How to speak with intelligence, to speak Words that God wishes you to speak, Words of Torah, as though heard from God Himself? To hear no evil, we must exactly that, hear no evil no wickedness no words that destroy the goodness of your thoughts, nothing that could hurt you or to hurt others.
Hear no evil, to use earplugs? Yes, if necessary, not to destroy your hearing abilities, only to have selective hearing, to hear what would increase your knowledge and to not hear words or loud ugly sounds that would decrease it.
Music? Yes, if it coincides with your wisdom and brings you thoughts that cause actions that cause loving-kindness and understanding of people, to send compassion to those you love. To ask God to speak to you so you hear Him and can transfer His Words to others. Like Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, who heard God and spoke His Words to the Israelites and Pharaoh to free the Hebrews from slavery. To not yourself to be a slave or imprisoned, to listen for His guidance, not to have idols or images to worship, to firmly only seriously worship one God. Not one hundred gods, just one. His name is Adonai. We as humans are made in His image.
See no evil. Yes, we cannot rely on photos of images of people we love, if we just see these pictures we do not need the company of the real thing, the real people. Instead it is just an image and not the real person. The second Commandment forbids us from creating images of people, the lands skies or seas. What to do instead? To instead use your imagination to see that which brings you joy, to envision a picture in your mind of those you love and those you wish to be in contact with. To not see black, instead to see white. To see yellow because it brings you happiness. To choose what to see when and what not to see. To make an effort to glare with your eyes at beauty. To look deeply into the eyes of your loved ones, your family and your friends, to see their sincerity and to feel the warmth of their love for you and to show them your love for them.
Speak no evil. Use Words you have read in Torah and soothingly whisper righteousness into the ears of your loved one. Tell him/her you love him and do not hold back these words, make sure s/he knows this and use your beautiful speech, a singing voice, a flow of words like the flow of a pure sparkling stream of water, a bubbling brook.
Hear see and speak no evil.
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