Large group practice of advanced meditation techniques can create an influence of peace and harmony in the collective consciousness of society, a claim which was verified during a scientific research study conducted in Washington D.C. in 1993, which resulted in significant reductions in crime in the Nation's Capitol as a result of 4,000 advanced meditators practicing group meditation program for two months in the Capitol during the summer when crime in the Capitol usually increases. An even larger group of meditators, 10,000, can create enough coherence in the collective consciousness of the world to create world peace, an effect which is the basis for the slogan, '10,000 for World Peace!'
Maharishi International University is the home of 'Consciousness Based Education", where group meditation programs have been practiced every day since 1974.