About the Author 

 

Tara Hoffman was born a Christian - studying in the Lutheran faith. When the answers to her spiritual questions were not sufficiently given through her studies, she turned to the New Age approach to spirituality.

During this time Tara practiced many types of physical and spiritual types of healing like massage therapy, reflexology, Reiki Energy Healing, etc. and became a very accomplished healer in her own right.   Still…she was left with questions regarding her spiritual path. Where was she going? What path should she take? How would she get there? 

Tara then encountered and studied many Buddhist spiritual approaches to enlightenment. During that time she was a student of spiritual leaders such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness Sakya Trizin, Venerable Master Hua, and Venerable Za Choeje Rinpoche and has studied Buddhism and meditation for many years. 

 

Tara first became a student of Buddhism in 1990 and studied in Pennsylvania, Colorado  and Arizona for almost 15 years. At that point, it was time for her to put her training to use and walk the spiritual path alone. 

 

There, in the mountains of Colorado and South Dakota, Tara lived a solitary life and began to see the absolute purity and simplicity in Nature and wild animals such as deer, hummingbirds, hawks, wolves, honey bees and wild turkeys.  She remembered a question a student asked of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: “Honorable one….are you an enlightened being?” The answer His Holiness gave was, “I am only a simple monk.” Although His Holiness is a living Buddha, proclaiming his enlightenment would have been arrogant. Instead, the answer he gave was to show us that the more simple the mind, the easier our journey to Enlightenment. Tara realized that the simple animal mind was the answer. Her deep relationships with many wild animals gave her the clue she was seeking and she used that realization to propel her along the spiritual path, In addition her Spiritual Teacher taught her how to Free the Mind - one step at a time. Tara shares her amazing journey within the mountains of Colorado in her introductory book - A Wild Thought…A Simple Mind. 

 

Tara’s second book - FREE THE MIND - For Those Who are Truly Ready,  is a teaching that was shared with Tara by a Bodhisattva - an Enlightened Being who is the active part of Compassion. Bodhisattvas are those beings who are down in the trenches with sentient beings - helping them to attain a FREE MIND - an Enlightened Mind. 

 

Tara explains: “I take no credit for the information and techniques in this book. They were taught to me so I was able to share them with other living beings who are on the Path to Enlightenment.

This book is a step-by-step manual on how to lighten the karmic mind and shine the light of Enlightened Wisdom to eradicate karmic darkness. The process to Free the Mind is very simple. But it ain’t easy, says Tara. This book is for serious students who just can’t take it anymore. “You know who you are and you know what I mean. This book is my labor of love for you.”

 

Tara has compassionately taught FREE the MIND to all levels of beings for over 10 years and offers it to all who make the request.

 

For YOU…who can no longer live in the constriction you were born into, who are ready to throw aside the training wheels you used for so long, and who have the courage to walk the Path to Enlightenment….THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO YOU.