A newspaper caption read: 'Why live a boring life?' I started thinking while I was sitting in my balcony. I observed many cars pass by and honk continually. At this moment, I was experiencing boredom. I thought that the world is full of boring experiences. So, how should we save ourselves from boredom? A verse from the Quran says: 'Only in the remembrance of God hearts find comfort.' This means that we must ponder over and reflect on the creation of God. I realized that just as there is movement on the roads, there is also movement in the entire universe, but there is no instance of noise pollution as in the human world. Thus, I discovered the Creator in this way. The Creator is so powerful that the universe He built is constantly on the move but there is no pollution. When I started thinking about the greatness of God, everything else paled into insignificance in comparison. My boredom went away. This is how one gets peace of mind. Discovering the Creator in creation leads to a peaceful mind, as it gives us a higher level of thinking. In every 'thing' or 'item' of the world, there is a 'truth'. If we only focus on the thing, we will get bored. But if we go to the deep and discover the truth in it, we will be able to live on a level of existence where boredom gets minimized. This state is called peace of mind. Peace of mind is thus an intellectual state.
