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I find that my spirituality soars when drinking coffee, but it’s causing me anxiety. I try and compromise by drinking just a little, but I want more and more as my spirit begins to soar.
 
I’m addicted to caffeine. *

and it’s the worst thing for my anxiety but sadly I am addicted and it has been very difficult to quit.

Maybe you can slowly decrease your intake. Little by little day by day…

I enjoy coffee as well…

Learning all things in moderation…*
 
I someone who suffered from caffeine poisoning without knowing it (I thought I was bi-polar, so I went to a psychiatrist.) you really have to be careful with caffeine, especially now that they have energy drinks. My best advice to you is to slowly decrease your caffeine consumption by mixing your coffee with decafe.
 
Would you be willing to suffer strong anxiety for the sake of being closer to God? Right now I plan on reducing my caffeine intake, but not completely.
 
Dear Robert,

Is it the caffeine/buzz that you’re addicted to, or just the taste? There is a coffee substitute called Teeccino that is absolutely wonderful, really does taste like a smooth brew! 👍

Jala
 
We’re not actually closer to God because of feeling closer.
God is always in the same place. God is ‘here’.
God calls Himself “I Am Who I Am”
We believe we sense God at times, and other times we feel we don’t so we think God is further away. The caffeine uplift has to do with chemicals reactions within our body and brain.

"God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Exodus 3:14
I who exist, I who am existence, I who hold all things in being.
 
We should never seek to alter through artificial means our mind, especially to try to feel closer to God. That cannot be good.

In fact, one of the greatest masters of spirituality, who had reached the greatest heights of mystical union with God, St. John of the Cross, taught us to disregard all the senses and to actively seek for a “dark night” of the senses, so that when we will have given everything up, everything will be given to us.

Everything that comes from the senses - even with regards to “good things”, as explained in the “Ascent to Mt. Carmel” - is finite, temporary, will pass away.

Just my thoughts.
 
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We should never seek to alter through artificial means our mind, especially to try to feel closer to God. That cannot be good.

In fact, one of the greatest masters of spirituality, who had reached the greatest heights of mystical union with God, St. John of the Cross, taught us to disregard all the senses and to actively seek for a “dark night” of the senses, so that when we will have given everything up, everything will be given to us.

Everything that comes from the senses - even with regards to “good things”, as explained in the “Ascent to Mt. Carmel” - is finite, temporary, will pass away.

Just my thoughts.
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I agree with St John of the cross, but I think what I’m talking about is different. Coffee is enjoyed by countless monks and Hermits. This has little to do with the 5-senses, but more in common with a sixth sense, that being spirituality.
 
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Would you be willing to suffer strong anxiety for the sake of being closer to God? Right now I plan on reducing my caffeine intake, but not completely.
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Caffeine is a drug. The fact that one “feels closer to God” when they are on a caffeine buzz means nothing more than a good possibility they are abusing a drug.

Countless spiritual writers, saints, and doctors of the Church said time and time again, that God’s presence is not based on how we feel, as often he will withdraw his consolations when he is closest in order to test us.
 
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