🔼: [[💡 Near Enemy]] ###### 🔑 Equanimity is not passivity or resignation The idea that [[☀️ Equanimity]] means accepting both our inner-experience **and** the situation that led to it is a common misconception. [[☀️ Equanimity]] is about being accepting of only **our experience**. It is *not* about being apathetic toward outer behavior. We do not have to say yes to violent or harmful behavior to be equanimous, only to the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations we experience in reaction to it. What we do about the situation that led up to the experience or how we take action moving forward is a completely separate matter. [[🔑 Restore Parts' trust in Self and in Self-Leadership|🔑 Restoring Parts' trust in Self and in Self-Leadership]] means looking after our [[💡 Parts|Parts]] by setting appropriate [[🕯️ Boundaries|boundaries]]. Equanimity gives us the ability to acknowledge and accept our [[💡 Parts|Parts]]' reactions to what happens to us so that we can respond appropriately to what's happening from [[💡 Presence|Presence]], as opposed [[💡 Blending|blending]] and acting from or being paralyzed by [[💡 Protector Parts|Protectors]]. [^1]: