trika shaivism reminds me of kaballah here "Self-Experience of Lord Siva is the primary metaphysical basis of all human experiences, especially those that explain the 'ontological categories such as causality, time and action'."

i like kashmir shaivism a lot. however, i have some disagreements. trikas view consciousness (Parabhairava) as incredibly active and dynamic, in contrast with the kevaladvaita vedantins who view it (nirguna brahman) as passive and static. while i view God as "living", and the world as a play of consciousness, i also view consciousness as perfectly at rest.

"it moves--yet it moves not. its far away, yet its near at hand. its within this whole world--yet its also outside this whole world." (isha upanishad) this is my view of pure consciousness. God in His transcendent aspect thinks/knows everything all at once forever (and He doesn't merely know, He is knowledge itself, non-dual knower-knowledge-known). while ever at rest and unchanging, He may vibrate to produce the universe of changes. this is my position. its very tantric i believe. but i dont actually know that much about kashmir shaivism yet, they could have a similar view.

from what I do know about trika shaivism the concept of spanda and of the shakti being the same as dynamic consciousness is very important. this would def imply that consciousness is still when the world ceases. but spanda seems to have more connotations than "that by which the world is created" that I ought to explore.