Ali: The purpose of this internal dialogue. We talk to ourselves all the time. We can't be silent.
Prabhupāda: You talk with whom? There must be second person. When you talk, you are one person, and another person must be there. Who is that other person? With whom you talk?
Ali: With the self.
Prabhupāda: Then you are lunatic. Just like a lunatic, he talks alone.
Ali: No, this is silent talk, like the mind, you can't stop.
Prabhupāda: No, the idea is when you talk of talking, there must be two. So self, then you have to admit the self becomes two, otherwise there is no talking. This is good, that one is Superself, another is subordinate self. So when the subordinate self is able to talk with the Superself, then he gets right direction, his life is very successful.
Ali: Is the Superself a spirit?
Prabhupāda: Yes. When you say "self," it is spirit. Spirit—the Supreme Spirit, and the subordinate spirit. The Supreme Being and the subordinate being. That is also explained in the Bhagavad-gītā. (aside) You find out this verse:
- sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo
- mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca
- vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
- Vedānta kṛd veda vid eva cāham
- (BG 15.15)
Hari-śauri: "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me comes remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness."
Prabhupāda: The Supreme Being, the Supreme Self, is situated in everyone's heart. That is being explained.