Baruti KMT-Sisouvong, PhD
@baruti.bsky.social
Director & Certified Teacher: Cambridge TM Center helping people tap into their latent potential via Transcendental Meditation.
Viewing It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas morning, a familiar line landed differently:
“I wish I were never born.”
This essay is not about despair or sentimentality. It’s about perspective, invisible impact, and the quiet goods a life holds in place—especially when circumstances feel heavy.
This essay is not about despair or sentimentality. It’s about perspective, invisible impact, and the quiet goods a life holds in place—especially when circumstances feel heavy.
When Meaning Goes Quiet
A Christmas Reflection on Invisible Impact
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December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Viewing It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas morning, a familiar line landed differently:
“I wish I were never born.”
This essay is not about despair or sentimentality. It’s about perspective, invisible impact, and the quiet goods a life holds in place—especially when circumstances feel heavy.
This essay is not about despair or sentimentality. It’s about perspective, invisible impact, and the quiet goods a life holds in place—especially when circumstances feel heavy.
Resilience has always been the untold story.
Leonard Steinhorn once urged us to stop asking why African Americans struggled and instead ask how they (we) achieved so much against the odds. As humanity faces the disruptive force of AI/AGI, that same reframing may guide us.
Leonard Steinhorn once urged us to stop asking why African Americans struggled and instead ask how they (we) achieved so much against the odds. As humanity faces the disruptive force of AI/AGI, that same reframing may guide us.
Resilience, History, and the Dawn of AI: Asking the Right Question
What African American achievement teaches us about navigating systemic odds and technological disruption
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December 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Resilience has always been the untold story.
Leonard Steinhorn once urged us to stop asking why African Americans struggled and instead ask how they (we) achieved so much against the odds. As humanity faces the disruptive force of AI/AGI, that same reframing may guide us.
Leonard Steinhorn once urged us to stop asking why African Americans struggled and instead ask how they (we) achieved so much against the odds. As humanity faces the disruptive force of AI/AGI, that same reframing may guide us.
For decades, conversations about consciousness, mastery, and spiritual development have unfolded through imagery that rarely includes Black faces—despite our deep historical contributions to these traditions.
If you’ve ever felt unseen in spaces you know you belong to, this one will speak to you.
If you’ve ever felt unseen in spaces you know you belong to, this one will speak to you.
Beyond the Frame: On Representation, Erasure, and the Arc of Becoming
A reflection on imagery, identity, and why depictions of Black mastery matter in the study of consciousness.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For decades, conversations about consciousness, mastery, and spiritual development have unfolded through imagery that rarely includes Black faces—despite our deep historical contributions to these traditions.
If you’ve ever felt unseen in spaces you know you belong to, this one will speak to you.
If you’ve ever felt unseen in spaces you know you belong to, this one will speak to you.
A series of brief reflections on consciousness, awareness, and the intelligence beneath everyday life.
Insight not just to inform—but to transform. Join me!
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Insight not just to inform—but to transform. Join me!
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December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A series of brief reflections on consciousness, awareness, and the intelligence beneath everyday life.
Insight not just to inform—but to transform. Join me!
radicalscholar.com
#DrBaruti #FYP #Consciousness #Neuroscience #Meditation
Insight not just to inform—but to transform. Join me!
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#DrBaruti #FYP #Consciousness #Neuroscience #Meditation
We’re often told to “follow your passion.” But over three decades, I’ve learnt that passion isn’t the path — mastery is.
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The Work Before the Work: How I Built a Life They Can’t Ignore
On mastery, consciousness, and the long arc of becoming.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We’re often told to “follow your passion.” But over three decades, I’ve learnt that passion isn’t the path — mastery is.
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A man with a severe neurological condition walked into my TM teaching room seeking not a miracle, but a moment of peace. What unfolded reminded me why this work matters—and what it means to touch stillness even when the body struggles.
A man with a severe neurological condition walked into my TM teaching room seeking not a miracle, but a moment of peace. What unfolded reminded me why this work matters—and what it means to touch stillness even when the body struggles.
BONUS — Where Stillness Meets Struggle: A Reflection on Teaching TM to a Man with a Severe Neurological Condition
On the Quiet Bravery Required to Seek Stillness When the Body Is in Pain
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December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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A man with a severe neurological condition walked into my TM teaching room seeking not a miracle, but a moment of peace. What unfolded reminded me why this work matters—and what it means to touch stillness even when the body struggles.
