A request for proposal for a specific program may require the company to review the bids to not only examine their feasibility but also the health of the bidding company and the ability of the bidder to actually do what is proposed.
The most obvious reason for using spatial imagery in metaphors is that the language of the primary processes (e.g., dreams) is spatial imagery. This can explain everything, but is trivial: it is always true, and you cannot make meaningful distinctions with it in a text or in changing contexts.
guided imagery a therapeutic technique in which the patient enters a relaxed state and focuses on an image related to the issue being confronted, which the therapist uses as the basis of an interactive dialogue to help resolve the issue.