Hold On to the Center
Yeats said the center cannot hold. Lao Tzu said: hold on to it.
Lloyd Dobler tries to find the still point under the noise: doomscrolling, spiritual overtalking, Gen X refusal, American collapse, and the small radical pause between inhale and exhale.
A sorta-kinda guided meditation on what it means to hold the center without clutching it, weaponizing it, or turning it into one more thing to yell about online.
S2. Chapter 30: Operation Epic Missing Endgame
In this episode of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler takes on Chapter 30 of the Tao Te Ching: an ancient warning about force, escalation, and wars with no exits—and drags it straight through the U.S./Israel war with Iran, the fractures inside the MAGA coalition, and a political movement discovering that the very thing that made it powerful may now be the thing that breaks it.
S2 · Chapter 25: The Memory Hole (Part 1)—Erase
Erasing History: The Trump Administration's Memory Hole | The Tao of Lloyd Podcast
A federal judge had to order the government to put back a history exhibit. Lloyd Dobler + Lao Tzu on erasure, memory holes, and resisting the official version.
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?
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.