Why would we be afraid of our own Identity? Obviously we have made up a false self whom we think is "us," and it scares the bejeebies out of us to give it up. We are more concerned with the "benefits" of maintaining this false self than the actual reality of Who we are as God Created us to be. Love is who we are in the absolute sense. This Self is immortal, boundless, unlimited, at one with all of Creation, and forever Free. This is LOVE. This is who we are....not the "fear self" we made up.