Concentration meditation sometimes has the vibe of an old tower defense arcade game: trying to detect possible distractions as early as possible so as to fortify attention, a feeling of being beset on all sides, noticing that enemy already past the gate, etc
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Yes! Trying not to shut anything out, and indeed to acknowledge such noticings, sati-wise, while simultaneously maintaining Theravada-style samadhi on an object. In this context a distraction is a sense-impression which I allow to produce grasping or discursive thought.
