ATLANTA—Entrepreneur Tim Lee was stunned by the beauty of Shen Yun Performing Arts when he attended the New York-based company’s evening performance at the recommendation of his wife, who had seen the show last year.
Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by elite Chinese artists who had fled the persecution of the communist party.
For 5,000 years, China’s civilization flourished under the shared belief that the divine will bless those who uphold traditional moral values. Tragically, within just a few decades of the communist party’s violent takeover, these beliefs were erased and replaced with atheism.
I was touched by “how graceful the performances were—the sceneries, the temples, the nature, the heavenly clouds, and so on and so forth,” he shared.
“Our lives, the world, the universe doesn’t exist for no reason. There’s a divine Creator. The divine creator made us, created this world, made us who we are. So, we need to embrace the creator. We need to be able to give back, to be a part of the creation that he’s put in front of us.”
The message he is taking home from the evening is to “get up and be productive.”
“We fight our fight, we go through the traffic, and we occupy ourselves with so many things that might not be relevant. So, take a step back, and think about that divine … so that we can go towards it, balance our lives a little bit more,” Mr. Lee said.
He also noted that being able to maintain that balance requires unwavering faith in the divine. “You have to put faith as a part of that because people try to use logic to resolve—to solve their problems,” he said.
“You cannot solve all of your problems with logic. You have to have faith. That’s the higher power that you always can depend on to carry you through the most difficult times.”
Shen Yun’s beauty further inspired Mr. Lee to take action for the benefit of the community.
“In my mind, I’m visualizing—a place, somewhere I can invest and make that into something that people can enjoy … the wonderful nature that the Creator provides for us to enjoy.”
