Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell

<p>The forest did not stay quiet for long.</p><p>By the time we regrouped after that first afternoon of finding footprints and structures, something had already shifted. Not in the forest itself, but in a number of the individuals who had shared the experience.</p><p>People were paying attention differently. Conversations were deeper, more meaningful. Not forced, just naturally more relevant. You could see it in small things, like how people walked more purposefully, or how they scanned the tree line without making a big deal about it. The group had moved from curiosity into awareness.</p><p>We went back into the forest.</p><p>There was no big announcement or dramatic lead-in. We simply gathered and walked in at night, in the dark.</p><p>Walking into the forest at night is very different from walking in during the day. In daylight, you can orient yourself quickly. You see the terrain, distances, shapes. At night, all of that changes. Depth perception drops off, and your hearing becomes much more important. You start relying less on sight and more on how things feel and sound.</p><p>We moved as a group, but with space between us. Close enough to stay connected, but not packed together.</p><p>At first, everything sounded normal. Footsteps, branches, wind through the trees. Then, after a while, we started hearing other sounds.</p><p>The first one was a hoot.</p><p>It wasn’t loud, and it wasn’t right next to us, but it was clear. It didn’t sound random or like something falling. It had a distinct, intentional quality to it.</p><p>Nobody reacted dramatically when the hoot was heard.</p><p>Two miles into the forest, we reached the spot.</p><p>A couple of us knew that the young Sasquatch were planning a run through near the group. They are known to do this in the area, and it is very playful.</p><p>Then we heard movement off to one side. It wasn’t continuous, more like something stepping and then stopping. A little later, something similar came from a different direction. Todd would announce the sounds, their distance, and their nature. The excitement from the young Sasquatch could be felt very strongly.</p><p>At this point, the Sasquatch adults stopped the planned meeting. The reason was that there were members in our party who were already terrified, and that was not the point of having a physical meetup. I have seen this behavior from the Sasquatch in the past. They will put those who are not ready to sleep, and if they refuse to sleep, they will stop the planned meeting.</p><p>Of course, they don’t stop meetings with everyone at the local Makah tribe or local hunters just because they are afraid. We know of many people who have been terrified during their meetings, and the Sasquatch continue to come back to them. But for our group, it has been a common occurrence that they won’t come if someone in the group is in a terrified state.</p><p>We went quiet to hear the sounds in the forest instead, but after a short while, Larry felt that the young ones were “bored”. That we had stopped talking and moving, and now were boring.</p><p>By now, it was very late and cold. We decided to leave, and our bard, Martha, started singing. The rest of us sang along and the energy from the sasquatch became bright and enthusiastic again.</p><p>Next week, we will talk about the next group outing, they didn’t just go back into the forest.</p><p>They stayed overnight.</p><p>Inside the Wisdom Keeper section of the podcast, this is where the experiences start to diverge. Everyone was in the same place, hearing the same sounds, but what they noticed and how they processed it varied quite a bit.</p><p>Some picked up on patterns in the movement. Others became aware of communication in ways they hadn’t expected. A few realized they had been sensing more than they initially thought, but didn’t have a framework for it until later.</p><p>Those conversations don’t come across well in summary. They’re better heard directly from the people who were there.</p><p>Next week, in Part 3, we’ll go into the overnight camp, the structures we were led to, and the physical evidence we found the following day.</p><p>And we’ll look more closely at a question that starts to come up once these experiences repeat:</p><p>Are we finding them…</p><p>or are they choosing when and how to show themselves?</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://dttr.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">dttr.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>Todd Standing is a Canadian Sasquatch researcher with decades of field experience under his belt. He doesn’t study Sasquatch from a computer screen. He goes out into the wilderness and has physical encounters with this elusive species.</p><p>Not only that, but instead of writing books and trying to “prove” that Sasquatch exists, he now focuses on being a bridge between Sasquatch and people. He has a popular YouTube channel where he shares videos and evidence, and most importantly, he takes people into the wilderness so they can have their own experiences.</p><p>We first came to know Todd in 2018-19. While watching his documentary <em>Discovering Bigfoot</em>, Larry’s mother, Makah Elder Deanna of the Makah Tribe in the northwest of the USA, was walking past the television. She looked up and shouted, “look! That’s a Sasquatch! That’s exactly what they look like. That’s what I saw in the woods by the road just a few weeks ago.”</p><p>That moment changed the tone in the room immediately.</p><p>Although I had seen a Sasquatch in our backyard, I had not seen his face. Only his body from the chest down as he ran through the woods, his shoulders and head hidden by tree branches. I had also heard a couple of them speaking to each other in a fast, unfamiliar, almost rhythmic language. At another time, I recorded multiple long, extremely loud wails.</p><p>So when Deanna spoke, we listened.</p><p>Larry and I went from casually watching the documentary to paying very close attention. We contacted Todd and invited him to the Rez for a conversation.</p><p>At the time, we assumed Todd had recreated his experiences for the film. That the images were not actual Sasquatch. But after Elder Deanna identified one immediately, and then shared her own experiences seeing them in and around the Makah Indian Reservation her entire life, that question of whether the images were recreated or real, stopped mattering. Deanna’s approval and recognition was enough for us.