Esoteric quantum physics.
Its a matter of consciousness, that the conscious mind taps into its super-consciousness, mostly momentarily, for the psyche to absorb an image or thought. Its built-in to the human's spiritual self.
Cosmic Consciousness by Maurice Burke
Altered States of Consciousness by Charles Tart
The writings of Gautama the Buddha
The Oversoul by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1840
The "mechanism" as you term it is not mechanical. Its so fluid as to escape concise definition. To put it another way: It is what it is whether you believe it or not.
Carl Gustav Jung, Quantum Physics and the Spiritual Mind:
A Mystical Vision of the Twenty-First Century
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217602/
Can consciousness be explained by quantum physics?
My research takes us a step closer to finding out
https://theconversation.com/can-cons...ing-out-164582
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