Imagination Overrides Senses
The aptly named inner game really can be played inside. In addition to gaining experience in the real world, you can gain experience inside your head as well.
Suppose you’re sitting in the movie theater, watching the big car chase at the climax of the movie. Your pulse is rapid, your breathing shallow, your muscles clenched.
But wait, you’re not actually in the car chase. You’re sitting in a comfortable upholstered chair, in the air-conditioning, with a drink and popcorn, watching flickering images projected on a screen. You are not in any danger at all.[129]
Yet your body reacts as if you’re in real danger. And it doesn’t have to be a movie; a book would work as well. It doesn’t even have to be happening in ...
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