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I've had hundreds of big conversations on this show,

and my conversation partners share wisdom I carry with me wherever I go.

Across the years, people have asked for shorter-formed distillations,

something you can listen to while you make your cup of coffee or tea,

and something shareable. The Becoming Wise podcast is this offering,

and we're now launching its second season.

So this hour, a taste, nine wise and graceful lives,

moments of discovery, and tools for the art of living.

It's very hard to see love as a force, as a power,

and as a weakness, but that is its reality.

Human beings, I mean, they can live you speechless by the horrible things they do,

but they also live you speechless with the incredible things.

I'm Krista Tippett, and this is on Beeing.

We began with Eckhart Tolle.

I interviewed him in the early years of the show.

He began to gain attention as a spiritual teacher with his 1997 book,

The Power of Now.

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