That is the way we learned everything we know. By using our attention we learned a whole reality, a whole dream. When you were in school, you sat in a little chair and put your attention on what the teacher was teaching you. When you went to church, you put your attention on what the priest or minister was telling you. We also learn to hook the attention of other humans, and we develop a need for attention which can become very competitive.
Children compete for the attention of their parents, their teachers, their friends.
Hey, I'm here. The need for attention becomes very strong and continues into adulthood. The outside dream hooks our attention and teaches us what to believe, beginning with the language that we speak. Language is the code for understanding and communication between humans. Every letter, every word in each language is an agreement.