Consciousness as location

My meditation masters this year, Autobiography of a Yogi, Billy Joel lyrics, Manuel (the owner of Empty Space Chiang Mai) all speak to your location being the site of your consciousness. CRC as a group has been berated for spending too much time at home via Facebook, which was a revelation because none of the students would like to consider themselves disconnected from what we are learning and the people we are studying. Our berating did not fall on deaf ears as we have been encouraged to cultivate unity of mind, action and body through meditation.
The Guru of ‘the yogi’ is omnipresent and would choose to stop lessons entirely when his student’s mind is not singularly focused on his message. I wonder what he would do with my monkey mind! As I am currently reading Autobiography, this concept is pervasive in my thought. As I study my mind and my habitual thought patterns I am noticing that these focus more on peoples, I suppose this means that my mental location would be in the spot that I have memories with this person but wouldn’t it be interesting if by thinking of someone I was that person! I don’t have a desire to be anyone else but, I wonder if having my consciousness on a person, I became them if that would mean that I would experience their thoughts, how confusing that would be! Good thing I have only one monkey mind to deal with. I suppose it is also true that I don’t have my entire consciousness on that thought generally I am also present in classes or my location by sensory input etc. so my consciousness is rarely singular, except perhaps when I am alone. There is a Thai saying, “when you are with your friends watch your words, when you are alone watch your thoughts” this is intended to speak to creating negative karma, but this saying has made me realize that being with other people causes my consciousness to be with them, but doesn’t cause my habitual thoughts to cease so it causes a split in my consciousness which is not necessarily true when I am alone. Alone my mind can be entirely focused on my thoughts - if sense input isn’t too distracting - and thus if not checked, entirely with those memories.
I think of the consciousness by location with guilt as my body is obviously in India but I don’t know enough of Indian history, language(s), politics, economic situations, culture, religion, styles, landscape to feel able to have my thought immersed in India. Looks like it is time to read, read, read!