Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell

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A spiritual road trip with your two coolest, most insightful friends. Larry and Inelia dive into deep, no-nonsense conversations about leveling up your life, understanding the mysteries of the universe, and navigating those WTF moments we all face. They tackle metaphysics, consciousness, and practical wisdom with a side of humor and personal stories. It's the perfect mix of mind-blowing insights and laughs to keep you entertained and enlightened on your commute or workout. Buckle up, bro – it’s a ride you won’t want to miss! dttr.substack.com

  1. 2D AGO

    [Free 1st Part] The Real Reason You Are Here - Week Three

    This week’s Practice Lab Retake the Purpose and Mission Quiz and see what has changed, if anything, from your first results. Reply to this email with your result. Last week we asked what comes next after discovering our purpose and mission. At the very least, it begins to change how we see things. 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. It’s for you. 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. 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. 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. Personally, I took the quiz several times, and my mission statement became increasingly precise. What surprised me most was not just that it changed — but how refined it became. One word made all the difference. 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. That level of precision matters more than we think. I share this with you because even one word can reveal whether something is true — or slightly misaligned. The quiz suggests you “truth” your mission statement. I would go further and say: truth every word. There are many tools available for this. I personally use the one I teach in the Truth and Lies class. For deeper exploration, join us in the Wisdom Keeper Hour at the Driving To The Rez podcast — where the conversation is not one-way. And perhaps, as you begin to see more clearly why you are here, you will notice something subtle but undeniable… the light within was never waiting. It was already rising — becoming form whether you noticed it or not. The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

    35 min

  2. APR 1

    [Free 1st Part] The Real Reason You’re Here (A Short Quiz) - Week Two

    This week’s Practice Lab Following last week’s Purpose and Mission Quiz, 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. We found that most lightworkers are here to assist the shift from light/dark to light-only. How that happens — how you do that — is the question many people are asking themselves right now. Western society often teaches us that we are here to have fun, follow our passion, and seek pleasure or consumption. 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. 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. 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. Larry’s example was particularly interesting, as the words he initially used for his mission could easily be misinterpreted as low frequency. Part of the quiz helps reveal whether a mission statement is still embedded in the light/dark paradigm. How can we tell? 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. 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. So, what’s next? In the Wisdom Keeper Hour, we explore the next steps. While every journey is unique, there is one common thread: No one reading this article is here by accident. The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

    29 min

  3. MAR 25

    [Free 1st Part] The Real Reason You’re Here (A Short Quiz)

    Week 1 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. My mission has changed. 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: “The light within rises and becomes form.” 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. 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. This week’s Practice Lab Take this short Quiz and discover your own purpose and mission. . Reply to this email with your result. 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. 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. 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: “Does this decision facilitate my mission?” To me, it was simple and straightforward. But here’s where things got interesting — the biggest question that came out of that conversation was: “What is my purpose and mission?” In February 2026, we explored this in our articles and podcasts “Why ‘What Do I Want?’ Is Not the Right Question.” The conversation in the Wisdom Keeper Hour became so expansive that we split it over three weeks. This is indeed a very important discussion to have right now. What followed was that many people at Walk With Me Now began actively exploring why they are here — and what they came to do. 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.” With Larry’s help using vibecoding, and with input from our community, the quiz quickly evolved through testing and refinement. 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. Next week, we will explore the diversity of missions and purposes — and how discovering them can begin to reshape your life. The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

    32 min

  4. MAR 18

    [Free 1st Part] The Year of the Fire Horse 2026: A Pivot from Light/Dark to Light-Only - Final Chapter

    The Powerful Legions of Light Around the world, there are billions who carry light not as a trend, not as a reaction, but as a position of power. They may look ordinary from the outside. They have families, jobs, responsibilities, daily routines. But internally, they are steady. Trained. Clear. Although up to this day they have been asleep, indulging in light/dark, keeping the docket stamped day in and day out. For them, the flare in the sky that is shaped as a Fire Horse will tell them it is time to stop darkness in their lives and become their true selves. The selves that: Are not glued to outrage cycles.Are not baited by every provocation.Are not destabilized by headlines. But instead they are building. Creating. Anchoring. Clearly seeing reality for what it is. Correctly perceiving their true nature. As they look at the flare of the Fire Horse year, it is not a call to scramble. It is a signal of confirmation. Stand where you are. The powerful legions of light are not being summoned into battle. They are being reminded of their strength. They are asked to wake up and open their eyes to see what is now visible. Have you felt that you can no longer: Shrink to make others comfortable.Dilute clarity to avoid being labeled.Enter shadow arenas to prove endurance. That is because light-only is not softness. It is mastery. It is command. It is the discipline to hold coherence when chaos tries to recruit you. The powerful legions of light are not waiting for the Fire Horse. They ARE the Fire Horse. The force of this year does not belong to chaos. It belongs to those steady enough to direct it. The momentum, the acceleration, the exposure, all of it becomes power in the hands of those aligned with clarity and vision. The Fire Horse does not drag the legions of light. It is the legions of light. And the legions of light don’t brace for impact, they are the impact. I hope this article was long enough to find you, my friend. The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

