The Dream Thread

[Etude in B Minor]

I dreamt that I went into my living room and found a man there looking around. He was middle-aged, wearing a rather rumpled tweedy suit, looking much like an absent-minded professor. I was very surprised to see somebody in my house, but for some reason this didn't bother me, and I decided to just let the guy continue to look around. I didn't say anything to him and went into the kitchen. I returned to the living room and found that the man had rearranged all of the furniture and was watching TV. The TV's picture was all screwed up, however, and I thought that maybe he didn't turn on the cable box properly. But the lousy picture didn't seem to bother him and I got the impression that he was somehow getting the true image through sensing the signal on the cable itself. He pointed to the screen and asked me "What's that?". I said, it's an ad. He had a puzzled look on his face and I had the feeling that he was a foreigner or even an alien who didn't know the various idioms of the English language, so I said "It's an advertisment for some product". He then turned away and resumed looking around the room.

Then I found myself waking up (still in the dream) in my bedroom, but the lights were full on and it was very bright. I couldn't see very well, however, everything was blurred and I could only see through a small corner of my visual field. I tried rubbing my eyes and blinking but nothing would clear my sight and I grew rather afraid. I stumbled around and felt my bedsheets but they seemed to be hanging vertically as if hanging from the door. Once I grabbed them my vision cleared and I saw the man again, this time in my closet. I saw that the closet had been cleaned up with what looked like a row of many suit coats all neatly arranged on hangers (like a display in a fine men's wear shop). I saw the man poking around on what looked like an electrical panel inside the closet, but he seemed like he didn't know what he was doing. Then appeared another guy, who seemed to be some sort of contractor or electrician. He said "You need a screwdriver, do you have one?". He then proceeded to work on the electrical panel and seemed to be much more competent than the other man. Then I woke up.

My usual interpretation of dreams that involve a house or rooms is that they represent my body. Thus it may be that this dream symbolizes some external help in improving my health. I have been in bad health for the past year, having surgery and continued problems. I have prayed for assistance and guidance in healing, and perhaps this dream indicates something along this line. The first man might have been trying to find out what is wrong with me and the other guy trying to fix it. I sure hope so anyway!