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Life is Divine Play, My Life and Training with Enlightened Masters

Mark Johnson
iUniverse Inc. (2009)
ISBN, 9780595470969
Reviewed by Melissa Koltes for RebeccasReads (5/09)

For anyone that wants to hear someone go on about how great and wonderful he is, then this is the book for you!  As I picked up the book I had expected to read about the various masters that the author had trained with.  And to his credit, Mark Johnson did mention them and even gave them center stage from time to time but his focus was on himself. 

The majority of the book was a painful reading, recounting how the universe revolved around him and even when he did wrong…Johnson could do no wrong.

There are brief moments of interest throughout the book that I must credit Johnson with.  Namely, when he writes about his travel in China and the master he meet there.  This teacher preferred anonymity so we do not know who he is.  However, the story of how the master taught and controlled his students does make for a nice respite from the rest of the book.

The author also tells of working on the set of “The Outsiders” and teaching Tai Chi to Francis Ford Coppola along with the stars, from Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez to Nicholas Case and Rob Lowe.  But even this story ends with the author feeling that his way is the only way and driving off in a huff.

I was deeply disappointed in the "Live is Divine Play, My Life and Training with Enlightened Masters" and it took actual will power to finish it. 


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