First paragraph:
It has been said that you need peace and quiet in order to commune with Me. That is incorrect. Commune with Me, and you will have peace and quiet. There is nothing you have to be in order to commune with Me except but what you already are, right in this moment. There is no need to dress up for Me. There is no need to lower the radio. Lights do not need to be turned on or off for me. If circumstances are not the making of you, they certainly are not the making of Me. No conditions are needed for Me to appear to you.
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Does one of the two, except or but, need to go?