S2. Chapter 16: About My Road Rage, a Sorta Guided Meditation

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Lloyd Dobler confesses to a full-contact spiritual failure on the American highway—a flare of road rage that escalates fast enough to flirt with real consequences. In the span of a red light, adrenaline spikes, judgment wobbles, and the body remembers how close metal and mortality actually live to each other. Chapter 16 of the Tao Te Ching arrives like a late brake check, asking what stillness means when instinct takes the wheel. A mixtape meditation for anyone who’s felt how quickly a bad moment on the road can turn into the last one.

Chapter 16 of the Tao of Lloyd is inspired by
Chapter 16 of the Tao Te Ching:

Empty your mind of all thoughts.
Let your heart be at peace.
Watch the turmoil of beings,
but contemplate their return.
Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source.
Returning to the source is serenity.

If you don't realize the source,
you stumble in confusion and sorrow.
When you realize where you come from,
you naturally become tolerant,
disinterested, amused,
kind hearted as a grandmother,
dignified as a king.
Immersed in the wonder of the Tao,
you can deal with whatever life brings you,
and when death comes, you are ready