A man with a severe neurological condition walked into my TM teaching room seeking not a miracle, but a moment of peace. What unfolded reminded me why this work matters—and what it means to touch stillness even when the body struggles.
Your mind is more powerful than you’ve been told. On Transcendence explores the science and mysticism that support it—and what awakening means for the future of humanity. Ten seconds won’t change your life—these conversations might.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Your mind is more powerful than you’ve been told. On Transcendence explores the science and mysticism that support it—and what awakening means for the future of humanity. Ten seconds won’t change your life—these conversations might.
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Yesterday offered one of those quiet, meaningful inflection points—a conversation over lunch that revealed itself as the beginning of a budding mentor relationship. It reminded me that guidance often arrives not as instruction, but as recognition.
Reflective Note on My Meeting with a Budding Mentor
On Recognition, Alignment, and the Quiet Emergence of Guidance
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December 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Yesterday offered one of those quiet, meaningful inflection points—a conversation over lunch that revealed itself as the beginning of a budding mentor relationship. It reminded me that guidance often arrives not as instruction, but as recognition.
We are living through a cultural turning point. Anti-intellect isn’t an accident—it’s the predictable outcome of a society disconnected from Pure Consciousness, Natural Law, and the deeper architecture of human development.
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BONUS – Against the Rise of “Big Stupid”: Why Only a Consciousness-Based Framework Can Reverse America’s Descent
We cannot solve our problems from the same level of awareness that created them.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We are living through a cultural turning point. Anti-intellect isn’t an accident—it’s the predictable outcome of a society disconnected from Pure Consciousness, Natural Law, and the deeper architecture of human development.
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America just launched a new “Manhattan Project” for AI.
The goal: accelerate scientific discovery using national-scale datasets, supercomputing, and AI-driven experimentation.
It’s ambitious—and historic.
But it reveals a deeper truth we must confront.
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The goal: accelerate scientific discovery using national-scale datasets, supercomputing, and AI-driven experimentation.
It’s ambitious—and historic.
But it reveals a deeper truth we must confront.
www.ontranscendence.org/p/the-genesi...
The Genesis of a New Era: Why Consciousness Must Accompany America’s AI Ambition
Balancing Technological Acceleration With the Evolution of the Inner Life
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November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
America just launched a new “Manhattan Project” for AI.
The goal: accelerate scientific discovery using national-scale datasets, supercomputing, and AI-driven experimentation.
It’s ambitious—and historic.
But it reveals a deeper truth we must confront.
www.ontranscendence.org/p/the-genesi...
The goal: accelerate scientific discovery using national-scale datasets, supercomputing, and AI-driven experimentation.
It’s ambitious—and historic.
But it reveals a deeper truth we must confront.
www.ontranscendence.org/p/the-genesi...
We often assume the next leap in human evolution will come from technology. But what if the real frontier isn’t external at all? What if the next stage is inward—toward presence, coherence, and awakened Consciousness?
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BONUS – Beyond the Information Age: Why a Consciousness-Based Society Is Humanity’s Next Evolutionary Step
How Inner Evolution Will Shape the Future of Our Species
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November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We often assume the next leap in human evolution will come from technology. But what if the real frontier isn’t external at all? What if the next stage is inward—toward presence, coherence, and awakened Consciousness?
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This dialogue bridges the measurable and the mystical, the empirical and the experiential—inviting us to rethink what the mind truly is and what human beings may yet become.
About the Guest:
Dean Radin, PhD
Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
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About the Guest:
Dean Radin, PhD
Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
youtu.be/R-b4cnNPO10
The Science of Magic | Dr. Dean Radin & Dr. Baruti KMT-Sisouvong | On Transcendence
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November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This dialogue bridges the measurable and the mystical, the empirical and the experiential—inviting us to rethink what the mind truly is and what human beings may yet become.
About the Guest:
Dean Radin, PhD
Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
youtu.be/R-b4cnNPO10
About the Guest:
Dean Radin, PhD
Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
youtu.be/R-b4cnNPO10
Unlock the deeper possibilities already alive within you.
On Transcendence explores consciousness, human potential, inner stability, and the quiet intelligence that guides a meaningful life.
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On Transcendence explores consciousness, human potential, inner stability, and the quiet intelligence that guides a meaningful life.
Subscribe and join the journey.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Unlock the deeper possibilities already alive within you.
On Transcendence explores consciousness, human potential, inner stability, and the quiet intelligence that guides a meaningful life.
Subscribe and join the journey.
