S2. CHAPTER 21: Late Stage Everything (a Zen-Punk Mixtape Meditation)
If Late Stage Everything is when the system still runs—just not for humans, have we arrived there yet? Lloyd Dobler turns Tao Te Ching Chapter 21 into a zen-punk mixtape meditation for doomscroll times: stop clinging, let the mud settle, find right action (wu wei).
Morning Meditation: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better
A 10-minute Zen-punk morning meditation with Lloyd Dobler: four sacred questions, monkey mind riffs, and a reset for late-stage everything. Press play.
S2. Chapter 20: What Rules Are You Obeying for Free?
Lloyd Dobler riffs on Tao Te Ching Chapter 20 in a dry, anti-guru meditation on late-stage compliance—asking: what rules are you obeying for free?
S2. Chapter 19: Who’s Stealing Your Time?
A Tao Te Ching–inspired meditation on overwork, capitalism, and reclaiming time. Spiritual and political commentary from Gen X everyman Lloyd Dobler.
Meditation to Let Go of 2025 (a Lloyd Dobler meditation)
A short, unorthodox guided meditation led by Lloyd Dobler for anyone ready to let go of 2025 without forgetting what mattered. Dry humor, political grief, and presence—no enlightenment required.
S2. Chapter 18: We Got the Guillotine, You Better Run!
A Taoist meditation on power, masculinity, and violence—using The Coup’s “The Guillotine” to expose how capitalism disguises cruelty as order.
S2. Chapter 16: About My Road Rage, a Sorta Guided Meditation
Lloyd Dobler confronts his own road rage in this hilarious, reflective Chapter 16 meditation where Zen meets MAGA traffic, Pete Hegseth tweets, and the Tao steps in.
S2. Chapter 13: The Slow-Drip Seepage of Fascism
Lloyd Dobler tackles tragedy, fear, and America’s slow-drip slide toward fascism through Tao Te Ching Chapter 13 in this darkly comedic meditation.
S2. Chapter 11: Pluribus. We Is Us.
Chapter 11 blends the Tao Te Ching with Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus as Lloyd Dobler examines hive minds, confusion, and the Taoist value of the empty center
S2. Chapter 10: I Gave Her My Heart. She Gave Me a Pen. Can I Write My Way Home?
Lloyd Dobler sits with one of the most personal moments of his past: a letter from Diane Court, written in 2011 and rediscovered in a box labeled IMPORTANT. What begins as a relic from an old life becomes a catalyst for self-recognition, softening, and stumbling toward the version of himself he thought he’d lost.