Keep the inner cool and the world is cool for you
In the Jivanmukti viveka, Swami Vidyaranya cites a verse from the Laghu Yoga Vasishtha that comes as a clarion call for deep contemplation:
अन्तःशीतलतायां तु लब्धायां शीतलं जगत् |अन्तस्तृष्णोपतप्तानां दावदाहमयं जगत् ||
[To those who have gained internal composure, the whole world becomes cool and calm, while, to persons burnt by the flames of internal desires, the world is one huge conflagration.]
What the world is is decided by what the mind is. Another dimension of this is:
दृष्टिं ज्ञानमयीं कृत्वा पश्येद् ब्रह्ममयं जगत् | (Aparokshanubhuti)
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