The far enemies of equanimity are mental factors that cause agitation in the mind, such as restlessness, anxiety, craving, and hatred. Equanimity has two near enemies. The first is disengagement, when we simply ignore what we do not want to see. The second near enemy of equanimity is apathy. With disengagement, a person ignores and doesn’t see; with apathy, the person sees but doesn’t care.
