Hari-śauri: You were saying yesterday that in all state of matter there is always some living condition to be found. Even in a body that is supposed to be dead, there is life coming from it.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Actually when the body dies, we say that it decomposes, actually that decomposition is done by small microbes. These microbes at this big body...
Prabhupāda: They become prominent, that's all. (break)
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Light.
Prabhupāda: Light. Fire means heat and light.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: What is magnetism?
Prabhupāda: Magnetism also another action of the fire. We used to do that. Rubbing, rubbing, rubbing.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Electricity.
Rūpānuga: Friction.
Prabhupāda: And it would, get one fine paper, you'll get.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Hairs will stand on end.
Prabhupāda: So magnetism means another action of the fire. (laughter)
Svarūpa Dāmodara: We talk sometimes things very complicated, Śrīla Prabhupāda, but Prabhupāda explains it very simply. (laughs)
Prabhupāda: Because I am not scientist. (laughter) Just like I captured immediately, common sense.