Haider,
Firstly let me use the term Advaita instead of SR because Advaita is the real term given to this philosohpy of salvation which orignated in India.
I think you have it wrong.
The premise of Advaita is that Brahman (creator or god or whatever you call it) and Atman (self) is the same.
Why/What is Enlightenment a.k.a moksha -
P.S. I have taken this answer from Advaita Vedanta A very important assumption in all vedAnta is that man suffers from bondage in the course of his life in this world. This is said to be samsAra, which involves being caught in an endless cycle of births and deaths. The quest therefore is to seek a way out of this bondage, to break the cycle of rebirths and attain moksha or liberation. The most important issues in vedAnta have to be understood with respect to what constitutes bondage and what constitutes liberation. The advaita school is of the view that jnAna (knowledge) of man's true nature is liberation. Bondage arises from ignorance (avidyA) of man's true nature, and therefore removal of ignorance roots out this bondage. Liberation is therefore nothing more or nothing less than man knowing his true nature. This true nature is his innermost essence, the Atman, which is nothing other than brahman. He who knows this, not merely as bookish knowledge, but through his own Experience, is liberated even when living. Such a man is a jIvanmukta, and he does not return to the cycle of rebirths.
Haider, as I have mentioned, SR cannot be understood just by reading. The books I have read talks about understanding SR by doing meditation where you will be searching for "Who am I" and once you overcome the incessant chatter of the mind and experience pure silence, you will reach the stage where you will realize your true nature...................I am sure you must know how hard it is to keep your mind quiet.
Ofcourse NO GRUDGE AT ALL.
I keep writing here because I see people having wrong interpretations of Advaita. If you think you will be comfortable with OR, then thats fine. Each one of us are entitled to what we feel is comfortable.