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

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Index Page 2 Page 2 ... "courtesy" to "Jefferson"
Index page 4 Page 4 ... "quality of life" to "yogic flying"

juvenile
      confusion, mindless, 122
      crime, 65-71, 124
      delinquency, 38, 252
      justice, Prince George's County, 64, 71, 126
      madness, 122
landscape
      butchery of, 239
      native plants, 252
      suburban, 22
landscaping, 77-79
      committee, 84, 238
language, 14-16, 119, 164, 173
      body, 48, 49, 148
law
      compliance with, courteous, 144
      limitations of, 35, 65, 209, 240
      natural, 121, 173, 178, 270
      Pharisees, 192
      premeditation in, 124
      responsibility for crime, 116
      rights, enforcement of, 186
      rituals of, empty, 233
      shallowness of, 143
law enforcement, 35, 64, 149
laws of physics, 157, 177
laws of the subjective, 177
leadership
      bottom-up, 255
      clergy, 201
      community, 167
      gap in, 142
      levels of, 213
      neighborhood, 89, 197
legal system
      interfacing with, 144
      permanence, lack of, 155
loitering, art of, 242
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 162, 231, 261
Meditation, Transcendental, 33, 162, 231, 260-76
Merton, Thomas, 119
metaphysics, 18, 121, 138, 232, 254
Mill, John Stuart, 174
mind
      and body, 120, 132, 195
      criminal, 114, 200
      established in yoga, 163
      inward looking, 113, 157
      nature of, 101, 119
morality
      amorality, 160
      community, 167
      force, 150
      laws, moral vs. natural, 173
      quagmire of, 36, 114, 202, 228
      vs. pure action, 30, 56
Morris, Bevan, 271

Natural Community, 199
      defined, 168
      self-sufficiency, 254
      social structure, ideal, 179
natural law, 121, 173, 178, 270, 274
nature
      beauty in, 141
      connection to, man's, 228
      of reality, 32, 133, 155
negativity, 43, 152, 187
      and TM, 274
      detachment, 159
      locating the positive, 151
Neighborhood Alert, 72
Neighborhood Watch, 58, 90, 187-90, 194, 205, 243, 254
Nosy Neighbor, 188, 243
Operation ID, 187
Peck, M. Scott, 175
physical
      contact, kids, 229
      courtesy, 165, 201
      geography, community, 169
      universe, 177
physiology, 102, 132, 163, 231
Plato, 32, 180, 192
police
      as neighbors, 75
      as spiritual warriors, 213
      communication with, 72
      reactive approach of, 35, 262
      violence of, 149
positive reinforcement, 194
pot juggling
      as gimmickry, 195
      at business establishments, 244
Powell, Colin, 211
prevention
      anonymity, elimination of, 182
      courtesy, 28
      crime, 116, 138, 151
      education, 33, 84
      inverting priorities, 28
      measures of, balancing, 113
      vs. reaction, 26-28, 117
preventive approach, 26, 98, 131, 150-54, 185, 188, 219
preventive mind-set, 25, 65, 113, 116, 139, 151, 257
Pride Slide, 197
Prince George's County, 13, 41, 89
      crime, 137
      demographics, 42
      government, 209, 237
      government, remoteness of, 145
      juvenile justice, 71, 126
      opportunity in, 21
      police, 39, 72, 75, 137, 149
      schools, 42, 216, 229
      social services, 97, 106, 108
      tutoring, Oasis program, 219

 
 
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