Yes, this world only exists inside our minds, its not out there independent of us and also who said I am doing any work, we don't have free will and we do not act on our own and as Krishna says in Bhagvad Gita, work is given as free to all of us, if you think you're doing your works on your own will then you're in ignorance.
Both Brahman and Dharma is important, its not right to care about one and forget the other. We should care about this world and also about Brahman.
Isha Upanishad,verse1
1. All this is for habitation by the Lord, whatsoever is individual universe of movement in the universal motion. By that renounced thou shouldst enjoy; lust not after any man’s possession.
Isha Upanishad, verse2
2. Doing verily works in this world one should wish to live a hundred years. Thus it is in thee and not otherwise than this; action cleaves not to a man.
This world belongs to God, it is his world, this is his body and he has every authority on us and the world is alive because of him and you like it or not you're already doing his works. The empirical world is an illusion but there is a real world of gods out there who are responsible for the retrospective orchestration of this empirical reality and these gods are in and around us and they care about humans and this empirical reality which is an illusion was created to make us prepare for the realization of Brahman and achieve self-righteousness, God is preparing everyone and sowing his seeds to make us realize Brahman and that's why we have to care about this world, that's how the contradiction is resolved.
If he wanted us to renounce everything and not care about this world then why would he give directions to us in the second verse of the Isha Upanishad where he says,
2. Doing verily works in this world one should wish to live a hundred years. Thus it is in thee and not otherwise than this; action cleaves not to a man.
I have thought about these things before you have.
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