Who is more important; the creator or his creation?

India
July 7, 2011 12:00pm CST
Systems and institutions of substance are more important than the people who create them. But not all those who build new institutions can always accept this simple truth. This often leads to a situation in which the institution is equated with the person who created it. There are a lot of examples where the creator thinks the creation as his personal possession than as an institution and comes to think of himself as one above the laws of the land. A very recent example is Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh who had done a great job in developing micro-credit as a powerful weapon in the battle against poverty in that country. In India, we have seen Verghese Kurien, the great pioneer of India’s ‘white revolution’. Both of them treated their institutions as their personal possession and were ultimately expelled from their beloved institutions which were originally created by themselves. There may be many more such examples throughout the world, which I am not aware of. Have you any such example in your knowledge? Would you share it with us? Do you support such mentality on the part of the creator?
12 responses
@isloooboy (1733)
• United Arab Emirates
7 Jul 11
As per my little knowledge without creator nothing can be created so Creator is the first importance and than his creation may get some recognition.
• India
7 Jul 11
It is true that without creator, the creation could not be possible. But I am asking if the creator thinks the creation as his personal possession than as an institution and comes to think of himself as one above the laws of the land, would you support it?
@isloooboy (1733)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Jul 11
NO way, he will remain within the law he can not be above the law.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
7 Jul 11
Do you speak of creation without the creator think? You can love creation, without worry about whose is it? And you know a really creative when you do not know nothing about her Creator? I do not know. I think not. You love the Creator for his creation and can not get more interested in anything beyond that. Yes it can. But this involves your faith in the existence of the Creator, implies that you are aware of his presence and his actions that led to creation. You must not know him, do not have to know how it looks like his name, is actually the creator. But when talking about creation and it involved him. Loving creation, love and creator, as it is present in it. Part of the creator always lives in his creation. It is true that he is more than his creation, but lives in it. I live in it's feelings, dreams, hopes. Creation is alive only because creator and creation both here can get music, literature, architecture, painting, etc.. I think, in fact, every time I look at a painting, a building, etc.. and admire our admiration is actually addressed to the creator. Creation of love and loving creator. For creation would not exist if it were never first, her Creator.
• India
7 Jul 11
No, I am asking if the creator thinks him above the creation and treats himself indispensable to that creation which he created with the help of many others.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Jul 11
I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. I really think that the creator is far more important than the creation itself. The reason that I feel this way is that none of the great creations that we see in our lives would be able to exist if it were not for the people that create them. So, though the creations come to be a very important part of our lives, those things would have never existed if it had not been for the person that created those things.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
8 Jul 11
For me the creator first because the thing's you want this system it is not yours if don't have the one who created that.
@jak2010 (1550)
• Papua New Guinea
8 Jul 11
It depends on the persepctive you look at. From the creator's prespective, his creation is important. He must do anything to save them, and fropm the created's poin of view, their creator is important that they must worship and adore him and follow his law and statutes.
@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Jul 11
How does it feel if someone comes to tell you- your idea is very important than the brain that invented it? Is just the same as saying "you follow someone's post, but you don't want his/her friendship", it does not make sense at all. The creator first..then the creation. ...little mind is a lazy mind..
@savypat (20216)
• United States
7 Jul 11
I think this is very common with creators, many times they not only put their life and soul into their creation but when it's finished they find they have not futher purpose. However the world may not feel the same way and several years later will remember only the creations not the creators.
@jaimz19 (236)
• Philippines
7 Jul 11
for me, the creation is more important than the creator simply because the creator took the time and effort to create his creation, therefore it must be important to the creator himself.. like a son to a father who would willingly risk it all for his son's welfare.
@Fireheart (683)
• India
7 Jul 11
I think both are equally important, creator is although much superior to the creations that's for certain, just my hunch, am sorry that i dont have any examples or things much to say or support the idea in my brain. without the superior or the main guy the subordinates are useless unorganized and have no order.
• Indonesia
8 Jul 11
For me the creator is the most important while the creation is more important... cause withut creator there would be no creation.
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
7 Jul 11
I think it is bad if they are expelled from the institution, I think creator is more important as compared to the creation. There is also another face of it, the institution created the creator, in that case the institution also becomes the creator. So we have to give the credit to the institution also. The main credit goes to the creator alone. I am little confused with it but that is what I will do in this situation.
• India
7 Jul 11
well you may be right but according o my views creator is more important as the handwork he has done and he mind which he has used behind the work is unexplainable....