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An interesting thought for sure. It depends on one's own mind though. For example shakyamuni Buddha had a very similar story in his path to recognizing tathagatahood. The difference was dropping all b...
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Yes the story goes that his parents went to great lengths to keep him focused on himself and not aware of the 3 messengers. That's not to say not to have a self identity. Just know it's a useful tool for relative existence but ultimately interdependently originated.

This article will be helpful in integrating the 2 truths of relative and absolute.

https://tsoknyirinpoche.org/two-truths/