You need to read books of other faiths, see the correlation. You need to relate your own experience to Shaivism to better understand Shiva, as well as yourself.

Shaivism is not limited to just faith and belief. That would make it incomplete.

Reading and believing books, attending and listening to gurus are still incomplete. You need more.

You need to read books of other faiths, see the correlation. You need to relate your own experience to Shaivism to better understand Shiva, as well as yourself.

On the next stage, is our action, conscious, and then unconscious, together with meditation.

Take these steps, one at a time, to better understand what it is to be a complete Shiva devotee.