Managing the Spiritual Neighborhood
How to Restore the Conscience of America's Communities; A Grass-Roots Approach

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courtesy
      action, pure, 199
      as a discipline, 35
      as an art form, 134, 165
      awareness, 31
      decline of, 38, 56
      defined, 35
      examples, 43, 50
      grass roots, 41
      intent, 196
      neighborhood, 28
      physical, 131, 149
      spin, action without, 244
      spin, positive, 194
courtesy reduction
      applications of, 226, 236, 243
      defined, 182
crime
      Camp Springs, 39
      moving among criminals, 269
      preventive mind-set, 27, 116
      Prince George's, 137
      Westchester Estates, 39-41
      Westchester juveniles, 65, 71
culture
      American, 21, 154, 198, 216
      community common interest, 172
      hallmark of, 164
      indigenous, 260
dark energy, 266
Declaration of Independence, 121
detachment, 159, 227, 230
dialectic, 32
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 175
education
      book-learning, 120
      courtesy, 36
      non-factual, 33, 114
      public, problems with, 215-20
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 77, 175
environment
      garden zone, 22, 140
      hyping nature, 227
      schools disconnected from, 220-22
Etzioni, Amitai, 176
experience
      Christ on experiential knowledge, 192
      inner realm, 119, 133, 159, 173
      of the infinite, 156, 164
      shared spirit, 178
      vs. intellect, 191
farming
      organic, 272
fear
      anonymity, 71, 143
      climate of, 75
      neighborhood, 58
      of bullies, 222
      of soul, 76
      social structure, 102
      undercurrent of, 227

force
      freedom and rights, 228
      getting tough without, 218
      kids, holding a close rein on, 229
      resentment of, 36
      vs. cooperation, 144, 147
      vs. prevention, 84
garden zone
      defined, 23, 253
      gardening, 77
      intelligent presence in, 141
      respect for, 25, 35, 142
      schools in, 215, 221
      taking a stand in, 24
      transfer of qualities from, 24, 115, 183, 243
Garden Zone Management, 165
      as a profession, 200, 210
      farm system, 212, 253
      specifics of, 234
Garden Zone Manager, 149
      as an infinite being, 163-65
      candidates for, 208
      clergy as, 201
      dealing with bullies, 226, 242
      requirements of, 156, 181, 234
      reshaping society, technique for, 143
gardening, 140, 156, 247
gimmickry, 193, 211, 241
      pot juggling, 196
Global Country of World Peace, 270
government
      bottom-up, 34, 255, 270
      gap in, 142-45
grass roots
      awareness, 33, 98
      community service, 91, 200
      community, foundation of, 179
      responsibility, 185, 190
Hagelin, John, 264, 268
health, physical, community, 255
heart
      absence of, 98, 276
      growth of character, 130
      one-person argument, 136
Home Security Survey, 58, 187
homelessness, 92-98, 106, 235
human nature, 113, 184
industrialization, 90, 136, 176, 253
infinite, 180
      discussion of, 155-63
      experience of, 160, 202
inner realm, 119, 130, 159, 195, 244
intellect
      growth, spiritual vs intellectual, 120
      limitations of, 155
      satisfying the, 269
      vs. dialectic, 31
      vs. experience, 191, 228
intention. See spin
isolation, 57, 143, 198, 256, 273
Jefferson, Thomas, 121

 
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