Q: What reincarnates?
A: The ego.
Q: What is the ego?
A: Deluded thoughts constitute the ego. When there are no more deluded thoughts there is no more reincarnation; that is, there is no more experience of loss and gain.
Q: What are deluded thoughts?
A: Deluded thoughts are unnecessary and unwanted patterns of electrical impulses in the brain. They make you believe things really exist in themselves, thus making you feel insufficient and insecure.
Q: If I meditate on restraining the senses, emptying my mind of birth and death, attaining a mind of clear-light and simplicity, will I have achieved the ultimate?
A: You will be far from the ultimate. The consciousness you speak of is known as the storehouse consciousness, because it contains the seeds of all the sense consciousnesses. It is the deepest, innermost generative core of the ego, and as such it is the "thing" that reincarnates. Do not make a nest in this place, for it is a trap that will bury you alive. Worshipping this seemingly heavenly mind is like putting a thief in charge of the security of all your possessions.
Q: How do I get rid of these deep deluded thoughts?
A: Just stop having them.