Interesting, this is my own theory so take it with a grain of salt. But I think everyone has wild confusion with the subject of the minds eye. We are all just recalling things, it’s the same thing.

I believe the difference between 1-5 is much smaller than online discussing would make us think.

I can “see the apple” and I can “feel it crunch” but not actually. I’m just recalling the “idea” of those sensations.

If I stare off in my environment, I can place the apple on a table, I can “pick it up” but there is no apple. I’m simply recalling what it feels like to take that action, or what I would think based on previous experiences it would feel like.

I don’t think anyone is able to legitimately hallucinate things into their reality (within reason of course haha, mental conditions and such) and I always leave these discussions feeling like people who align with 5 think 1’s can legitimately create objects in their reality.

But I can only experience my mind, so we will probably never have a solid answer to this.

I would also be very interested to know if people who align with 5 are able to “train” themselves up the scale.