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The ‘shimmering bag’ is the forcefield holding Sloane.
The probe is the Romulan Mind Probe.
The wounds they received from blasters in Sloane’s mind weren’t real wounds.
In Sloane’s mind, he reunited with his family.
Clue 1: The glasses that Benny wears throughout the episode, which he put on at various points in order to better see his reality as well as the visions being fed to him.
Clue 2: The word count of his story as opposed to the word that seems to be oppressing him.As Jimmy puts it, "As far as they're concerned, we'll always be n------."
Clue 3: Sisko's dad appears to Benny as a streetcorner preacher, interspersing what appears to be Christian theology with knowledge of the Bajoran Prophets.