The Maharishi Effect
What it means
When groups of people practice Transcendental Meditation (TM) and its advanced TM-Sidhi Program together, they generate a powerful field effect of harmony and coherence in their surroundings.
This phenomenon – called the Maharishi Effect – was predicted many years ago by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who explained that inner calm radiates outward, reducing stress and tension in society. Scientific studies have since confirmed his insight, showing measurable improvements such as lower crime rates, better health, and greater social harmony.
Just as one lit candle can spread light to many others, even a relatively small group of individuals radiating peace within themselves can positively influence entire communities.
Maharishi, a renowned spiritual teacher and the foremost scientist of consciousness, is best known as the founder of the TM technique, practiced by millions worldwide for its benefits in reducing stress, improving health, and awakening human potential.
The Evidence
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Reduced crime rates and social violence
in cities where groups
practiced TM together.
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Improved public health indicators
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Enhanced economic stability
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Greater social
harmony
From Individual to Society
Over the last five decades, more than 600 studies have documented the effects of TM and the TM-Sidhi Program.
These studies consistently show that regular practice dissolves deep-rooted stress, lowers blood pressure, reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke, and improves cognitive ability, creativity, resilience, and moral reasoning.
Beyond the individual, research has shown that reducing stress at the personal level leads to measurable benefits at the community level: lower crime, fewer accidents, improved health statistics, and more stable economies.
Super Radiance: Expanding the Influence of Coherence
One of the most remarkable discoveries is the Super-Radiance created by the Maharishi Effect – when TM and the TM-Sidhi Program are practiced in large groups, the influence of order and coherence expands exponentially creating super-radiance.
This principle mirrors natural laws of physics, such as constructive interference in wave behavior. Just as the intensity of laser light grows as the square of the number of photons, the coherence generated by a group multiplies beyond the sum of individuals.
The square root of 1% of a population is the verified threshold for creating the effect
Confirmed by more than 60 studies, including 25 peer-reviewed publications
A group of just 9,000 people (√1% of 8 billion) can positively influence the entire global population
Global Impact
Creating and maintaining large Super-Radiance Groups is a practical and cost-effective way to:
Reduce violence, crime, and societal stress.
Lower the incidence of war and terrorism.
Support health, peace, and economic stability.
Mitigate environmental stress associated with climate change.
Because this approach works at the most fundamental level of natural law – the Unified Field of Consciousness – it is both powerful and inherently safe, with no negative side effects.
Super-Radiance Group Effect on the quality of Life in the Middle East
A demonstration project to test the Super-Radiance created by the Maharishi Effect was conducted during the peak of the Lebanon war.
A day-by-day study of a two-month assembly in Israel in 1983 showed that, on days when the number of participants in this unified field-based approach to peace (‘TM Group Size’) was high, war deaths in neighboring Lebanon dropped by 76% (p < 10-7).
In addition, crime, traffic accidents, fires, and other indicators of social stress in Israel (combined into a Composite Index) all correlated strongly with changes in the size of the Super-Radiance group. The study controlled for other possible causes of the correlation, including seasonality, weekends, holidays, weather, etc.
Massive Nation-wide Reduction of Crime and Fatalities
The longest demonstration project that evaluated the Maharishi Effect conducted in the United States took place from 2006 to 2014. During this period the requisite Super-Radiance number (the square root of 1% of the U.S. population) was approximately 1,725. The group participating in this program maintained these numbers from 2007 – 2010, and the results of rigorous analysis of the impact of this prospective demonstration were published in SAGE Open, the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of Health and Environmental Research.
These studies concluded that during the period of analysis, over 186,000 violent crimes were averted and over 71,000 lives were saved from a variety of causes.
These studies show that the effect of the Super-Radiance group is holistic – improving many areas of society simultaneously. This confirms that the technology functions at a very fundamental level of social behavior, providing benefits to all areas of society.
Group Size and Improvement of Quality of Life in the United States
Violent Crimes & Auto-Fatalities in the U.S. 2006 - 2016
These studies show that the effect of the Super-Radiance group is holistic – improving many areas of society simultaneously. This confirms that the technology functions at a very fundamental level of social behavior, providing benefits to all areas of society.