Awareness is often depicted as light or even fire in the old mysteries and these are just analogies for us to relate to, because the true experience of consciousness can't be explained. When you start to get deeper into meditation you will start to feel different sensations, one of these can be heat because your consciousness becomes more active. If someone would scan your brain at these moments they would see that there would be a heightened activity in the pre-frontal cortex the region of the brain that governs well-being, self-awareness and the higher thinking processes.
I used to have this problem too, getting so warm that it felt like I was inside a sauna. I got scared at first because it felt like I had a fever. But then I read up chi and the way that the eastern philosophies viewed energy and I started to visualize the energy move down into my legs and arms and the rest of the body. Then the heat somehow got evened out and I was no longer distracted by the heat, in fact, I started to view the heat as consciousness flooding my body.
I recommend that you check out some anime series like HunterXHunter, Naruto, Avatar and then practise moving the energy within your body.
Energy + Intention = Action
http://youtu.be/YV3l23pO6G4
Enjoy
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