Another remedy is that they fear not, nor esteem these malicious stirrings for sins, nor lay to heart that despair or blasphemy, or doubtings of sacrament, or any such other, though never so ugly to hear; for the feeling of these temptations defile the soul no more than if they heard a hound bark or felt the biting of a flea. They vex the soul indeed, but do not harm it, if so be a man despise them and set them at nought, for it is not good to strive with them, as if thou wouldst cast them out by mastery and violence, for the more they strive with them the more they cleave to them. (John Climacus)

Awareness of temptation does not require contention with temptation.

Awareness of a threat does not require engaging the threat. It is often possible to walk away, to avoid the threat.

Contention is a fertile breeding ground for temptation and sin. Calm detachment can help contain the potential of sin.