White orb and dark shadow dream last night.

During a dream last night, I awoke (in the dream I guess) and noticed that there was a bright white orb hovering about 2 feet above my head. I was laying on my side so I was able to make it out via peripheral vision of my left eye. I didn't look directly at it but I saw that my pillow and the wall were illuminated. The next thing I know, I'm in a different dream where this black shadow is attacking my cousin and older brother. It told me that it couldn't attack me because I'm "standing at a different angle...." I was like, "yeah, right. what does that mean?" Then it went for my cousin again and I jumped on top of my cousin and somehow repelled the shadow. Interesting dream.

Anyone care to interpret this dream for me?

You should ask in the Dream Interpretation subforum.

I think spirits/other lucid dreamers sometimes present in form of a white light orb. Maybe you were not dreaming when you saw that.