    32 min

  5. MAR 11

    [Free 1st Part] The Year of the Fire Horse 2026: A Pivot from Light/Dark to Light-Only - Chapter Two

    Why Lightworkers Will Feel This So Strongly For people who identify as lightworkers, the embodiment of light, the constructors of the light paradigm, leaders, or stabilizers, 2026 will feel like pressure.Not because something is wrong, but because intensity demands integrity. And this year will be intense from beginning to end. For example, you cannot consistently energize inner or outer despair and claim you are anchoring light. It simply will not work. Not only that, but it will be obvious you are doing it. It will bite you in the … you know where. You cannot fuel conflict online and call it service. Fueling conflict is simply feeding the beast. The moment you attack another person for their choices, you are part of the problem. The us vs. them cycle will burn you if you stay in it. You cannot rehearse worst-case, fear-filled futures and expect to stand as a stabilizing presence, a gate to the light. It just won’t work. The Fire Horse will blast you into space. This is not about pretending darkness does not exist, or about putting up with abuse, violence, exploitation, or other forms of darkness. It is about refusing to feed it as entertainment, identity, or habit. It is about refusing to give it excuses or value. It is about it becoming visible to us and us refusing to indulge in it anymore. That is the practical meaning of “light-only paradigm” in a Fire Horse cycle. The End of Indulgent Darkness For many years now, we have been educated and encouraged in a peculiar luxury: the indulgence of negativity. Not just experiencing pain. Not just healing trauma. But dwelling in darkness as an identity.Curating outrage. Performing victimhood or “justified” aggression. Giving darkness value for contrast, learning, lessons, or inevitability. It has almost become fashionable to orbit darkness while claiming awareness. The Fire Horse doesn’t allow time for these types of indulgences without the lightworker getting burned to cinders. A Fire Horse year does not sustain that indulgence comfortably. This year is a flare shot into the sky over a battlefield that has stretched for lifetimes. Not a flare to signal danger or a cry for help. It is a flare to identify positions. A flare that lights the dark landscape. Where the landscape becomes visible. A light that allows you to see not only where your guidance steps, but where you are, where you stand. A light that shows where the darkness lies in wait. Where the traps are, where their bullets are flying. I repeat, when a flare goes up, you see exactly where you stand and what is around you. There is no more romanticizing shadow work as a lifestyle. No more hiding inertia behind “processing.” No more pretending neutrality while feeding despair. The Fire Horse burns away the luxury of spiritual ambiguity. Or actions based on ignorance. Or the refusal to realize you are an adult and have been gifted with free will. That YOU choose. The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

    30 min

  6. MAR 4

    [Free 1st Part] The Year of the Fire Horse 2026: A Pivot from Light/Dark to Light-Only - Chapter One

    Chapter One There are years that feel ordinary while you are living them. Whispered years. Years that you don’t remember once they are over. Maybe, if something did happen in one of those years, you only understand later that something shifted. The Year of the Fire Horse is not a whispering year. In the Chinese zodiac cycle, the Horse is movement, vitality, forward momentum, raw life force. Add Fire to that, and the energy does not stroll. It gallops. It blazes. It exposes. It refuses stagnation. The Fire Horse does not tolerate fences built from fear, complacency, or stagnation. It does not tolerate fences built from anything, actually. Historically, Fire Horse years have been associated with intensity and social change. They stir people from complacency. They amplify what already exists. They accelerate timelines. They reveal where something is alive and where it has decayed. In 1966, the world did not whisper. The Cultural Revolution erupted in China, unleashing ideological purges and youth-driven extremism. At the same time, The Beatles released Revolver, pushing music, consciousness, and culture into unfamiliar territory. Psychedelic experimentation entered mainstream awareness. The Vietnam War escalated. Protest movements strengthened. The space race accelerated. The collective drive to enlightenment and awakening was hijacked into a hyper-individual identity. The “I AM” path became louder than the shared field of true enlightenment. 1966 was not a quiet year. And it was Light/Dark. The same intensity that fueled creative breakthroughs also fueled destruction. The same fire that broke artistic barriers also burned institutions to the ground. The energy itself was neutral. The direction it took depended on who held it. And as the holders of power were light/dark, so were the results at a global social scale, dipped in light and dark. The energy from 1966 fueled the light/dark paradigm for decades. The light/dark paradigm drivers know about the Year of the Fire Horse. They know the energy it encompasses, and they know how to use it. Here is the clincher for 2026, however: The light rules. The words “light rules” are not said in a sentimental way. Not in a triumphalist way. But structurally. The field has shifted from light/dark to light-only. What worked in 1966 to derail collective awakening will not function the same way now. At least, it will not function in the same way for those who have chosen LIGHT. For those who choose to stay in light/dark, sure, it functions the same way for them. And it will be fast and furious as it materializes their choice. The Fire Horse runs fast this year. Darkness or hyper-individualism expressed as a personal path of enlightenment will no longer be an option for the rest of us, however. For us, the LIGHT, the Fire Horse opens its eyes, shakes the chains and dusts them off, rears, finds a focus, and runs fast and furious, not caring what falls in its path. And what falls in its path this year is darkness. Inner darkness, outer darkness, all darkness. It will burn. Burn. Burn. The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

