On this celebration of Cambodia's independence from France, while we are grateful to King-Father for leading the crusade for independence from France in the early 50s, Cambodia is now facing with another danger: the Vietnamese neo-colonization and the free fall of democracy and freedoms in Cambodia.
Some Cambodians are again turning to King-Father to seek his help on this issue, only to be rebuffed for the reason of his old-age. As for Cambodia's current king, the universal answer is, unfortunately, "SILENCE". Asking Mr. Hun Xen on this issue would only earn his standard answer: "I will send you a coffin" and "you don't understand the details in Cambodia."
Now, Cambodia's "Puth Tumneay" (the alleged Buddha's prediction which everybody knows that it was not passed down from Buddha) indicates that the legendary Preah Bat Thoammeuk will one day come and save our country. Regretfully, the elusive Preah Bat Thoammeuk remains just that ... an elusive figure. Nevertheless, in his teaching, Lord Buddha clearly taught us that there is no Buddha bigger than the One residing in each of our house (and our heart). Now taking this teaching to the extreme, what if Preah Bat Thoammeuk is not a single person, but rather an entire people in a nation? What if each one of us represents a small part of Preah Bat Thoammeuk and the sum of all of us represents the legendary Preah Bat Thoammeuk, would we all stand up to save Cambodia? Would we all get rid Cambodia of the current tyranny? Would we be willing to bring democracy and true independence to our people?
While we clearly understand that such view can be considered as pure heresy from certain quarters, we, at KI-Media, strongly believe that a paradigm shift is necessary regardless of whether that shift resides in a metaphor or a legend.
Please share your thoughts on this issue with all our readers.
Thank you,
KI-Media team
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