How do you get close to Shiva? How do you worship him?
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Well the content of this post turned out a bit different than what a though :D
I can’t help you unfortunately since I don’t worship gods, but I’m curious to see answers from those who have some helpful inputs.
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Mantra and Yantra are traditional methods.
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- Yup! Mantras are the way to go. In my opinion, easier route to Shiva is always through Shakti, the Great Goddess. Reaching the “unmanifest” is easier through the “manifest”.
- Shiva while is a deity (manifests as various forms - Bhairava, Rudra, Dakshinamurti the teacher, etc.) is also one’s own Awakened Consciousness in its pure and expansive form, so there’s that too. Shiva-consciousness is like the cloudless, expansive blue sky with no beginning or end, it is just pure presence and bliss.
- Shiva is also the greatest of Yogis - so Yogic practices of any kind eventually when fructified do result in visions of Shiva (or glimpses of Shiva consciousness) in various states of Samadhi.
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You can just look at Shiva linga! It’s a meditation + its a worship + its everything 
I think a few things have to be experienced 
Well, I didn’t see him, but I think I benefitted from his power/help.
As I was reading about a variety of deities, I liked what was written about Shiva.
I meditated and praised what I liked about him according to my readings. Then I asked for a boon, the power to easily and gently break a few habits that I’d like to change. Well, that came true, so I assume he might have been the one who guided me.
– fyi, I was totally sincere when I spared time to praise him. In fact, I just meditated and praised to say hello at the time. I asked for the boon several weeks after that.
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