Namaste, Vajvan.
There are a couple of points in your very good quotes. At first, there is creation as a conscious act, but at the end, there is self-direction towards God consciousness as the act!
I have read, now I cannot find it, of the effect of creation as the "self-effulgence" of God. I have also enjoyed the teachings of this great soul...
Self-Enquiry (Ramana Maharshi)
In which I find a similar idea as God dwelling in God (as an act).
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