Do you see Lord Shiva while meditating?

Universe is energy, you are the universe, and you are that part of dynamic energy. If you are connected with the divine, if you're familiar to the concept of Hinduism the universe guides you in the form of Lord Shiva. As Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesha and other deities were created by humans. If you study Hinduism mythological history or do some research on this topic, they all started as wooden crafts, as time passed by Hindus started accepting this sort of religion as all of them weren't allowed to pray or enter the temples. 

It created a sense of unity. I'm not saying that they don't exist or that you weren't meditating. As one may never know about this stuff. But it could be that you were just daydreaming but if you weren't, the universe probably tries to connect with you, it's hard for people to believe or trust in the source at times cause we're all used to a physical form of god or the creator. 

It could well be that universe shows me affection through them in my meditation or that they themselves show me love and affection. When some people meditate they usually see things even when they don't want to see or, you n short you can't control your meditations, because meditation is effortless. Therefore, the next time you meditate and you feel like you're forcing to see a certain person or thing even just a little bit you're daydreaming but if you can't control the things that are happening you're meditating. Meditation isn't meant to think about nothing it's about allowing your thoughts to flow through you.

Not on a daily basis but I'm working toward it. My Christian friend does not practice Hinduism. He has built up a good life for himself but have been in a dark place for a while. I took to meditation and during the training decided to do a chakra balancing meditation. He has been practicing it daily with success. During the meditation he saw Lord Ganesha. Millions of eyes shifting and swirling with innumerable layers. Lord Ganesha would show his face larger than all of the eyes attached to him and he would make smiling expressions in different ways. There were other Gods there but they did not show themselves the way he did. Needless to say it is a life changing experience. 

When he was done he then searched for the image on internet and saw that yes it was indeed him. You don't believe me? During the meditation he thought it was a female God. So he was rather surprised to see that he is a male God and that he is the remover of obstacles and so much more but have always felt all religions are worshipping the same God. There are many Gods in Hinduism and not one form of God. We are a part of all of it. We are in a shell as humans but we are all part of the same universe.

This is one level of meditation. The other level is to realize that you yourself have Shiva within. It's present in every one. You can only feel it and connect to it. You are him and he is you. Once Ramkrishna Paramahansa started feeling Goddess Kali in all this day to day activities while sleeping ,eating etc. He thought he reached the highest level of enlightenment where he can see god all the time. Once a monk came to him and he shared this experience with him. The monk said till the time you dissolve within Kali and stop treating her as a separation entity you would not be able to achieve Samadhi or enlightenment. With more deep meditation he finally achieved Samadhi.

Recently a female friend told me "when I meditate I see myself as Lord Shiva. Though I am female but I can feel myself having those masculine hands wearing rudraksh in hands. I see myself garlanded with snake around my neck. The view of Lord Shiva is too beautiful to be true. I agree I experience this because I visualize Shiva more in my thoughts throughout the day than I see myself in mirror. So I recognize Shiva more than me. So when I meditate I see him instead of myself. But surely the view of Lord Shiva is so amazing and the kind of details I view, I have never observed it any photo or temple before. So whatever the reason is, the experience is so serene and fabulous".

Meditation is a practice intended to give insight to one's own thoughts. It is actually your own thoughts which is painted with a tinge of the beliefs that you hold dear. You are the one who is actually answering your questions, without you realizing it. I am not against your beliefs. It might be true that He is the one who created you with that intelligence to answer your own questions. But I am pretty much sure that what you experience is the result of the inputs that have been gathered in your mind over a period of time.

Your perception of seeing someone or hearing something as an answer to your questions, is most likely an imagination or kind of a dream play by your mind. meditation is a very advanced practice where a person who is spiritually evolved merges in body , mind and spirit with the universal soul…..this takes years if not lifetimes….but for beginners it is better to do chanting, yoga, pranayam etc that can first cleanse the body and mind ……anything seen or heard by a person who is of a low spiritual level is usually an illusion or negative entities who use your spiritual energy….please go to the website of spiritual science research foundation for guidance and help in your practice and the appropriate practice for you. Actually when you meditate, you can hear and see the god shiva because when one people get lean in the meditation and keep practicing it then this phenomena happens to some people. if you want to get more experience like this, then you should meditate with the meditation sounds and relaxing sounds which helps you to get more experience like this.

Some have seen Shiva during Astral projection and recently in Merkabah (a very esoteric type of meditation related to sacred geometry) they’ve met a group of entities who are very much Shiva look alike. One of them asked me why I’m there and what I want. I’ve gave my answers and it seemed like he was very convinced with my answers and introduced me with rest of the members of the entity group who were congregating. I don’t know why I have seen Shiva in the astral realm and why in the Merkabah meditation. Om Namah Shivay