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To Continue from #20 with more from another page of Ajahn Sumedho's book, he says :

What has really motivated my practice has, of course, been the orthodox teachings of the Theravada scriptures. I have always used the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination and all the essential teachings as my way of practice. And as you begin to realise what intuitive awareness is, you see that it is emptiness; you realise there is no self in it.

Awareness is consciousness and discernment; it is intelligence, but there is no sense of a separate self or anything else within it. You are not holding on to a doctrinal position or an attitude of any sort; even 'Buddhism' disappears. Everything resolves itself. This is what is often called anatta, sunnata, or nibbana (non-self, emptiness, the unborn or unconditioned)
Anyway, to return again now to the subject of rebirth , which was mentioned in the OP and the first few posts of this topic, here's a little extra from Ajahn Sumedho:

"The word 'rebirth' doesn't necessarily mean physical rebirth - being born again in the next life - it can mean the mental rebirths that are so ordinary we don't even notice them. As soon as life becomes boring or unpleasant, we seek rebirth into something else. That means beginning again, choosing something that has the potential for fulfilment, for happiness, for entertainment, for being totally mesmirised and taken over.........

....If we are not aware, the tendancy is to want to fill our lives with plans, possibilities, distractions, eating, drinking, television and many other things. Peacefulness, calm, emptiness and stillness, we can't stand, actually; they are just too hard to bear! "