When we create a counterfeit reality we exclude God from our lives

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When we leave reality for a mental creation of our own doing (hidden assumptions), we create a counterfeit world. When we do this, it can properly be said that we exclude God from our lives because God does not exist outside of reality and truth.

Peter Scazzero. (2006) Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. pg. 189