With patience and practice, you may gradually train your mind to come back to the present moment more often and hence, binding your attention to a particular anchor element as a focal point allows you to use the sensations of your breath and so on, bringing your attention back to the anchor point and allowing it to lead you back to the present moment whenever you see yourself becoming distracted.
When meditating, it is necessary to figure out detachment from thoughts, emotions, and external distractions rather than getting entangled in them, trying to control it and creating ephemeral entities that flow through your life.
Acknowledging that self improvement may come from errors and distractions and the path of meditation that leads to self-discovery; hence, controlling distractions is an essential part of the meditation path that provides invaluable guidance.
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