Dream zone

By Lauri Quinn Lowenberg

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 | midnight

I was standing in our kitchen (I am in a wheelchair). I heard a knock on the door. I could see a man standing there. There was something I did not like about him, but I opened the door, and he shot me in the chest. I was thrown across the room, and I started disappearing. I saw another figure in a cloak who had a gentle feel about him and had come to collect me. Then I woke up. –Saxon, 62, Devon, UK

Lauri: You found yourself standing in your dream because you must have recently decided to “take a stand” about something. This may be where the getting shot comes in. Is there something you’ve decided to give your best shot? It is also significant that you got shot in the chest. The chest is where the heart is, where we hold our emotions. The fact that you are disappearing tells us that some part of you, perhaps some behavior or mind-set, is diminishing. The cloaked figure represents the mystery of this change that is happening within you … but ’tis a good change, my dear, so embrace it!

Saxon replies: You are spot-on when you talk about some part of me beginning to diminish. I have been seriously concentrating on improving my health lately. For the last 21 years I have been slowly putting on weight, and this has been the cause of my being in a wheelchair. Thank you so much for the extra thoughts on my dream—it sounds fantastic.