</p><p>So for those who try to prove that Todd fabricated the images, I’ll say this: even if he did, they are extremely accurate representations. And I would also say, “you are asking the wrong question”. The right question is, “where can I meet one myself?”</p><p>For us, the firsthand recognition by Makah Elders carried more weight than any external debate about the authenticity of the images in Todd’s documentary.</p><p>What is true and cannot be faked is that Todd has spent decades encountering, observing, and communicating with Sasquatch. That becomes evident very quickly when you are around him. And also because the local Sasquatch tribes genuinely like Todd.</p><p>As Native Americans, Larry and I have never questioned the existence of Sasquatch. Asking us if Sasquatch exists is like asking if frogs exist. It is a nonsensical question.</p><p>When I spoke with Elder Deanna at the time, she told me that the separation between the Makah people and the Sasquatch tribes in the area was relatively recent. She said that before that separation, Sasquatch and Makah would meet regularly to exchange medicine and stories.</p><p>Unfortunately, Elder Deanna passed some years ago, and we can no longer ask her to expand on that relationship.</p><p>Have I seen Sasquatch? Yes. With my physical eyes. I have also heard them with my physical ears. And not just running through the woods a few yards from me. They physically came into the Shamanshack where I met them to figure out medicine for one of their babies.And they communicate in multiple ways, including through the method I teach in my class <a target="_blank" href="https://ineliabenz.com/living-on-earth-tools/experiential-telepathy/"><em>Experiential Telepathy</em></a>, which is a primary form of communication across the Universe. So, yes I have also heard them and seen them with my inner ears and eyes.</p><p>Since that first visit with Todd, we have hosted him and his expeditioners most years in the spring, when Sasquatch activity in the valley increases. Or perhaps it’s not that they become more active… but that we do. That we pay closer attention when Todd facilitates our time in the deep forest.</p><p>Todd brings a fascinating group of people each year. Through these visits, we form new connections, and our own tribe steps into a different way of interacting with the forest. We go out not just to observe, but to engage, to listen, and to communicate as a group. Something we don’t typically do.</p><p>On our podcast, Driving To The Rez, we share the broader story of this year’s visit (2026).</p><p>But inside the <em>Wisdom Keeper</em> member section of the podcast, we go much deeper. For Todd’s visit, we are releasing the member section of the podcast for free.</p><p>It is in the Wisdom Keeper section where Todd shares insights about his work that he doesn’t normally speak about publicly. And where our panelists unpack what they experienced during the week of forest trips and explorations, in their own words, without filters or conclusions placed on top of it.</p><p>If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to step into this kind of interaction, not as an observer but as a participant, that’s where those conversations live.</p><p>And this particular visit… the forest did not stay quiet for long. Next week we continue our exploration of all the interactions, knowledge and wisdoms experienced during Todd’s 2026 drive to the rez.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://dttr.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">dttr.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p><strong>This week’s Practice Lab</strong></p><p>Retake the <a target="_blank" href="https://ineliabenz.com/purpose/light-paradigm-purpose.html">Purpose and Mission Quiz</a> and see what has changed, if anything, from your first results. Reply to this email with your result.</p><p>Last week we asked what comes next after discovering our purpose and mission.</p><p>At the very least, it begins to change how we see things.</p><p>And I would like to remind us here that this quiz is not for those people who are not asking themselves what their purpose for being alive is. It is literally for those who have found our articles and podcasts. For those who have orchestrated a path to shed the veil of illusion and see reality in its true form.</p><p>It’s for you.</p><p>For me, the exploration into purpose and mission brought a great deal of clarity about how to proceed with my work here on Earth. Larry and the rest of our panelists had similarly fascinating insights and aha moments.</p><p>Because of the deeply personal nature of these explorations, we share them within our supporter space, where the container allows for honesty, depth, and real discovery.</p><p>What I noticed most was the shift from surface-level answers like “to be happy”, “follow my passion”’, or “to have fun experiences” — which are often inherited from societal programming — into deeper, more authentic reasons for existing.</p><p>Personally, I took the quiz several times, and my mission statement became increasingly precise.</p><p>What surprised me most was not just that it changed — but how refined it became.</p><p>One word made all the difference.</p><p>Originally, the phrase had the words “takes form.” But something felt slightly off. When it shifted to the words “becomes form,” there was a clear internal alignment.</p><p>That level of precision matters more than we think.</p><p>I share this with you because even one word can reveal whether something is true — or slightly misaligned.</p><p>The quiz suggests you “truth” your mission statement. I would go further and say: <strong>truth every word.</strong></p><p>There are many tools available for this. I personally use the one I teach in the <a target="_blank" href="https://ineliabenz.com/mystical-skills/truth-and-lies-learn-how-to-tell-them-apart/">Truth and Lies</a> class.</p><p>For deeper exploration, join us in the Wisdom Keeper Hour at the Driving To The Rez podcast — where the conversation is not one-way.</p><p>And perhaps, as you begin to see more clearly why you are here, you will notice something subtle but undeniable…</p><p><strong>the light within was never waiting. It was already rising — becoming form whether you noticed it or not.