YOU ARE NOT AS SOLID AS YOU THINK YOU ARE
The moment you understand that there is no need for any protection of your identity, there will not be any suffering, and you will understand that the whole thing is happening just like small bubbles in the ocean! Any minute, the bubbles will disappear!
There is nothing to protect. There is nothing to care for. There is nothing to grow. Understand that you are just liquid. The very understanding that you are liquid is enough to liberate you. Just a simple understanding that you are not as solid as you think you are is more than enough.
Contemplate on this one thing and relax from whatever you think of as you for the next half an hour; you will emerge as a new being. At least you will have a glimpse, one glimpse of who you are. When I say 'you' I mean capital letter Y-O-U, not small letter 'y-o-u'. Please sit as you are and close your eyes. Allow these words to merge in you. Whatever understanding happens let it happen.
The master is there to awaken this understanding in you. Ramana says: The master is a simha swapna - a nightmare where a lion is chasing you! You will wake up even if you are in your deepest dreams in the waking state. However thick the veil of illusion may be, you will wake up.