You can take or leave the teaching of rebirth. That is how Buddhism terms it, not reincarnation but rebirth. You can take it or leave it. This quite okay, as it doesn't have a great deal to do with life as regards to your practice here and now, in this moment. But there is also the other level of rebirth in this moment, which is very important to take in. You're getting reborn every time I answer another question. You are a new human being, with new information. Scientists will tell you that your entire body gets reborn every seven years. So you are getting reborn here and now, and that is important to take in as a teaching. You are not who you were before. A few moments ago I was talking about the Compassion/Lovingkindness meditation last night, to think of yourself when you were six years old, 10 years old, 15 years old, etc. You're totally reborn from the six-year-old person. So there has been rebirth going on in this life also, and that is valuable to take in, because then you don't hold on so tight to who you are now, and you are more open to change who you are, to grow.