Q&A: Where does the creator come from, and who created the creator?

 If you speak of a creator, then you must speak of that which is created and the means by which it is created. These 3 things always go together. 

But these distinctions only make sense in a world where linear time plays a role, the material world, where there is an apparent beginning and an apparent end.

Imagine a world where time is irrelevant. In that world it would be impossible to distinguish the start of something from its end, because they would both be happening at the same time, in an eternal now. 

From that point of view, the question of who created the creator wouldn't make any sense. 

So, while the concept of a God is rooted in dualism (I'm here and God is there), there is also a non-dual Ground of All Being from which everything else rises. Ramana Maharshi calls it the SELF. Our individual self is a part of it. The only obstacle that (seemingly) divides us from the SELF is our limited knowledge. Not intellectual knowledge, but knowledge based on direct experience. 

Enlightenment is just that, the total realization that we are indeed the SELF.

And what does that mean in terms of the creator? It means WE are ultimately the creator of everything. And by "we" I don't mean the ego driven personality, but our true identity, which is the SELF.

The implications are fascinating. We create the concept of God and project it outwards, as if it were separate from us. So, when we pray to God, we actually pray to an aspect of ourselves. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. 

It also means that me, you and everyone else are manifestations of that same SELF and that the separation we see is an illusion. 

Imagine what the world would look like if we could realize that!