i was immediately struck with the idea that dark suited man was a portion
of your own self. the fancy mansion in which you'd felt imprisoned would
be your own fleshly form, and the world you inhabit.
i believe that it's quite common for people to have "disassociated" what
has felt bad from themselves (perhaps beginning in an earlier lifetime).
to be a whole being requires that the 'uncomfortable' aspects of oneself
be healed and that energy become reincorporated into wholeness. it may
be that the man had lied (since spiritual awareness is a "good" thing),
due to some fear of his that he'll become undone or lose the power he's
used to keep you (both) imprisoned. [i think that] he is you, and that
the most direct way to resolving the situation involves a generous dose
of forgiveness.