I have been seeing a stark white elephant during pranayama and contemplation.
I am wondering what the significance is, as the symbol has no specific meaning to me. 
What, do you think, is the significance of an albino elephant?
Don’t know if this is imprtant, but I am seeing an African elephant, rather than an Asian one. (I know enough about elephants to know the difference. 
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What would YOU take it to mean?
In a nutshell:
Generally an elephant represents strength, mastery over something (the mind generally) and obedience.
In Hinduism The Elephant God represents the power that helps you overcome all obstacles. It clears the way, so to say.
The elephant is also an symbol of the Mooladhara Chakra and can as such refer to an aspect of this chakra. A few more aspects about the mooladhara chakra and the elephant which might interest you:
Mooladhara is depicted as a four-petalled lotus of crimson petals, wherein is a yellow square, representing the earth element. The four petals represent the four cardinal directions of our earthly plane, and the four primal anaesthesias. Inside the square is an elephant with seven trunks, symbol also of solidity. The seven trunks represent the seven minerals (sapta dhatu) vital to physical function, and the seven charkas. The elephant?s four solid legs echo the previous symbology of four. Within the (four-sided) square is the Sanskrit glyph for the Bija mantra LAM, which invokes Indra. The elephant (Airavata) is Indra?s vehicle. Indra is lord of the mind, who uses the body vehicle for his purposes.
So perhaps your elephant is trying to tell you something about the mind and its processes. I hope this will shed some light for you on this.
The white color can indicate beginnings for western minds or endings for far eastern. In the standard black and white expression of yin and yang, white is the yang (direct, active, additive) energy.
Of course, the absence of color might not be significant. It might just be ‘other than’ the standard darkness when you close your eyes.
Have you asked the elephant what it’s doing there?
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Have you asked the elephant what it’s doing there?[/QUOTE]
No, I generally do not speak to visions.
I pray about them, but don’t talk to them… :o
You know what they say about seeing pink elephants …
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What do they say? Besides, it is not a pink elephant. It is a white one. (Well, maybe the blood vessels beneath the skin would make it have a slightly pink hue…)
But what do they say???
[QUOTE=slythyr;17592]What do they say? Besides, it is not a pink elephant. It is a white one. (Well, maybe the blood vessels beneath the skin would make it have a slightly pink hue…)
But what do they say???[/QUOTE]