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A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search

A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search where you want to search, you would search where you must in order to find them.

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Mistake, Reality, Keys
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.60, Criss Jami

Honesty is not the same as truth. That is the obstacle of the notion of relative truths. I would like to put my trust in the lunatic. He is the one least concerned of what I think of him, the mark of an honest man. I can always depend on him to be completely honest in what he thinks and feels, about anything, no matter the consequences laid before him, however with no course of rationale, I cannot necessarily take his word for even the well-being of him in his own reality.

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Honesty, Reality, Men
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.33, Criss Jami

The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff.

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Life, Reality, Superhero
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.55, Criss Jami

Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal.

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Reality, Guy, Genius
Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.30, Criss Jami

You maintain hope for humanity as an infinite skeptic of gossip and slander. In all mankind's desires for entertainment and exaggeration and sensationalism, when it comes to gossip, the individual always sounds worse than he really is. This is why adhering to gossip subtly affects the mental state of the listener - he goes on holding shady opinions regardless of where the realities of their lights and darknesses may stand.

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Reality, Light, Gossip
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.6, Criss Jami

What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.

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Reality, Thinking, Helping
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.32, Criss Jami

We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if you want to talk about reality, all of that is completely trivial if this life is an island and He's the only pilot with a plane and a flight plan.

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Reality, Thinking, Islands
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.33, Criss Jami

In a society where dirt sells, for every good story told as it is, you will hear the whole of that day's 10 bad stories sensationalized; although in reality, it could be that 100 good deeds happened that day which went unsung.

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Reality, Dirt, Stories
Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.42, Criss Jami

To reach only for that which pleasantly enchants you is the least of imagination, if even imagination at all, by the obvious reality of remaining within your means. The greater of imagination is parallel to risk. It extends beyond your comfort zone or haven, or sense of beauty, or what you personally believe suits you in exploration of what may not.

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Believe, Mean, Reality
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.16, Criss Jami

All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body of Christ.

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Reflection, Reality, Body
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.129, Criss Jami

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