Connected with this is a form of being aware of God's presence, of the presence of Christ with us throughout the day. It is much recommended by St. Teresa of Avila among others. It consists in imagining that Christ is by our side all day and they are in constant loving conversation with him. One author calls this the exercise of imaginative faith. A good expression. Imagine the Christ sitting there on an empty chair in your room and speak with him just as you would of you actually saw him. This is not pure fantasy because what you are imagining is really there — Christ the Risen Lord — but isn't there is the way you are imagining him, with the features and garments you are putting on him
— Anthony de Mello, Contact With God