthy at all

PS: Redbull is dangerous for the health, because is not that natural, please investigate with a physician or google it.

[Tanemon]

I believe for most people a little coffee (or Red Bull, in my opinion) during a day is not so bad. Each person's physiology is unique to them, though.

I think caffeine's benefits have more to do with the "action" side of life. But good to remember that tea was long associated with Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, and was thought of as a medicine helpful to guys doing five to eight hours meditation a day... the caffeine may have helped to keep them from falling asleep.

This chart may be helpful: http://www.math.utah.edu/~yplee/fun/caffeine.html

In the caffeine content aspect, Red Bull doesn't come out looking bad, when compared with brewed or drip coffee. Of course, RB contains other things, including vitamins and (I believe) amino acids, which are food constituents. Just an opinion, but I think the energy-boost that RB provides may in good part be due to the taurine content.

[Tobi]

Basically, if I have any more than 2 mugs of coffee in the morning, I start to feel a bit shaky. But that's just 'me'. It wouldn't affect some people that way. Yet bizarrely if ever I can't sleep I get up and have a coffee....then sleep like a baby afterwards! LOL
It doesn't affect my 'spirituality' at all as far as I'm aware. But it does affect my blood pressure (I think) and my nervous energy.

[Amilius777]

BIG study came out last month that people who drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day live much much longer than the average person.

Red Bull? No idea. But I hear Red Bull is dangerous for your health including drinks like Monster because they are full of all kinds of junk.