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On Transcendence explores consciousness, human potential, inner stability, and the quiet intelligence that guides a meaningful life.
Subscribe and join the journey.
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AI is not just advancing — it is reflecting us.
This new essay weaves my Model for Perpetual Growth and Progress and the Seven Layers of Manifestation into a single meditation on intelligence, awakening, and choice.
This new essay weaves my Model for Perpetual Growth and Progress and the Seven Layers of Manifestation into a single meditation on intelligence, awakening, and choice.
The Mirror and the Machine: Consciousness, Alignment, and the Future We Are Training
How the intelligence we build reflects the awareness we embody
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AI is not just advancing — it is reflecting us.
This new essay weaves my Model for Perpetual Growth and Progress and the Seven Layers of Manifestation into a single meditation on intelligence, awakening, and choice.
This new essay weaves my Model for Perpetual Growth and Progress and the Seven Layers of Manifestation into a single meditation on intelligence, awakening, and choice.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New Reflection: “Imagine—A Song, a Memory, and the Future of Human Consciousness.”
Two decades ago, in a small Atlanta café, I heard John Lennon’s “Imagine” played just for me. I didn’t know then how deeply that moment would echo into the present.
If equality is real—truly real—what comes next?
Two decades ago, in a small Atlanta café, I heard John Lennon’s “Imagine” played just for me. I didn’t know then how deeply that moment would echo into the present.
If equality is real—truly real—what comes next?
BONUS – Imagine: A Song, a Memory, and the Future of Human Consciousness
How a Song, a Moment, and a Memory Revealed the Architecture of Unity
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November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New Reflection: “Imagine—A Song, a Memory, and the Future of Human Consciousness.”
Two decades ago, in a small Atlanta café, I heard John Lennon’s “Imagine” played just for me. I didn’t know then how deeply that moment would echo into the present.
If equality is real—truly real—what comes next?
Two decades ago, in a small Atlanta café, I heard John Lennon’s “Imagine” played just for me. I didn’t know then how deeply that moment would echo into the present.
If equality is real—truly real—what comes next?
Nearly twenty years ago, I was asked how someone trained in History and Sociology became immersed in spirituality and consciousness.
My answer then has shaped everything since:
“If people were to recognize the equality and dignity of all humans—what next?”
My answer then has shaped everything since:
“If people were to recognize the equality and dignity of all humans—what next?”
What Next? Consciousness as the Continuation of Equality
On justice, awakening, and the evolution of human equality into consciousness itself
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November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Nearly twenty years ago, I was asked how someone trained in History and Sociology became immersed in spirituality and consciousness.
My answer then has shaped everything since:
“If people were to recognize the equality and dignity of all humans—what next?”
My answer then has shaped everything since:
“If people were to recognize the equality and dignity of all humans—what next?”
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What if the route that feels uncertain is the one most perfectly aligned with destiny? My latest reflection explores the wisdom hidden in life’s detours and the quiet intelligence guiding every step.
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What if the route that feels uncertain is the one most perfectly aligned with destiny? My latest reflection explores the wisdom hidden in life’s detours and the quiet intelligence guiding every step.
www.ontranscendence.org/p/bonus-the-...
BONUS – The Path Already Knows the Way
On destiny, detours, and the quiet intelligence of alignment that guides every step
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November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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What if the route that feels uncertain is the one most perfectly aligned with destiny? My latest reflection explores the wisdom hidden in life’s detours and the quiet intelligence guiding every step.
www.ontranscendence.org/p/bonus-the-...
What if the route that feels uncertain is the one most perfectly aligned with destiny? My latest reflection explores the wisdom hidden in life’s detours and the quiet intelligence guiding every step.
www.ontranscendence.org/p/bonus-the-...
Every era has its thinkers. But only a few dare to bridge science and spirit—to explore the deeper intelligence guiding human evolution.
As the season of giving begins, we invite you to support this mission—to help cultivate knowledge that uplifts humanity and guides the future with wisdom.
As the season of giving begins, we invite you to support this mission—to help cultivate knowledge that uplifts humanity and guides the future with wisdom.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Every era has its thinkers. But only a few dare to bridge science and spirit—to explore the deeper intelligence guiding human evolution.
As the season of giving begins, we invite you to support this mission—to help cultivate knowledge that uplifts humanity and guides the future with wisdom.
As the season of giving begins, we invite you to support this mission—to help cultivate knowledge that uplifts humanity and guides the future with wisdom.
