(Clearwisdom.net) People who have had experience performing may have noticed the following: If a performer only displays individual fervor based on personal ability and human factors, the audience is usually only moved by superficial emotions, and the effect is limited by the performer’s skill. Also the performer feels exhausted and empty inside after the emotional surge. (A person's writing performance produces a similar result.) On the other hand, if a performer is able to display a deeper meaning of the work using his/her own skill and ability, then, the deeper the meaning is, the more the audience is moved by it.
The Celestial Band and the NTDTV Chinese New Year's Gala are not perfect in terms of performance skills, but audience feedback is very positive. Teacher explained what was happening in other dimensions during the performance. Art created by Dafa disciples has the power and connotation of the Fa. Disciples' cultivation energy and the most righteous elements of the universe cleanse human hearts. As a result, people's hearts are deeply touched because the art itself is peaceful and good.
All the Dafa work that we do is for the same purpose: to validate the Fa. It is Teacher’s choice and the Fa's arrangement that the world's people see this as the result. Of course, Its power can shock and change people. Whether or not it is an individual effort or a group effort, the final result has already been determined by the Fa. How to achieve the final result is also within the Fa; we have obtained the ability through our consistent cultivation.
"The Fa has existed since a very long time ago. It's just a matter of how sentient beings are assimilated to the Fa, that's all." ("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003")
When we are in a state without personal notions and sentiments, we can fully utilize the abilities that are given to us by Teacher. When we are calm and rational, the power of the Fa then completely manifests itself. When we do things according to the requirements of the Fa, we can then achieve the best result in saving sentient beings.
Some practitioners feel that they lack the ability to do what they want to do. In fact, they carry human attachments and experience "hand-to-hand combat" with the evil. They lack wisdom; they think they fight the best they can, and even if they cannot win, they feel they have done their best. These are elements of qing in their belief in Teacher and Dafa. They behave like everyday people, boldly disregarding their safety, seeking human "justice," instead of behaving as cultivators with righteous thoughts. When they reject interference from evil elements with these human thoughts, they do not have the real power of a Dafa disciple. It is like using one’s flesh hand to grasp the evil in another dimension. One cannot remove the true evil nature. Similarly, if one’s words do not have the power of the Fa, they cannot move people's hearts.
Teacher spoke of his wish for Dafa disciples as a whole body to become more mature and rational in his recent article "Mature:"
"My overall impression is that most Dafa disciples have matured; the way in which they are cultivating has matured; the understanding cultivators have of cultivation has matured; and the rational behavior that comes from a progressive decrease in human thoughts has, likewise, matured. When all Dafa disciples are like this, the evil will be completely eliminated and Gods and Buddhas will grandly manifest."
"A Dafa disciple's wisdom comes from righteous thoughts--divine thoughts" ("Teaching the Fa at the Meeting with Asia-Pacific Students")
Such rational behavior is based on full understanding of the Fa, instead of the human concepts of loyalty and bravery. When we validate the Fa with wisdom and ability from our cultivation, our words will carry power and virtue, and we will able to change people’s hearts.