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802 AD - In the Beginning - Drawing Coded Messages
Kbal Spean - Relaxing Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi were carved in the river bed
Modeling after the Gods the first, original lesson of rest and relaxation started in the natural spa of a fresh, flowing river.
802 AD - Drawing Clear Embedded Messages
Kbal Spean - Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi were carved on the river bed
Shiva and his consort ride on a bull while Vishnu relaxes on the Naga and Lakshmi, his consort, waits at his feet. The water falls gush over the thousand linguams (the phallic symbols of Shiva) to fertilize the water for the rice paddies downstream.
802 AD - Learning Relaxation Best Practices
Kbal Spean - Relaxing Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi were carved in the river bed
Part 1 - The simple life: easy does it. Rest and relax.
802 AD - Training in Repetitions
Kbal Spean - Relaxing Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi were carved in the river bed
Part 2 - The simple life: easy does it. Rest and relax.
The Gods relax while the Goddess waits by the feet.
802 AD - Repeating Relaxation into a Tradition
Kbal Spean - Relaxing Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi were carved in the river bed
Part 3 - The simple life: easy does it. Rest and relax in an inspired bliss drunk in illusions of divine pleasures.
802 AD - The Birth of a Culture of Relaxation
Kbal Spean - Relaxed Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi carved in the river bed
Part 4 - The simple life: easy does it. Rest and relax. Sleep, chill and sit in bliss to an enlightened peace of mind - a divine reflection of truth on earth favors only the men.
1181 AD Brave New Culture - Work-Action Replaced Relaxation
1181 - 1218 AD Divine Gender Equality - Avalokiteshvara and Prajnaparamita
Buddha, Avalokiteshvara and goddess Prajnaparamita replaced Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The empowerment of this trinity, was represented in bronze statues (above) and extensively carved on the Mahayana monuments. Standing Avalokiteshvara and Prajnaparamita look ready to work, plan, and build while relaxing Vishnu and Lakshmi enjoy sleeping, sitting, resting and chilling.
1219 AD - The Return of Ancestral Relaxation
Preah Khan - Vishnu and Lakshmi relax after removing traces of the last two action figures.
Images of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in Linguas re-erected back in all Khmer temples. Ancient tradition of relaxation had no tolerance for active human development nor social evolution. And, the men with a goatee gleefully praise in approval for the order restoration of Vishnu.
1870 - Eternal Message in Art
Messages read in thousands of languages more than this naga's forked tongues.
It is a testimony of subliminal effect in coded imagery transcending time, ethnics, borders, space and ages.
2005 - Reminiscing the Omnipresent Past
Impotent by itself
Brahma and Vishnu relax in a blissful high while Lakshmi is eager to please, a perpetual match made in heaven. The actors never change places.
2010 Breaking News - the Massage Decoded in the Message
Clear, Obvious Interpretation of the Image - Lakshmi Massage
Rest and relax your feet for a massage in Siem Reap. The masseuse will make the guest feel like a blue god in heaven. Incidentally, getting any kind of massages is the number two activity after visiting the temples. It is living history of an ancestral tradition of relaxation drudged by working women for the pleasure of mankind.
2010 - The Real Message that Matters to Khmer Women
The Power of ONE Khmer making a positive social change for ALL Khmers.
Prime Minister Hun Sen endorsed and encouraged more women in government. "He emphasized that these appointments should invest the women with real power and responsibilities." - Cambodia Daily, Nov 4, 2010, p. 21.