How, what, when and where is unknown but Belle (Emilie de Ravin) does find a way to communicate with Rumplestiltskin. Hoping she may have that calming effect on him and some good advice.
This implies that it’s BELLE who does the communicating, not Rumple conjuring up a vision of his inner self or concious
[adrotate group="5"]
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"