By the time the group arrived at Lake Ozette, they understood this part of the visit would be different.

That evening saw cars and trucks loaded with kayaks, canoes, camping gear, blankets, and a generous amount of food. Camp was set up quickly. A fire was lit, meals were prepared, and people settled in. The atmosphere was relaxed, even comfortable.

Todd himself was surprised. He had spent decades in the wilderness, but not like this. Not with freshly cooked meals, warmth, and a sense of ease around camp. It was a very different kind of expedition than what he was used to, and he appreciated it.

As night fell over the lake, the group gathered and walked into the forest.

This time, they were more familiar with the environment. There was less effort to interpret and more focus on observing. They moved with space between them, staying aware of both the group and their surroundings.

As before, sounds began to emerge. Movement at different distances, shifts in direction, and a consistent sense of presence. Multiple people noticed the same patterns, even if they experienced them in different ways.

Each person’s experience was unique. Some connected more strongly with the land itself. Others focused on the Sasquatch presence, noticing movement or what they perceived as communication. A few had more personal experiences that were difficult to describe but clearly meaningful.

At the same time, there was a shared understanding forming within the group. They were participating in the same environment.

The fire was still going into the wee hours of the morning. People sat, talked quietly, slept or rested. There was no urgency to explain what was happening.

The following day, they went back into the forest and began to find physical evidence. Footprints, structures, and placements that did not appear random or natural were identified in multiple areas.

Inside the Wisdom Keeper section of the podcast, the participants share their experiences in more detail. What they noticed, how they interpreted it, and what continued to unfold afterward becomes clearer when heard directly from them.

By the end of the week, one thing stood out.

The interaction was not one-sided.

And whatever is present in the forest around here is definitely aware of us.

The forest did not stay quiet for long.

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.

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.

We went back into the forest.

There was no big announcement or dramatic lead-in. We simply gathered and walked in at night, in the dark.

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.

We moved as a group, but with space between us. Close enough to stay connected, but not packed together.

At first, everything sounded normal. Footsteps, branches, wind through the trees. Then, after a while, we started hearing other sounds.

The first one was a hoot.

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.

Nobody reacted dramatically when the hoot was heard.

Two miles into the forest, we reached the spot.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Next week, we will talk about the next group outing, they didn’t just go back into the forest.

They stayed overnight.

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.

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.

Those conversations don’t come across well in summary. They’re better heard directly from the people who were there.

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.

And we’ll look more closely at a question that starts to come up once these experiences repeat:

Are we finding them…

or are they choosing when and how to show themselves?

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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