In plain words
No, no. The liṅga is exactly that which, for the spiritual heart, is golden, that is, joined with a substance that does not spoil, and has the power to hold the whole world within itself in its blazing light. Here is a small example of this. You will have gone to see Badrīnāth, Kedārnāth, Hṛṣīkeś, all these, and come back. You will have seen the Himālayan mountains too. But where are all these things you went and saw. Call them to mind again, and they are all in your heart itself. Just once, close your eyes and think of Badrīnāth. That temple, that Himālayan mountain, the river Alakā: all these are painted in your heart itself. Whatever you have seen in this world, whatever you have done, when you remember all of it, it is shown directly … within the picture that is your heart. That is, this whole world is in you yourself. Whatever you are seeing, all of it is reflection of the inner being. Whatever you are speaking, all of it is reflection of inner talk. Whatever work you are doing, all of it is reflection of inner action. Putting into action what is within you, that alone is Dharma. Speaking out purely in words the things within you, that alone is Satya. Contemplating truly what is in your heart, that alone is Śānti. Understanding well what is in your heart, that alone is Ahiṃsā. Trusting the heart completely, that alone is Prema. So Satya, Dharma, Śānti, Prema and Ahiṃsā are all only reflections of your heart. Humanness means mind, word and deed all fastened together as one. One thing in the word, another in the mind, one in the deed: what work comes of that? The work comes to nothing. What is Dharma? Thought coming into speech, speech put into action: the oneness of these three alone is Dharma. This very thing: The proper study of mankind is man. Today there is no oneness at all in these three. That is why the whole heart is turning into clay. What is the reason for this form, made of consciousness, turning into clay? The selfishness and self-interest in man alone are the root cause. For this selfishness to go, Hiraṇyagarbhāya namaḥ, we must dwell in thought on that holy, true, divine, noble, ever-new feeling of the heart.
That is, we must fix our gaze on what does not change. All these are impermanent, transient, nothing but untrue. On this basis the Bhagavad Gītā: Anityam asukhaṃ lokamimaṃ prāpya bhajasva māṃ. This whole world is bound to change some day.