This "study" means actually what Gurdjieff means by "self-remembering.

" Patanjali's
swadhyaya is
exactly what Gurdjieff means by "self-remembering." Remember yourself and just go
on watching. How
you relate with people -- watch. Relationship is a mirror. How you relate with
strangers, how you relate
with people who are known to you, how you relate with your servant, how you relate
with your boss -- just
go on watching. Let every relationship be a mirror, a reflection, and watch how you
change your mask.
Look at your greed, look at your jealousies, look at your fear, look at your
anxieties, possessiveness -- go on
looking and watching.