A yogi was happy with his walking meditation; he liked his walking path and cordoned it off with bottles to keep it for himself. When he realized that, he felt guilty and criticized himself for being selfish. He then asked if he should continue to walk there or go somewhere else.
Where did the yogi start to go wrong, and what should he do?
The whole process is a natural process; none of it is wrong in itself. What derailed the yogi was when he took it personally.
He was walking and walking well; and when he felt happy, there was greed. He saw that – it was fine.
And, he thought ‘I’m selfish; my mind is no good’. That’s when it went off the rails of meditation and went into ‘I should be’ instead of ‘Oh, yes, the mind is doing this’.
The yogi has to watch the selfish or greedy mind, not move somewhere else. The goal is not to get rid of the selfishness by moving away, but to watch and understand it.