The Power of Restraint in the Mind

There is a short verse which describes the quality of mind which is not bound to phenomena. See all of this world as a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream, a flash of lightning in a summer cloud, a flickering lamp, a phantom in a dream. All images of transparency, of insubstantiality, of momentariness, of impermanence. When we restrain the outflows which bind us, which solidify us, so there is the restraint of letting go of unskillful action and energy conservation.