</strong></p><p>The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://dttr.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">dttr.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p><strong>This week’s Practice Lab</strong></p><p>Following last week’s <a target="_blank" href="https://ineliabenz.com/purpose/light-paradigm-purpose.html">Purpose and Mission Quiz</a>, at least once a day for the next week, use your mission statement when making a small decision. For example: “Will eating this fruit support my mission?” Reply to this email with your result.</p><p>We found that most lightworkers are here to assist the shift from light/dark to light-only.</p><p>How that happens — how you do that — is the question many people are asking themselves right now.</p><p>Western society often teaches us that we are here to have fun, follow our passion, and seek pleasure or consumption.</p><p>I remember when I came to live in the USA, one of the first things I was advised to do to have a good and fulfilling life here was to start working on and build a good credit score.</p><p>But you likely already sense that those are not sufficient reasons for the Universe to conspire for you to be born at this exact time, as the person you are, seeking out others like you.</p><p>On the Wisdom Keeper Hour, our panelists shared their own journeys of discovery using the quiz. Some missions went from “having fun” to “weaving light”. On a surface level, these things might not seem related to each other, but as the person revisits each of their quiz answers, the path from one to the other becomes very clear.</p><p>Larry’s example was particularly interesting, as the words he initially used for his mission could easily be misinterpreted as low frequency.</p><p>Part of the quiz helps reveal whether a mission statement is still embedded in the light/dark paradigm.</p><p>How can we tell?</p><p>At its core, the light/dark paradigm is anchored in fear. Around that, layers form: cycles of victim and aggressor, amnesia about who we are, and blinders that distort perception. Eventually, we begin to believe darkness is necessary — and that belief becomes the cage.</p><p>And yet, here we are.Discovering who we truly are.What we are here to do.And who we are here to do it with.</p><p>So, what’s next?</p><p>In the Wisdom Keeper Hour, we explore the next steps. While every journey is unique, there is one common thread:</p><p><strong>No one reading this article is here by accident.</strong></p><p>The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://dttr.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">dttr.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p><strong>Week 1</strong></p><p>Before we discuss why you are here, I would like to make a short announcement. After using the quiz~~, which I will share with you in this newsletter,~~ something became very clear.</p><p>My mission has changed.</p><p>You may or may not know this, but although my purpose, “to make the world buzz better,” has stayed the same throughout my life, my mission (as a public person) has gone from “raise the vibration of the planet” to “raise the frequency of the planet” to “deliver the message of empowerment.” And now, after taking that quiz, it has become:</p><p> <strong>“The light within rises and becomes form.”</strong></p><p>This is not a “speaker/audience” relationship between us anymore. It is now a very co-creative relationship, an active, co-creative partnership in bringing in the New-Paradigm to express physically and experientially for all of us.</p><p>To reflect this new mission, I will be adding a short and simple Practice Lab at the start of each weekly newsletter: a simple exercise you can do to support our path to facilitate the light to rise and become form in our lives. Therefore this article is not just me writing and you reading, but it includes you testing what I write about in your own life.</p><p><strong>This week’s Practice Lab</strong></p><p>Take <a target="_blank" href="https://ineliabenz.com/purpose/light-paradigm-purpose.html">this short Quiz</a> and discover your own purpose and mission. . Reply to this email with your result.</p><p>After a recent newsletter and podcast, “Why ‘What Do I Want?’ Is the Wrong Question,” Driving To the Rez, Episode 281, Parts 1 and 2, something very interesting happened.</p><p>We began a conversation in our Dojo, Walk With Me Now, about each of our purposes and missions. This led to the realization that the process of discovery could be quite involved, and time intensive, with much back and forth to drill into the precise reasons many of us came here at this time.</p><p>The core of the conversation was about how to make decisions based on your purpose and mission rather than just using “what do I want” The conversation continued with how I use a very simple sentence to determine if a decision is the right one:</p><p> <strong>“Does this decision facilitate my mission?”</strong></p><p>To me, it was simple and straightforward.</p><p>But here’s where things got interesting — the biggest question that came out of that conversation was:</p><p> <strong>“What is my purpose and mission?”</strong></p><p>In February 2026, we explored this in our articles and podcasts <em>“Why ‘What Do I Want?’ Is Not the Right Question.”</em> The conversation in the Wisdom Keeper Hour became so expansive that we split it over three weeks.</p><p>This is indeed a very important discussion to have right now.</p><p>What followed was that many people at Walk With Me Now began actively exploring why they are here — and what they came to do.</p><p>Soon after, our DTTR panelist Dr. Kara began creating an interactive quiz designed to go deeper than surface answers like “I am here to be happy.”</p><p>With Larry’s help using vibecoding, and with input from our community, the quiz quickly evolved through testing and refinement.</p><p>Version one is linked at the top of this article for you to try. You can edit your answers, retake it, and refine your clarity over time.</p><p>Next week, we will explore the diversity of missions and purposes — and how discovering them can begin to reshape your life.</p><p>The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://dttr.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">dttr.substack.com/subscribe</a>