We should use the same process in a positive way, based on God's Word. The following three common statements express the same meaning. I can't see that happening. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Only by imagination.
Understanding uses imagination but is separate from it.
Your understanding is not your imagination, but imagination can help you to understand something. The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out. He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and understand with their heart, lest they should turn, so that I should heal them. Certainly, we must interpret this in a figurative sense. God had not physically blinded their eyes.