My mac starts up in os x utilities, even when I restart.. What do I do!!

every time I start up my iMac, it just goes into OS X utilities. Even when I restart and reboot the computer it still starts up in OS X utilities how do I fix it or how do I get out of OS X utilities

Repair Disk and Permissions
Steps 2 through 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836

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