Had a dream that I was walking into a building. It was in a town not far from where I grew up. The building was fairly large and had "temple vibes."
As I walked into the main room I noticed that it was dark and dimly lit by oil lamps and a few fire places. Wood furnishings(tables, chairs, bookcases etc..) "Cool" colors, violets and blues. Old people sitting around the tables, not many, maybe 5-7 altogether. They barely took notice of me as they spoke in hushes and whispers to each other.
The next moment I am walking into another room that is black. Checkered floor and floating upright in the center of the room was Shiva, multi-armed and all. I do not know why but I felt that "Shiva" was feminine. She smiled as i slowly fell straight back words to the ground and slid, parallel to the ground underneath "Shiva."

Then I woke up. This happened a while ago but for some reason felt like sharing it with glp.

Any thoughts as to a meaning?