I believe Consciousness itself is above knowledge and therefore one cannot understand it using reason. I don't know if anything created it, and if it did, this kind of creation would be way beyond our ability to comprehend. I believe everything in the world is a manifestation of Consciousness, and therefore, included in it, so it would be impossible to understand it unless your mind is liberated and it remembers it is Source.
What I believe to be the most accurate (even if challenging) perspective that of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
The idea (in short) is that there is consciousness (the Soul, Brahman) which is eternal. The universe does not simply possess consciousness, it is consciousness, and this consciousness is Brahman. This consciousness manifests itself as the life we see - out of playfulness. Life is a play, a miracle, but humans mistakenly identify themselves with their psiho-mental processes (the ego...) and confuse their ego with the Self, which is none other than Source. Through meditation, and with the help of a master, one is able to understand, like a scientist, which his own authority, who he is (the answer to the supreme question, who am I? ), and become one with Source. Once the mind is liberated by that realization, life is no longer Samsara (a nuissance, a win and loose game), but becomes a play. Source wants to know itself through us, and there is no reason for it. You know why once you are liberated, because you are Source, but you cannot understand it if by "you" you mean your human body and mind - the intellect cannot comprehend that - it can only be known.
I'm writing a paper on Yoga for a University course, so if you like, I can write about that view as well.
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