The Power of Emotional Coolness

As I was preparing to fall asleep one night, in that Thetaville space, a most profound thought occurred to me. It had to do with the fact that I have only one window air conditioner, and that AC is not in my bedroom, so it gets rather warm. I had already known that certain thoughts can affect us emotionally and even biologically to an extent. But it was my purpose to use this to my advantage.

We all know that when we feel anger, our pulse races, and we get hot. Our physiological temperature rises, and we experience sweating, and even skin turning red. Not unlike being out in the sun on a hot day. So if you need to warm yourself up, one might think angry thoughts. While this might work, the anger can have other affects on your system, and affects everything from production of hormones and neurotransmitters, to affecting judgment.

Ok, so while I lay in bed, I did not want to get warmer. I wanted to cool myself down. I remembered then that in the past, when I would hear disturbing news, I would feel cool inside and even get goosebumps, a familiar experience. The epiphany occurred when I realized that I could induce this coolness by remembering some bad news. Only, I wouldn't focus on how I felt emotionally, but just the physical coolness. So now I had another module I could fit into my existing repertoire.

This exercise below can help you get in touch with your inner-coolness.

Remember a time when you've heard some moderately bad news, but don't focus how you felt emotionally. Remember how your body got cold, the physical feeling? Work on sustaining that cool feeling. It may begin in your heart area, so work on expanding it out into your body. Again, there should be no emotional attachment to this, but only a simple coolness. You have just experienced perceptive energy.

If you get emotionally disturbed or your heart races:

1) Close your eyes and think of a peaceful place.
2) Inhale deeply and say 10
3) Hold for 3 seconds
4) Exhale and pause for a second
5) Repeat 2-4, counting down to 1
6) At 1, slowly open your eyes

If there has been trauma in your life, focusing on a peaceful scene and breathing deeply certainly helps. If this exercise worries you, then don't do it. There are many other ways for inducing coolness in your body.