Yes indeed, Life is Complicated. The biggest complexity of Life is that of a man’s ignorance about his own true or real human nature. The man can overcome the challenge posed by ignorance by learning the art of giving thanks for everything. The man who has learned the art of giving thanks for everything knows what it means to live and will penetrate the Whole Mystery of Life.
Spirituality Science – The Celebration of Life. A tribute to Dr Albert Schweitzer
On January 14, 2018 I pay my humble tribute to Dr. Albert Schweitzer who promoted the ideal of treating life with respect. To describe a man as a Spiritual Being I give attention to both Biology and Medical Science to arrive at a correct understanding of Real or True Man. The term ‘Spirit’ has to be defined as the vital principle found in all living things and hence Science has to account for Spirit using Science called Human Anatomy that describes the structures and Human Physiology that describes the functions performed by anatomical structures such as cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
Albert Schweitzer Born – January 14, 1875
The theologian, musician, philosopher and Nobel Prize-winning physician Albert Schweitzer is born on 14th January in 1875 in Upper-Alsace, Germany (now Haut-Rhin, France).
The son and grandson of ministers, Schweitzer studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Strasbourg, Paris and Berlin. After working as a pastor, he entered medical school in 1905 with the dream of becoming a missionary in Africa. Schweitzer was also an acclaimed concert organist who played professional engagements to earn money for his education. By the time he received his M.D. in 1913, the overachieving Schweitzer had published several books, including the influential The Quest for the Historical Jesus and a book on the composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
Medical degree in hand, Schweitzer and his wife, Helene Bresslau, moved to French Equatorial Africa where he founded a hospital at Lambarene (modern-day Gabon). When World War I broke out, the German-born Schweitzers were sent to a French internment camp as prisoners of war. Released in 1918, they returned to Lambarene in 1924. Over the next three decades, Schweitzer made frequent visits to Europe to lecture on culture and ethics. His philosophy revolved around the concept of what he called “reverence for life”–the idea that all life must be respected and loved, and that humans should enter into a personal, spiritual relationship with the universe and all its creations. This reverence for life, according to Schweitzer, would naturally lead humans to live a life of service to others.
Schweitzer won widespread praise for putting his uplifting theory into practice at his hospital in Africa, where he treated many patients with leprosy and the dreaded African sleeping sickness. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1952, Schweitzer used his $33,000 award to start a leprosarium at Lambarene. From the early 1950s until his death in 1965, Schweitzer spoke and wrote tirelessly about his opposition to nuclear tests and nuclear weapons, adding his voice to those of fellow Nobelists Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell.
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