3082. Therefore I was prompted to tell them that it cannot happen differently, for it happens also on earth that in every society, when one person is speaking, the thoughts of the others are then held by those of that one person, so that they direct their mind to the same things and think the same things, likewise in a large gathering when one is speaking, as also in congregations, when a priest is preaching, and so on. This is even more the case in the other life, where the mental images are richer. When there is conversation, the mental images cannot but be communicated better because it is inward things that they are speaking, and more things that attract the thoughts or ideas of others.