Hey, I'm glad I clicked on this!
I didn't know who Shiva was until reading this and Google searching images.
During one of my earlier journeys, I became Shiva. It was towards the end of the journey, after a long trip through the weaves of time and space.
I was watching myself from behind myself, while floating in a formless realm. I turned blue, sprouted additional arms and eyes, stood, and extended my arms out. As I did, energy blasted from my finger tips generating the reality(the one I had known before launching), filling in all the space around me - with all the things I had come to call "life".
When I came to, I was standing with my arms outstretched. It was pretty wild. I felt the sensation of creating everything around me. Very energizing, great moral boost.
Sometimes it's good for a change. Other times it isn't.