If in your mind’s eye, you can persuasively conjure up an image of your desire, then—as in, "seeing is believing"—it can simulate reality and, in a sense, take you there.
In reading fiction, we gladly enter and subject ourselves to a world contrived by the author to mimic our own.
As long as they’re psychologically credible, we emotionally identify with the author’s characters; the sights, sounds, and scenes they depict; and their narrative structures generally. We gladly enter—and subject ourselves to—a world calculated to mimic our own. The main thing is to give your imaginings enough time for the fantasy to so engross you that almost literally it metamorphosesParadoxically, with such a procedure your body and brain are prepared to go along with, well, what’s not really real.
We can also speak of the “mind’s ear.” Have you ever tried to remember someone’s voice and after a few seconds you could hear it inside you? And when that happened, did it not feel authentic? (So if a particular person’s company calms you down, or cheers you up, can you imagine their in-person presence when in fact they can’t physically be there?
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