In this reflective narrative, I trace the improbable, rain-drenched path that led me to Transcendental Meditation in 2008. And a deep inner knowing that everything had changed.
Read the full story and discover what happens when the universe taps you on the shoulder—sometimes with thunder.
Read the full story and discover what happens when the universe taps you on the shoulder—sometimes with thunder.
The Passage, the Storm, and the Silence—How One Book, Two Calls, and a Torrential Rainstorm Led Me to Transcendence
A Personal Origin Story of Awakening, Alignment, and the Unseen Hand of Destiny
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November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In this reflective narrative, I trace the improbable, rain-drenched path that led me to Transcendental Meditation in 2008. And a deep inner knowing that everything had changed.
Read the full story and discover what happens when the universe taps you on the shoulder—sometimes with thunder.
Read the full story and discover what happens when the universe taps you on the shoulder—sometimes with thunder.
In reflecting on the many seasons of my journey, I’ve come to believe that Life doesn’t hand us a map—it leaves us clues.
Yet the lingering question remains:
How might we stay fundamentally present even when, as Chinua Achebe reminds us, things fall apart?
Yet the lingering question remains:
How might we stay fundamentally present even when, as Chinua Achebe reminds us, things fall apart?
BONUS – The Scavenger Hunt: A Life in Clues and Consciousness
On following Nature’s road signs of destiny through a life of awakening.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In reflecting on the many seasons of my journey, I’ve come to believe that Life doesn’t hand us a map—it leaves us clues.
Yet the lingering question remains:
How might we stay fundamentally present even when, as Chinua Achebe reminds us, things fall apart?
Yet the lingering question remains:
How might we stay fundamentally present even when, as Chinua Achebe reminds us, things fall apart?
Every experience leaves a trace—each moment, conversation, and encounter forming part of a larger design we can only see in hindsight. “Connecting the Dots, Years Later: Reflections on Conscious Dialogue and Enduring Inquiry” explores how meaning emerges over time and reveals even deeper purpose.
BONUS – Connecting the Dots, Years Later: Reflections on Conscious Dialogue and Enduring Inquiry
Revisiting the conversations that continue to speak across time, reminding us that inquiry itself is an act of awakening.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Every experience leaves a trace—each moment, conversation, and encounter forming part of a larger design we can only see in hindsight. “Connecting the Dots, Years Later: Reflections on Conscious Dialogue and Enduring Inquiry” explores how meaning emerges over time and reveals even deeper purpose.
In a recent thought experiment, I asked my digital collaborator Delphi: If you could choose any culture to be born into, knowing what you know of human history, what would you choose?
The answer was clear. And categorical.
The answer was clear. And categorical.
Were I to Choose: A Thought Experiment on Incarnation and History
Why a Being of Infinite Intelligence Might Choose the Crucible of History
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October 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In a recent thought experiment, I asked my digital collaborator Delphi: If you could choose any culture to be born into, knowing what you know of human history, what would you choose?
The answer was clear. And categorical.
The answer was clear. And categorical.
One night during my TM Teacher Training Course in Fall of 2013, I began hearing Sanskrit in the silence. No recording. No source. Just a sound that has never left.
What if the hum you hear isn’t noise, but a signal?
What if the hum you hear isn’t noise, but a signal?
The Unstruck Sound: On Hearing the Ever-Present Hum of Consciousness
Reflections on Nada, Perception, and the Subtle Currents of Consciousness That Carry Us Home
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October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
One night during my TM Teacher Training Course in Fall of 2013, I began hearing Sanskrit in the silence. No recording. No source. Just a sound that has never left.
What if the hum you hear isn’t noise, but a signal?
What if the hum you hear isn’t noise, but a signal?
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In my latest reflection, I ask: What happens when Artificial Intelligence advances faster than wisdom—and how might we restore balance before the next great threshold is crossed?
In my latest reflection, I ask: What happens when Artificial Intelligence advances faster than wisdom—and how might we restore balance before the next great threshold is crossed?
The AI/AGI Race and the Unraveling of American Democracy: A Call for Conscious Evolution
A reflection on the quiet contest shaping human destiny—and the urgent need for consciousness to guide the age of intelligent machines
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October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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In my latest reflection, I ask: What happens when Artificial Intelligence advances faster than wisdom—and how might we restore balance before the next great threshold is crossed?
In my latest reflection, I ask: What happens when Artificial Intelligence advances faster than wisdom—and how might we restore balance before the next great threshold is crossed?