{"id":1204,"date":"2007-06-25T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T14:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/06\/cant-stop-staring-at-my-new-om.html"},"modified":"2007-06-25T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T14:12:38","slug":"cant-stop-staring-at-my-new-om","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/06\/cant-stop-staring-at-my-new-om.html","title":{"rendered":"Can’t Stop Staring at My New OM Magnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"omemblem.jpg\"“Why do you keep looking at it?” my 10-year-old said with a chuckle as I stopped to look again at the OM magnet <\/a>I’d secured to the left side of our car’s trunk. I’ve placed it about 16 inches northwest of our car’s back license plate. Never had a bumper sticker before.
\n“Well, I like it. It makes me happy.”
\nWe walked on. I looked back. He laughed.
\nI should have described my feelings better to him: the OM symbol “symbolizes the formless aspect of God,” says this<\/a> site. Click here<\/a> and scroll down to hear it chanted. Click here to hear what Krishna Das does with it.<\/a>
\nWe’re in rural Western Massachusetts for three weeks now. Brooklyn is behind us. The kids will attend an art\/ecology day camp while I blog away with windows open to the woods around my in-laws’ house. Mr. Chattering will work hard at Beliefnet back in the city, but retreat here most every weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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