    35 min

  7. FEB 25

    [Free 1st Part] Why “What Do I Want?” Is the Wrong Question - Chapter Two

    Last week we ended with a question. A better decision-making question: Does this choice support the mission I am here to fulfill? One of the reasons I adopted this method is that I realized I had no idea how to live in a physical universe or how to make decisions within it. When I tried using conventional decision-making frameworks, the outcomes were often disastrous. A common example is the advice: “Get a degree so you can be financially independent.” That advice, by itself, isn’t wrong. But it is incomplete. It fails to address why financial independence is desirable. If the underlying motivation is fear of poverty, the result will likely be poor. If the motivation is the ability to support your village or community, the outcome will almost always be beneficial. Strange as it may sound, decisions made for the larger good reliably lead to greater happiness and satisfaction. Before I explain my method, I need to clarify two terms: purpose and mission. This distinction emerged during one of our WalkWithMeNow.com monthly calls, when Katrin, one of my students, pointed out the difference. We may be born with a purpose, while we consciously choose a mission to carry out that purpose. I was born with the purpose of “making the world buzz better.” That’s how I understood it in toddler language—and by “world,” I meant people. All people. As an adult, I translated that purpose into the mission of “delivering the message of empowerment.” So when I make decisions, I ask a single question:Does this facilitate the delivery of the message of empowerment? On our podcast, we’ll explore how effective this approach becomes when others adopt it. We’ll also discuss how to discover your purpose and how to define a mission that aligns with it. Curious? You should be. This is a vast and meaningful conversation. In the Wisdom Keeper segment of the podcast, you’ll hear directly from our panelists as they share their lived experiences with purpose and mission—the insights, the missteps, and the clarifications that emerged as they walked the path of empowerment. Inelia The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

    40 min

  8. FEB 18

    [Free 1st Part] Why “What Do I Want?” Is the Wrong Question

    Choosing Beyond Comfort, Fear, and Personal Trajectory “What do I want?” feels intuitive, but it may be the wrong question to ask when shaping a life. I would like to have a discussion about decision-making through a method I have been using for many years. I could say I’ve used this method my entire life, but that wouldn’t be accurate. There have been entire decades when I discarded it and relied on other parameters instead—parameters aligned with social conditioning, pleasure, and the avoidance of pain. This method is related to stepping away from both body-based and soul-based trajectories within the light/dark paradigm (the material we came in with) and choosing outside of our personal trajectory altogether. The idea of a personal trajectory is actually a very recent invention. Historically, a person did not consider their life path primarily in terms of personal benefit, pleasure, wants, or pain avoidance. These considerations are quite modern—and not natural. Our natural state is to be cradled within the human collective. As part of that collective, we follow the path that brings the greatest benefit and harmony to the whole. It is widely recognized that we are living in unnatural times. As a result, our natural way of making decisions has become difficult—and largely forgotten. We are left asking questions like: How do I make decisions that guarantee what I want out of life? When “what I want out of life” was never a natural reference point to begin with? So what, then, are we left to make decisions from? Most people rely on either the body or the soul to guide them through the decision-making process, while leaving larger existential considerations entirely out of the room. Whenever I talk about including a larger purpose, mission, or collective well-being in personal decision-making, two concerns consistently arise. The first is: “Are you saying I have to become a martyr for the greater good?” The second is: “Does this mean that decisions based on my body are wrong?” A great deal of clarity around body- and soul-based decisions emerged after the publication of my article and podcast, When Pain Warps Your Timeline. Much of that clarification came during our WalkWithMeNow.com monthly call. Before we continue, let’s address the question of martyrdom—specifically, how to tell whether making an uncomfortable or even painful decision in service of a long-term goal or mission is actually a form of martyrdom. Martyrdom occurs when a person takes on pain so that others do not have to feel any. It involves suffering or dying for a cause or for others. There are additional patterns commonly present, such as betrayal by someone the martyr considers a close friend or trusted associate. When you make a decision for the greater good of the planet, it does not mean you are taking pain away from others. If that is how you currently define “the greater good,” then I would suggest that this belief itself is worth examining—specifically, whether it is a belief that genuinely serves life, or one that perpetuates harm. I make no secret of the fact that, for me, any teaching that frames pain as inherently good or necessary—for you or for others—is a harmful teaching. It validates and normalizes suffering. I teach that suffering disables individuals and entire populations. Period. Now, I’ll share the method I use to make decisions. I use it most days—for both the smallest and the largest choices in my life—and it consistently produces positive results. A better decision-making question: Does this choice support the mission I am here to fulfill? The discussion doesn’t stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

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A spiritual road trip with your two coolest, most insightful friends. Larry and Inelia dive into deep, no-nonsense conversations about leveling up your life, understanding the mysteries of the universe, and navigating those WTF moments we all face. They tackle metaphysics, consciousness, and practical wisdom with a side of humor and personal stories. It's the perfect mix of mind-blowing insights and laughs to keep you entertained and enlightened on your commute or workout. Buckle up, bro – it’s a ride you won’t want to miss! dttr.substack.com

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