Hi, i wanted to ask if Caffeine either in tea or Coffee is a cause for a Spiritual block in opening your mind to higher frequencies? Personally i was always considering coffee as a fuel for a drone-like material society.
Else, what other spiritual blocks are you aware of and want to share with the others?
Let’s make this thread as the main thread that discusses spiritual blocks and for all to avoid of.
I will first say that i try to be as much as possible detached from the material world and that means to be least involved in it. That means:
I have stopped watching Netflix.
I don’t even know how to turn on the TV at home (lol seriously).
I do not play video games.
I do not drive a car but use public transportation when neeeded so that i can always be in my mind rather than focusing on mundane issues such as the road and shit like that.
I do not eat junk food.
I drink black coffee once a week and that is it.
I do not own a facebook account. (Best decision ever!)
I do not smoke.
I drink only Red wine on rare occasions or a Black Metal concert.
I do not associate myself with people that are not like-minded.
I am not family oriented.
I have found out that going out is actually making me feel depressed as i have wasted precious time and energy so i have stopped that and prefer to practice more with Demonolatry instead on that time.
I will add more as soon as it will come to surface in my mind.
No, caffeine is not a spiritual block, and neither is smoking. If you watch EA’s Tarot consecration video, he’s smoking while he performs the ritual.
The main issue with a stimulant like caffeine is that it might prevent you from being relaxed enough to enter Alpha or TGS, but that can be overcome with practice. Everything I’ve read regarding hypnosis says to avoid it when learning to enter an altered state, but once you have learned to enter that state at will, it doesn’t really matter much at all.
I’m addicted to energy drinks, but being under their influence does not prevent me from slipping into trance to perform magick. Plus, a lot of caffeine will actually put you into an altered state of mind, assuming your heart can handle the strain.
Coffee or tea can be consecrated to deities like Mars or Thor before imbibing. You could also bless it so that when you drink it you receive that blessing, such as luck, or success, etc. (this is a technique from Franz Bardon’s Initiation into Hermetics called ‘conscious drinking.’) Like most things, caffeine has its uses in spirituality.
Authors of magick and esotericism often wrote about sex too, however yeah: recently I started to feel as if coffee, alcohol etc. may also be empowering, or anyway a sort of going through things that should be avoided. Well, not really an idea of mine, some books “talks” of possibly using the so called poisons…
I think it’s limiting to detach oneself to something that’s enjoyable and creative, which is what a lot of cults and religions do.
I’m actually drinking coffee, as I write this. And I’m probably gonna watch Netflix tonight, and listening to metal music before going bed. After my coffee, I’m taking a smoke. Life’s good!
Do whatever you want to ascend, but don’t limit yourself by detaching from creative activities.
Everybody is different. Coffee is a drain to some and a boost to others. Just pay attention to your feelings at any given point and go with the flow. The only time I’m careful is when I get cravings and that’s when I usually pause for a bit to see if I actually want something or just feel some uncontrollable itch for it. You can trust your gut in a given situation but just remember that it is for that particular instant because gut instincts change with vibration.
maybe you trying to separate completely from the material world and/or your preconceptions about certain things being of the material world is a block?
I know this will sound too hippy-like, but the only way is self acceptance, self knowing, and letting go of everything that holds you back. Search inside you, pull all your fears, anxiety, guilts, regrets, griefs etc… Face them, accept them and then let them go, as they are things you don’t need.
I know many in BALG approve and even advice others to let go of mundane things. I disagree. Your body belongs in the mundane world. Working only with the spirit it will lead eventually to all the above. And madness. In a bad way and not in a “i’m a spiritual being” way. The mundane is our anchor which keeps us balanced. So you know what happens to a ship without an anchor…? Think about it, it’s not hard to find the answer That’s exactly what will happen to you, if you cut off your anchor.
I haven’t found caffeine to be a blocker or drone-inducer. The only maybe blocking thing would be if you chug 3 monsters and then are too jittery to focus or relax.
I smoke cigarettes regularly, and I find them to work similarly as smoking a pipe. They’re calming, and I tend to ponder things more and slow down while smoking.
I find video games to be good for stimulation of the imagination, which is an important part of magic.
TV is hit or miss depending on the program. Many shows are educational or at least thought provoking, while many others are mindless garbage.
Alcohol can be great in moderation.
To quote the mighty Belial: “There is no separation between the spiritual and the physical. They are one.”
A corollary to that is, what affects the physical will effect the spiritual and vice versa. The better health you are in, the stronger you are spiritually. Your physical body is just as much spiritual as it is physical. Religion’s greatest coup was convincing people that the physical doesn’t matter, that only the “spirit” matters.
Nothing physical can block the spiritual, but what it can do is narrow your perception so that the physical is all you see. Anything you take into your physical body can have this effect if there is too much of it, whether it is food, sugar, caffeine, or hard drugs like cocaine, but the physical is also a gateway into the spiritual. Drugs, fasting, dehydration, flagellation, are all techniques that use the physical to access the spiritual.
I don’t disagree, what I promote is moderation. Not only between the spiritual and the physical but also, to quote you:
And we’re not talking during specific spiritual works that require fasting for example, that’s an exception. Smoke, drink, eat, do everything actually. But in moderation. For example, I’ve noticed some foods are dropping my vibrations. Will I cut them off completely? No. I’ll just reduce the amount and the frequency I’ll consume them.
The great Belial is right. There is no separation. That’s why feelings such as grief, guilt and low self esteem (to bring just some of the examples I gave above) are things you also take in from the mundane world and affect both spiritual and physical body.
The only exception is if one chooses the Path of Poison, where one deliberately causes harm to the physical self to obtain spiritual awakening and knowledge.
Well i would have disagree with you. I am not detaching from anything. I have experienced these things and risen above them so they are not enjoyable any more for me as i resonate on higher frequencies. The same as i do not play anymore with toys.
Metal music, especially black metal i would say, is very philosophical and esoteric so that is something that i would not detach. Also i am actually trying to create my own music
Well actually yes, it’s not seperate completely from the material world but to transcend completely the material world and enter the Nightside. This world is a prison, hell and our sole purpose is to get out of here. Anything that does not justify reaching this goal, keeps me imprisoned.
Well, as i see it, my body is just a dead cage composed of water and food that is being remotely controlled outside of space and time by my mind (me / soul). It’s sole purpose is to understand myself through Physical manifestation but eventually to transcend from the material existence and that would be my ultimate goal. The more i know myself the less connected to the material realm and all of it’s aspects i am.
Regarding self-acceptance and all of these. This is my main issue and i really do not know how to do it. I do not even know if i am subconsciously doing this already, ofcourse i feel much evolved than me in the past, but it is really hard for me and i guess that is why i try to gain the help of Demons and gods, to aid me in my self-understanding and acceptance. I do not even know which are the best entities to work with so i work mainly with Lucifer and Belial and Asmodeus, recently also started with Abbadon for integration with my Shadow-self and letting the beast in me to come outside.
That’s exactly what will happen to you, if you cut off your anchor.