The pleasures and benefits of talking to one's self are presented in the context of self-understanding. The types of "self-talk" noted are writing, the trying out of future conversations to one's self, and soliloquizing before groups of people. Futhermore, speculation about the relation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain and communication between the two is offered. Work by John Lilly is used to delineate the various sophisticated levels of "self-talk" as self-consciousness, "the level of competence," critical awareness, and awareness of the "god-like side of our lives." (CH)