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Season two of Becoming Wise is a wrap! We’re so grateful you joined us for these months of reflection and recentering. Before we go away to work on our next season, we’d love to hear from you. What did you love? How can we make the podcast even better? Go to onbeing.org/bwsurvey ...  Show more

The last episode of season two. Robert Thurman and Sharon Salzberg are icons of American Buddhism, and they are joyful, longtime friends. They challenge us to reframe our anger by seeing love for our enemies as an act of self-compassion. “It’s very hard to see love as a force, as ...  Show more

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." It's been 45 years since John Lennon sang that line, yet it's an idea that continues to speak to an uncomfortable truth. While we all like to think we have some measure of control over how our lives will unfol ...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness" argues that luck significantly impacts success, more than people realize. The book highlights cognitive biases like survivorship bias, where only successful outcomes are considered, and the <stron ...

Brian Klaas is a political scientist, a professor at University College London and an author. Small, seemingly insignificant events can have profound effects on the world. But how much of our fate is truly determined by chance, and if chaos plays such a huge role, how much contro ...  Show more

What if I told you your life follows the same laws as the universe? Newton’s motion, gravity, entropy, expansion—these aren’t just scientific ideas. They mirror your chaos, your growth, your momentum. This video will shift your perspective and remind you that even in your brea ...