Sutra I, 4.

I, 4. vritti sarupyam itaratra- At other times the seer identifies with the fluctuations of
consciousness. -Iyengar (tr.)

Now this one I can relate to through direct experience! Whenever I allow myself to identify with my "labels", i.e., yoga teacher, personal trainer, girlfriend, daughter, etc., my current emotional state (I am happy, I am depressed, I am nervous...) and/or my current situation or sense of self-worth, then I am obviously not in conscious contact with my true nature, which is essentially changeless and pure. All of these identifications are an illusion imposed upon me by the bombardment of what I perceive as reality through the filters of my manomaya kosa, my mental sheath. We discussed the kosas in detail in the first pod cast and the manomaya kosa in particular in the second. Basically, I allow my memories and past impressions, my sense of self (small"s") at that particular moment and the way I choose to integrate and relate to that information to mold my self image and inform my actions. Because this is a conditioned behavior, it is very difficult to transcend, and, of course, that is what the study of Yoga, citta (consciousness, and this work I have undertaken is all about.