GurpreetKaur

There is a subtle pronunciation difference between AUM and ON-KAR which I never noticed before. With A-U-M  when you pronounce it with the mouth you finish with the sound of M. To pronounce the M the lips must be closed. The denotes the end of the sound followed by silence.
However with ON-KAR the mouth never has to close and forever remains open. The non closure of ONG or ONKAR represents the ever expanding creation from the one root ONG.

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ
No time for intro, let's dive deep into it.

How You Pronounce Onkar ਓਅੰਕਾਰ
Before I get into the meat of the issue, I want to get one thing off my chest because I see a lot of people making this mistake.
Oankaar/O-a-m-kaar  have no meaning. This is a modern distortion of the word and symbol. People write ਓਅੰਕਾਰ as Oankar however, the ਅ in ਓਅੰਕਾਰ just a placeholder for the tippi. 

ਓਂਕਾਰ
ਓਅੰ means ਓਂ and is pronounced as such.
But since one never puts a bindi or tippi on ਓ, they never wrote ਓਂ. So they wrote ਓਂ as ਓਅੰ. Even today this is the case.
ਓਅੰਕਾਰ is Onkar, two syllables not three.
ਓ - ਅੰ - ਕਾਰ  - incorrect pronunciation
ਓਂ - ਕਾਰ  - correct pronunciation

So ਓਂਕਾਰ is written as ਓਅੰਕਾਰ. It means - one continuous ਓਂ sound.
ੴ <------ Try reading this as an action. something you do, something you perform, rather than something you spell out.
Like this -
ਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂਓਂ...

ਓ isn't pronounced as O, with rounded, squished lips, rather it is pronounced as AU (AO) with mouth wide open and relaxed, as if you are gasping for air.
ਓਂ AUM is then split into its three components. ਆਕਾਰ ਉਕਾਰ ਮੰਕਾਰ meaning continuous A ਆ , continuous U ਉ, continuous M ਮੰ
A U M ਆ ਉ ਮੰ -These are the three sounds that go into making ਓਂ .
Thus ਓਂ is the most primal sound vibration. Now why is that? There are several reasons for this.
 
Onkar ਓਅੰਕਾਰ Comes from Your Mouth
When you do not use your lips or tongue there are three sounds you can make with your mouth. Try it, pull back your lips and hold your tongue in place and try to make different sounds with your mouth.
Look in a mirror to make sure no movement occurs in those areas.

You'll get something like - ਆ ਉ ਮੰ  A U M
This is the most primal sound to you because it can be made prior to any movement of lips and tongue. Thus ਆ ਉ ਮੰ are considered the most primal sounds known to man. This is the beginning of speech.
All other sounds are more complicated like B, P, K,G, J, Y, V etc. they require more complicated vocalization, movement of lips and positioning of tongue. Certain sounds are very hard as they require very precise and sharp speech like this Sanskrit letter - ष, which shows up in Gurbani as ਖ or ਸ/ਸ਼ in words like ਪੁਰਖ, ਮੋਖ and ਵਿਸੇਖ, and ਦੋਸ, because it is complex and noticeably harder to pronounce.
But back to Onkar - AUM is such a sound that is most basic and most primitive and most primal. I believe AUM can even be made by those who lack the ability to speak. As long as their vocal chords are functional, they will be able to say A, U, and make nasal sounds.


Onkar ਓਅੰਕਾਰ Resonates in Your Body
The 'O' sound resonate more in your belly. Than any other vowel. 'A' typically resonates in your chest and nasal M resonates in nasal cavity, nose. Thus AUM is meant to resonate in your entire torso and make it come to life.
Onkar is designed to cause your Chakras to activate
"Chakras" might sound like woo-woo nonsense but it basically means your "nervous system" in your belly, chest and nose. Chanting Onkar, causes these areas to vibrate as the air is forced out of the lungs through the vibration of the vocal chords.
When you open your mouth wide and make this noise it will stimulate your nervous system around your vital organs.
AUM resonates and stimulates your nerves in the torso. It stimulates the nerves in your belly, chest and nose. And through this resonation, you can stimulate the nerves in your entire body, including your vital organs, around your cardiovascular system, digestive system, etc. I believe this type of nervous stimulation is actually great for the health of your organs, as it increases the circulation of blood to these organsl.
Start with that, you can further attune your attention and focus to the point where you can see your whole body vibrate upon one chant of Onkar.


Listening to Onkar ਓਅੰਕਾਰ with Your Ears
Not only does Onkar exist in the form of primal human speech and noise-making, and not only does it stimulate your nervous system in an extra-ordinary way but it also exists as the background naad, meaning sound vibration, in your ears.
Your ear-drum's resting vibration is the Onkar.
Listen to it.
When you enter into a silent state of being. In your ears, what you are hearing can ultimately be described as Onkar.
Try to listen to this tone in your right ear because your right ear is connected to the left side of the brain. Neuroscientists know that the left side of the brain is more associated with language and recognizing distinctions in the world.

The left side of your brain causes you to sense a distinct shape of your body and separates shapes of other bodies so that you may navigate in the physical world. The left side of the brain also has language centers that process words and meanings.

