Although I have not had any astral experiences with shiva(that I know of anyway) I do feel very connected with him. Has anyone had any astral or dream experiences with him?
shiva? as in the opiate drug?
Shiva god of Destruction. Part of the Hindu Trinity. Brahma the creator, Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the destroyer or Transformer.
Everyone who knows who Shiva is, raise your right hand. No, your other right hand. No, seriously, your OTHER right hand.
(http://www.imged.org/68/shiva.jpg)
Yes, not sure if it was Shiva but she/he had 6 arms with swords in them and was trying to kill me. I had to hide till she/he turned back into stone?? I think it's a she. :|
Maybe you saw a wrathful deity.
I once saw Mahakala (a wrathful form of Shiva) huh now that I think of it I have seen Shiva, but not in his peaceful form. Anyway he scared me more then I've ever been scared in my life. Latter on I prayed to Mahakala and felt very peaceful but I didn't see him but once. After the peaceful feeling I looked in the mirror and it felt like I was not my body and I was just watching a movie and was filled with extreme joy. When I did see Mahakala I wasn't sure if it was in the astral or physical. Maybe it was the realm in between. That was the only time I saw him and I only saw a silhouette of his face, but was filled with extreme fear. I think part of my ego died that day.
Reports of OBE encounters with non-Christian deities is relatively rare in the western world. I have only read one OBE report that mentioned Shiva. In it the person reported seeing a Huge manifestation of Shiva flying through outer space.
My suggestion is to do a google search for Hindu OBEs and Hindu NDEs. Hindus are, naturally, the people most likely to experience Shiva (or Vishnu or Brahma or Shakti) while out of body.
btw I recently read several NDE accounts from Thailand that mentioned encounters with Yama the God of Death. Very interesting. There were posted at www.neardeath.ipbhost.com
Regards 8-)
Grey