The individualism we learn from society is egoism. True individuality goes hand in hand with recognizing the inter-connectivity of all things. Some call it God, I call it Love or sometimes the universe.
To call identity an illusion is not inaccurate, but it is our own creation and creation is what we are here to do in the first place. Most individuals fail to recognize that their identity is self-created, a piece of art, and that it is up to them what to do with it. Others somehow make the mistake of thinking that this deems life meaningless.
Suffering serves the purpose of showing us what we don't desire, not only as individuals but as a collective.
We are her to give meaning to the art that is life, but sometimes in doing so we get lost in the meaning that we give it and think that this meaning was there to begin with. "Good" and "Bad" are useful concepts, they are concepts that we are here to create. But they are defined by us, and sometimes it's useful to remember that to the infinite, there are no such concepts.
Nice post, I wonder where I can find more posts like this?