Beyond the Ruling: Why Consciousness Must Inform the Future of Law
He alone is rich who has transcended his personal ego, is no longer deluded by the ideas of “I” and “mine.” — Robert S. De Ropp, The Master…
He alone is rich who has transcended his personal ego, is no longer deluded by the ideas of “I” and “mine.” — Robert S. De Ropp, The Master Game: Beyond the Drug Experience
On last Friday, 27 June 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued a series of rulings that sent ripples across the legal, political, and social fabric of the nation. From the narrowing of nationwide injunction powers to the greenlighting of state-led funding restrictions on healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood, these decisions reflect a deeper and more troubling current: the increasing fragmentation of our shared moral compass. What concerns me most is not merely the long-term outcomes of these decisions, but the foundational assumptions behind them.
In a moment where division masquerades as governance, and expedience is prioritized over wisdom, it becomes clear that the current system — while legal — is not always aligned with what is right. It is within this breach that the Seven Layers of Manifestation framework and the Model for Perpetual Growth and Progress find relevance. These are not spiritual abstractions; they are instruments for recalibrating both personal and societal orientation to a deeper truth: that humanity thrives only when it lives in harmony with universal and natural laws.
The Problem Behind the Problem
What do the latest decisions really signal? Not just a conservative or liberal victory. Not just judicial philosophy in action. They are symptoms of a larger condition: a nation, and indeed a species, that has not yet learned to act in concert with the fundamental intelligence that animates all life — Pure Consciousness
When the Court allows states to withhold Medicaid funding from institutions that provide reproductive healthcare, it is doing more than adjudicating policy — it is narrowing the scope of care under the illusion of jurisdictional neutrality. When it affirms the right to opt out of LGBTQ+ curricula in public schools, it is not just affirming religious liberty — it is subtly redefining public education as a battlefield of exclusion. When it limits judicial checks on executive overreach, it does not merely adjust legal mechanics — it emboldens unchecked power at a time when integration, not fragmentation, is most needed.
These decisions may be consistent with precedent or procedure, but they fail a more fundamental test: Are they in alignment with the evolutionary arc of human consciousness?
Local Awareness Without Non-Local Wisdom
The Seven Layers of Manifestation begin at the most fundamental level — Pure Consciousness — and is shown in the subsequent and unfolding layers to varying degrees. They are: Universal and Natural Law, Phenomenal World, Human Consciousness, Derived World, Constructs, and Outcomes. These layers are not speculative; they are real perceptual fields available to any individual or collective willing to still itself and listen inwardly to the wisdom of the framework’s unfoldment.
But our institutions operate almost entirely at the local level of outcomes — bound by fear, by habit, by tribal allegiance. Laws are written and interpreted in terms of power, protection, and precedent, not wisdom. There appears to be almost no space within the judiciary for Pure Consciousness i.e. non-local awareness, for contemplative insight, or for the possibility that consciousness itself is a lawful field through which decisions ought to be filtered.
When decisions are made without this awareness, they tend to multiply division. They fracture instead of unify. They emphasize enforcement over understanding. They harden systems that are already brittle from the strain of spiritual neglect.
The Law of Laws
In my doctoral research and continuing work, I propose a vision of societal progress that integrates the inner development of the individual with the outward development of just systems. The Model for Perpetual Growth and Progress asserts that all true growth must begin within Consciousness — where perception, emotion, and intention originate. Without this anchoring, external achievements risk becoming instruments of decay.
Imagine, instead, a judiciary that paused to ask: “Is this ruling an expression of cosmic intelligence, or is it merely an assertion of institutional power?” Imagine education policy that was filtered not only through legality but through the wisdom of interdependence. Imagine immigration law grounded in the recognition that borders are social constructs, while the soul has none.
We must reintroduce the idea that Pure Consciousness is not an accessory to democracy — it is its engine.
The Way Forward: Conscious Participation
This is not an argument for theocracy or mysticism cloaked in robes. It is a call for integration. A call for conscious participation in the shaping of our shared reality.
To those who hold power, I offer this: consider training your attention inward as diligently as you study the Constitution. Study the arc of silence, the wisdom of stillness, the implications of coherence.
To those who feel powerless, I offer this: you are not small. You are a node in a network of infinite intelligence. Your meditations matter. Your integrity matters. Your refusal to become numb is a revolutionary act.
And to those of us who teach, lead, and heal, I offer this: let us begin to prepare our students and communities not only to vote, protest, or petition — but to perceive. To attune. To live from a higher layer of manifestation.
A Closing Thought
The Supreme Court does not sit above the people. It sits within the people — within their expectations, their projections, and their level of consciousness. To evolve our laws, we must evolve ourselves.
The Seven Layers of Manifestation is not just a framework for self-help. It is a path for social regeneration. It begins with presence, unfolds into wisdom, and culminates in responsible co-creation.
The future of justice is not written yet. But it can be envisioned. And if we are wise, it will be one where human-derived laws and Pure Consciousness are no longer strangers — but partners in the shaping of a more harmonious world.
Shall we begin?
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Dr. Baruti KMT-Sisouvong, along with his wife, Mina, serves as Director of the Transcendental Meditation Program in Cambridge and the larger area of Metropolitan Boston. They are parents to four beautiful children. To learn more about him, visit his website: https://www.barutikmtsisouvong.com/.