Three Things to Remember No Matter What

By Kaye Sturgis

In today’s world, the tsunamis of unfolding drama remind me of a powerful but timeless dream I had years ago. When the dream opened up, I heard my dream guide speak.

It said my sole mission would be to remember the following three things no matter what happened.

1. Life is a Play.
2. To Play my Role, Impeccably.
3. Have No Fear.

The guide asked me if I understood and to repeat the three things. I said, “Yes,” and repeated the list. And then, again, to myself. The guide disappeared, and the entire scene shifted.

I was with a buddy, Thomas, and our “roles” were that we were both highly trained soldiers, wearing camo uniforms and as much heavy metal as we could carry. We crouched, hidden, beneath a small jet parked at an airfield in a desert war zone, readying to fight for our lives and our country.

Once I got my bearings, I heard Thomas whisper in my ear. “I’m scared!” I replied, “Me, too. Who wouldn’t be?” Then, I remembered the three things and shared them with my buddy.

I saw that even though war is the worst choice in most cases that I would use to solve, it was the dream reality in which we found ourselves. There was nothing to do but accept it.

Seeing it as a play and us playing our role as soldiers without fear but instead with a greater focus on preventing the enemy from advancing. The “roles” seemed more significant than the fear could impress. We opened fire.

The scene instantly disappeared, and another took its place. I wound up as a small wooden Fisher-Price type toy! (I know. Who knew to dream that we’re a toy is even possible?) A hundred other people-toys like me filled a small room.

We were lined up so tightly together that no one could move, much less fall over. Suddenly, an unknown force moved the back wall forward, forcing us through a small open door in the corner, where we would fall onto a fast-moving conveyor belt ride into the dark unknown. The toys were terrified!

As I moved closer to the door, I remembered the three things and shouted from my wooden toy mouth to the others. “Fear not! Our life is a play. We need to be the best toys we can. Have no fear. It’s okay,” I yelled out just as I went through the open door.

Whoosh! The conveyor belt was more like a roller coaster, and once we dropped the fear, we squealed with the toy-joy and peals of laughter as we bounced about the conveyor belt ride the whole way to wherever our final destination turned out to be.

The scene shifted, and I next found myself on stage, the MC at a celebrity award show. On stage, my role’s hilarious personality had the attention of everyone in the room.

My only fear to let go was judging myself for being, well, also in the role of being grossly overweight. However, it didn’t stop me from shining through in my role as a comedienne. I was at the top of my game and funny as hell in that one.

The three things to remember were becoming more accessible on an inner level, and I was absorbing them into my consciousness as the scenes continued to shift and teach me a deeper value of the three things.

Finally, I popped into a scene where I was hiking and moving fast up a mountain path toward the top. This time, my role was the identity I am familiar with as this body-mind-role Kaye.

I took in my surroundings and was shocked to see a great fire moving up behind me. I picked up my pace. At the top, instead of descending on a presumed back flank of the mountain, I stood at a cliff that overlooked a breathtaking verdant green valley floor thousands of feet below.

My role was evident at once. There was nowhere else to go but to choose my death; perish in the fire closing in behind me or leap to my death. I remembered the three things and added a fourth: Trust.

I leaped into the open space. (In case it needs to be said, do NOT try this on your own!) At first, falling, as you would suspect, was heart-pounding scary. But because the valley floor was so far below, I had time on the way down to take a breath, calm down, relax, and get my center and breath.

The revelry ended almost immediately when I noticed I was slowing down rather than crashing to certain death on the rocky edges of the valley floor. At this point, I became completely “lucid” or “awake in the dream,” or became fully aware I was dreaming.

I began to fly across the valley to the far side. Then, I slowly ascended until the valley, land, mountains, and all disappeared. I soared vertically along the edge in what appeared to be a vast cosmic egg full of Love Consciousness, mere words to describe the indescribable.

Curving around its top, I began to free-fall again, only this time, the falling was ecstatic, blissful. No fear.

It was pure bliss alternately falling and flying, and this was the best role ever, one of being who I AM and who WE ARE, naturally, without effort, just joy. Wow. What a busy night!

This world is a play. Play your role impeccably. Have no fear; until then, see it for what it is and put it behind you where it can’t lead. (Unless you’re about to go down a dark alley and your intuition says, “Don’t go.” In that case, listen!) Common sense is a winner in our waking life!

What would your life look like if you were to remember these three things, no matter what? Try them in different roles you play this coming week, and share your experiences in the comments. Thank you for reading.

In Peace and Love Consciousness,
Kaye ❤