A major breakthrough in the Maharishi Effect research came in 1976 with the development of the more powerful TM-Sidhi program. The incredible power of TM-Sidhis on impacting collective consciousness was discovered in 1978 during Maharishi’s Ideal Society Campaign, which was conducted in selected provinces in 20 countries. Maharishi sent teams of teachers of the Transcendental Meditation technique to these countries in order to try to inspire the 1% of the local populations to learn the technique in to create an ideal society. As it happened, these teachers practiced the TM-Sidhi program together in groups, particularly the powerful Yogic Flying technique (Orme-Johnson & Gelderloos, 1987; Travis & Orme-Johnson, 1990). It was discovered that groups of the order of the square root of 1% of a population collectively practicing the TM-Sidhi program were sufficient to produce a measurable and holistic influence of harmony and integration in the entire population (Dillbeck et al., 1987; c.f. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 1986b, p. 76). This phenomenon has been named Super-Radiance, after the super-radiance phenomenon in lasers. Studies now have demonstrated its effect on the city, state, national, and international levels. For example, the first study of Super-Radiance was conducted on the state level in Rhode Island, which was published in The Journal of Mind and Behavior. It found improvements on a quality-of-life index that included crime, deaths, unemployment, alcohol consumption, cigarette consumption, pollution, motor vehicle fatalities, and accidents (Dillbeck et al., 1987).The square root of 1% of a population is a relatively small number, making controlled studies even on the national and world level possible. For example, the square root of 1% of the US population is currently approximately 1600, and the square root of 1% of the world population is approximately 7000.