{"id":5502,"date":"2024-09-18T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T08:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:05:48","slug":"fear-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/spoznaje\/strah-od-srece\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear of happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5502\" class=\"elementor elementor-5502\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce7f0f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce7f0f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b12c1b0\" data-id=\"4b12c1b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1468f1c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1468f1c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-15c0dc31\" data-id=\"15c0dc31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba7e52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ba7e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fear of happiness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-198046fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"198046fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b8ec740\" data-id=\"6b8ec740\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9243de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9243de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><p class=\"p1\">He blamed everyone around him. People who proactively solved problems got on his nerves because he couldn't join in, since they were self-sufficient and couldn't take part in the constant talk about hardships.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">But he was used to problems. His whole life had been one problem after another. His mother, though a good person, was always looking for negatives and issues, and his father was always solving them. Still, they lived harmoniously. Compatible pathologies. Of course, that lasted only until old age, when the mother unconsciously resented her husband for no longer being able to take part in the process of creating and solving problems. The father no longer had the energy or strength for it, and her intensified focus on problems confronted him with his own aging.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">So that was his home, a familiar territory, the security he had felt his whole life.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Whenever he began to enjoy life, dissatisfaction and dejection would well up within him. He would enter an unsafe zone where there were no problems. And in the safe problem-solving zone, he felt, even under stress, a subconscious comfort and security like the one he had felt in his parents' home.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Spiritual life became fuel on the fire, because besides seeking oneself, there lived here an element of an inexhaustible source of problems\u2014parts of him that needed transformation.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">He looked into the Source's eyes and realized how panicked and afraid he was. \"Why are you asking me to be happy?\" the child who had to leave home and the people he loved cried out within him. On the other hand, there was a sense of satisfaction and tranquility when he had problems to solve. Both mother and father lived within him. Creating and solving. Banal tasks and responsibilities were both problems and solutions.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe is happy,\u201d Izvor said, \u201cand as happiness becomes more apparent and closer, his resistance grows and he feels like he's leaving home and security behind. Whenever something problematic happens, he blows it out of proportion to extreme degrees so he can stay in his comfort zone.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The solution has been right in front of him all along: accepting his present\u2014he is happy.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe must let himself into the new and into life. He knows that I am always with him and knows that he is happy. But by letting himself into life, into the new, outside the familiar zone, he accepts me. I worry, but he can live freely. He now knows himself; his soul is there and he doesn't have to identify with anything external. Wherever he is, home is within him. Happy and secure; that is the state of organic creation and an integrated soul\u2014he just has to face it.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5dea6bd elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5dea6bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-208cf587\" data-id=\"208cf587\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6038dde7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6038dde7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1be64b93\" data-id=\"1be64b93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ae93c4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43ae93c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Share:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c2741d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"13c2741d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He blamed everyone around him. People who proactively solved problems got on his nerves because he couldn't join in, since they were self-sufficient and couldn't take part in the constant talk about hardships.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[141,139,140,142,143],"class_list":["post-5502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spoznaje","tag-spiritualnost","tag-tereti","tag-tudi-tereti","tag-uzimanje-tereta","tag-uzimanje-tereta-na-sebe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7036,"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions\/7036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eartharian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}