Thread: the most spiritual dream i ever had - meaning? help?

First, I believe the beginning of this dream symbolizes a recent struggle or situation that you have recently endured. It required much strength and has been very enligthening to your life - as though you have reached a new "plateau" of mental experience.

Now, the interesting thing is the Taj Mahall and the symbology within this.

To better understand this, I'll give a brief over-view of what the Taj Mahal is for those readers who do not know it:

The best way to describe the Taj Mahal is that the Taj Mahal is the largest living monument that tells the romantic tale between an emperor and his love. Taj Mahal is found in Agra along the river Yamuna. The Taj Mahal is one of the greatest attractions to India and is recognized as one of the greatest symbols for love and imagination. But enough commerical material:

The two "love-birds" in this story is the emperor Shah Jehan and Mumtaz Mahal. Mumtaz Mahal died beside Shah Jehan in a campaign against the rebellion in 1631 after giving birth to their 14th child. She asked that he build the Taj Mahal before she died. It is generally believed that the origin of the word "Taj Mahal" (which roughly translates to "Crown of the Palace") is a skewed version of the name Mumtaz Mahal. (My guess would be that her nick name was Taj).

So, we have a building representing romance and love at the plateau of your accomplishment. A beautiful woman (one much like an empress, perhaps?) guides you through the building. When she asks you to come with her, you deny and enter a "dark room" filled with tainted windows and depictions of the woman along with Jesus. Falling in awe, you wake up.

The above translated can be seen as your motivation for spiritual development and envy. However, you feel you cannot yet fully comprehend or fathom the depths of religions (your dream includes several conflicting religions).

If we were to simply look at it as an impressive building with beautiful antiquity, we might see the dream as how you perceive a life of faith to be amazing and wonderful - happy. But you are "in the dark" and left to continue to desire and envy.

My synopsis and best guess is: you have come into a relationship of some sort that has spiritual complications. This may very well be with your mother or just yourself. Although you feel you have a sense of accomplishment in this relationship or have spiritually developed, you do not feel fully prepared to adapt a faith.

How is this interpretation...?

Picture of the Taj Mahal

am in complete awe of your interpretation. The picture of the taj mahal is exactly how it was. I never knew the story behind the taj mahal and am now intigued. I still hold a picture of the woman in my head although i have never dreamed about her before. I wonder if there are any paintings or pictures of mumtaz anywhere! your interperatation has helped me to go back to what was going on in my life at the time of the dream and I cant really remember embarking into any relationships or anything developing on a level with my mum or anyone. But spiritituality is seeming to be a key with me.( please look at my posts on dreams of water on the beyond dreaming, dream interpretation & dream signs forums.)Spirituality seems to be a huge key in my dreams as im finding out from post replys on this site. Its what to do with this new found spirituality im stuck on. But all i know is that im still wishing i had have been lucid enough to re create the dream and follow the woman - im a natural at ldin but cant seem to get into that one for some reason. Could something spiritual or personal be blocking me and do you think it dangerous for me to continue trying to recreate and follow?

added. Found pics of mumtaj although they are only paintings so i cant tell if this is the woman in my dream.