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It’s been record-breaking temperatures in New York and
\nelsewhere on the East Coast this week. Oppressive heat and humidity. Record
\ndemands on electricity as everyone seeks to cool off. It’s a real challenge in
\nacceptance and one not easily met. There is important information in this
\nsevere heat and we must take precautions against heat exhaustion. But beyond
\nstaying safe, the heat is just<\/i> uncomfortable. There is a saying,
\n“Hot Buddha Sweats; Cold Buddha Shivers.” This wisdom is timely. We
\ncan examine the heat from four different perspectives, or levels like the
\nstories in a building. On the ground floor are the sensations that arise from
\nbeing hot. These include sweating, a sense of warmth, increased body temperate,
\nand so forth. Here there are just sensations. No judgments. No complaints. It’s
\nobjective. The brain’s job is to make sense of these sensations and this occurs
\non the second and third floors of the building. On the second floor the brain
\nrecognize the pattern of sensation as “hot.” For most of us, this kind of heat
\nand humidity is unpleasant. So the brain continues to do its job on the third
\nfloor by registering a feeling tone to the experience. Is this pleasant,
\nunpleasant, or neutral (in other words, should I approach this, avoid this, or
\nignore this)? On the fourth floor we begin to have conscious thoughts. Because
\nthe heat may contain important safety information we need to keep our brain
\nonline to evaluate if we are getting enough water and not exerting ourselves to
\nthe point of heat exhaustion. These thoughts are adaptive and necessary.
\nMeanwhile, we are likely to have other thoughts and these thoughts are neither
\nadaptive nor necessary. This is where the mind complains, “I can’t stand this
\nheat!” “When is this going to end?” And it is here<\/i> that distress arises. What would happen, however, if we came
\ndown from the fourth floor and its complaints about the heat and paid attention
\nto the sensations on the ground floor? Hot Buddha sweats. We’d just be hot Buddhas,
\nthat’s all. No distress; just perspiration. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

In Northern Vermont it’s also helpful to remember that
\nsuch heat is very impermanent and that it was snowing on Mother’s Day not too
\nlong ago. We longed for warmth then. So we can embrace the heat, once we make
\nsure we are safe and enjoy the summer as it is. And if climate change science
\nis correct, there are a lot more hot days ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

*Image courtesy of NASA <\/span><\/p>\n

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