So I believe that when you listen to Onkar with your right ear in silence or when you make the AUM sound and listen to that, what you are doing is sending direct signals to your left brain and telling your left brain to quiet down.
When you stimulate the left brain with sound, it has to quiet down with regards to its language, distinction-making processes and it must now focus on the sound. When you do this, you will feel very much at ease with life, and you will notice that the inner monologue that is constantly playing in your head will become quiet as it is mostly the product of your left brain.
This inner monologue can drain you so be careful, recognize when it is draining and quieten it, to achieve the best results.
Overall this will fill you up with vitality and lots of energy for the day. No need for coffee or other stimulants.

Conclusion
ਓਅੰਕਾਰ is pronounced as Onkar/ ਓਂਕਾਰ It means - one continuous ਓਂ sound - composed of ਆਕਾਰ ਉਕਾਰ ਮੰਕਾਰ meaning continuous ਆ , continuous ਉ, continuous nasal ਮੰ, which in English is - A, U, and nasal sound M Onkar is the primal form of speech, existing prior to other complex sounds like B, K, J, Y, etc. Onkar resonates in the belly, chest and nose and thus stimulates the nervous system around your vital organs, which has multiple health benefits. Onkar can be heard in the ear. It is the resting tone of your ear, which can be heard in silence. Listening to the Onkar, with the right ear, stimulates the left side of the brain, which also has multiple health benefits.  

you are right. I understand it the same way as you do .
But with santhya, I learnt that sihari is pronounced very subtly like a e in Hey.
So rav-eh v subtle eh
Vah-eh.. subtly eh,
Sihari is always kept short, you do not prolong it otherwise it becomes laan
Bihari can be pronounced as long as you want.
But yes, overall you are right.

This is what utube recommended...its so adorable
 

If above does not do it, this might .:p

Most definitely.  

I have done my reasearch and I can buy EMF detector to measure it but I have spent enough time reading and listening all the stuff, I will just observe what it does to me. For me when I use ipad or iPhone I always keep Black tourmaline with me and I keep other stones too. I don't know if I have a headache after using net a lot and I keep the stone where it's hurting my headache just go away. 
I will create another topic and will update on what it's doing for me if anything when I arrives. 
Matter of Faith is the strongest force on this Planet, I love when I have it.

Well, it's working by keeping you sleepy so you won't feel anything. :p.. I am just playing. Read it makes you lose wieght too so you are targeting two problems with one  drug.

Most definitely.  

You have advanced from "Om I am a big kid now" to

"Om Namo Yes"

The full mantra is-
ੴ ਨਮੋ ਹਾਂਜੀ ਕਹਿਣਾ
ਹਾਂਜੀ ਹੈ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਗਹਿਣਾ
ਜਿਵੇਂ ਫੁੱਲ ਰਵਿ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਂਦਾ
ਭਕ੍ਤ ਰੱਬ ਨੂੰ ਹਾਂਜੀ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ
 
 

Shaheed Bhagat Singh jee was from West Punjab (now in Pakistan).
He was born in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad).
 
Bhul chuk maaf

I have been so Enlightened with these answers. Thank you guys :) 
 

It says B I U (link button)
 

Except you don't need to be "amridhari" in order to taste amrit. Anyone can taste it.
 
There, I opened the can. Have fun fishing.

Or a distraction, which removes you from sehaj. Sehaj is a natural avastha, so anything that takes you out of your natural avastha, which sehaj is Sehajmaari. Things like thoughts, imagination, sleep, expectation, etc.
A person who maars your sehaj is basically distracting you.

Sehajmaari is a person who maars your sehaj- basically someone who riles you up or makes you angry.   This word was just invented few days ago.

Nothing. It was a spelling mistake

If Daler mandi dies, it doesn't matter, with these types of guys around, there will be plenty of people to step in his shoes. 
 
People cry about Bollywood making us look like clowns in their movies - I don't - I just think they are reflecting these types of apnay. 
 
Where's the masculinity at??
 
And I'm really holding myself back from saying what I normally would about these types of 'Singh' lions..... 

It's not Chatanga VS satkirin anymore. It's Chatanga VS guests now lol

Naw, I have seen bibiyan going crazy at the lady sangeets too. I was pretty young and went to a wedding in pind and when all the men were gone, women did boliyan and they were so bad. I did not realize the meaning back then but some girls older than me were like Haww aa ki kari Jandey aa. That was so awk but I was busy eating my ice cream lol. Women can be crazy lol

It's kind of difficult to be between us when I have blocked him. I can't see anything he posts unless someone else quotes him. 

Some next level shit!
 
 

If you liked the talk in the last video, you will enjoy this talk as well by the same woman, Jill Purce.
Chant at 22:20
 

Potty mouth, so much anger and hatred towards other group of people. Yup. You got the meaning of Amrit shak. Great job guest jee, I am enlightened . Thank you :)
 
Oh you sexist!!.. Lol . Women don't go around calling other people p word, it's a man thing. You can  call woman a P word she's like yea whatever. You call man this word, they are ready to show you they ain't one lol. You men are ap easy to get into a fight. :p

Me too but I liked this version better. But mantra is good. Gotta search raagi ji now, a sikh ragi with throat singing is perfect!!