Imagination is not a meditative state, it is a byproduct of our mind. We can use our imagination to trick the mind into believing, but it cannot duplicate the experience of conscious reality.
Our higher self is not another religion to be worshiped or another set of rules to be followed, but a living conscious personal relationship in which we transcend the limitations found in our mind and emotions.
No longer do we hope to be, for we have become, our beliefs have become fulfilled in reality.