STEP TOOL: The Wild Life PARC Steps

The Wild Life PARC Steps (Rev 8.22.23)

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“Make your home a Wild Life PARC, too.”

The Wild Life PARC Steps

Step 1: Consult trained experts for anonymous help with all Steps & Traditions (including revision) and be honest with them.

Step 2: How is my breathing?

Step 3: How is my posture?

Step 4: Where is my attention?

Step 5: How are my sense organs? These eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, and brain?

Step 6: How are my internal organs? This brain, heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, bladder, urethra, anus?

Step 7: What’s happening to my genitals?

Step 8: What am I thinking?

Step 9: Is it Pleasant, Unpleasant or Neutral?

Step 10: Am I causing myself, my family, and others’ families More Stress or More Joy?

Step 11: What can I do right now that will bring the Most Joy to myself, my family, and all others’ families?

These are only suggestions:

Work, Chores, Reflect, Restrain, U$E Properly, Endure, Avoid, Eliminate $omebody or $omething; or Cultivate Attention, Investigation, Energy, Joy, Concentration, Equanimity (ex: by doing housework well without complaining) or Tranquility.

Step 12: What can I do in the long term that will bring the Most Joy to myself, my family, and all others’ families?

These are only suggestions:

1. Ethical Conduct, which includes:

Ethical Speech

Ethical Action

Ethical Work

2. Mental Discipline, which includes:

Mental Effort

Mental Attention (Mind-full-ness)

Mental Concentration

3. Right Wisdom, which includes:

Knowledge without Conceit

Motive without Conceit