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Life As Play
by Mark J. Johnson
Live compassionately, intuitively, spontaneously, and miracles will happen!
"Mark is a real Taoist master. In this book he shares some of the most fascinating contemporary lives of spirit you will ever read about. He has something to teach us all about living life in a spontaneous, lyrical, and non-intentional way. ”
—Allan Combs
author of Synchronicity, The Radiance of Being, and Consciousness Explained Better"
Life As Play
While Life As Play chronicles the author's life-long spiritual journey, his goal is to provide a road map for those seeking Oneness with Everything.
In its pages, you will discover how to allow your innate Playful essence to express itself in every moment. Think of Mark's story as a tour and initiation into a life of Play. This book is filled with tales of the unexpected and the unique circumstances that characterize a life of Play.
This is not a book about playing. It is a Playful book. The most consistent theme throughout this book is that of the power of synchronicities to encourage a life of Play and how it reveals the interconnectedness of all creation. So, if an ordinary person like Mark can Play in every instant, then you surely can too.
This book also includes chapters on integral thinking; the fun and difficulty of translating Chinese; Feng Shui; sensing our auric bodies; death and immortality; reincarnation; and enlightenment. One chapter focuses on how we are doomed if we do not get in touch with and integrate our subconscious. Pay close attention to that one. This book ends with the nine precepts of Play.
Hopefully, you will recognize this Playful place within yourself and allow it to expand. To the extent Mark's life has gone beyond the norm, may it inspire you to take the plunge into the unknown in your own life. And now, join the cosmic jester and universal trickster as he meanders his way through a life of Play. Let the mystery, magic and miracles begin!
Narrated by Stark Wilson
Length: 6 hrs 23 min
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“The spiritual life is often considered dull and boring. According to Mark, this stereotype is absurd. In My Life as Play, Johnson traces his spiritual development and explains how laughter, fun, sex, chaos, and paradox were instrumental in what he calls ‘playing with enlightenment.’ I can think of no better and no more delightful book to initiate novices on their spiritual journey.”
Stanley Krippner PhD.
psychology and humanistic studies professor,
Saybrook University
co-author, Personal Mythology and Demystifying Shamans and Their World
“What a trip! This earnest, compassionate, knowledgeable, authentic, and often very funny seeker and guide, shares his odyssey of spirituality meeting the West. Yet, whatever the road, the purpose is the same: the truth is simple and playful, and as profound as anything. As his Daoist teacher put it, ‘This spiritual path is NOT about freeing yourself from suffering and securing your own happiness... It is about participating in something far greater.’”
Ruth Richards, MD, Ph.D.
Psychology professor (consciousness and spirituality specialist), Saybrook University; Psychiatry lecturer, Harvard Medical School
“Having read a great many books on the subject of enlightenment, meditation and Qigong, I found this book standing out as one of the most outrageous in the range of ideas covered and the way they were presented. Mark skillfully uses his bizarre life stories to deliver a profound spiritual message.”
Lama Tantrapa
author of Qi Dao
About the Author
Mark Johnson is a semi-retired Tai Ji and Chi Gung instructor and healer. He continues to judge Tai Ji tournaments regularly, serves on the Advisory Council to the National Qigong Association, and leads Daoist retreats to China and Tibet yearly.
He sells his Tai Chi for Seniors video and other instructional DVDs through his online company: TaiChiForSeniorsVideo.com (800,000 sales so far!).
Mark has studied and practiced Eastern Philosophy for more than 50 years and has apprenticed with some of the world’s most prominent Vedanta, Zen, and Daoist teachers.
For nearly 15 years, he has been a member and research subject of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He lives in Northern California, where he engages in amateur astronomy and enjoys flying his ultralight aircraft. Most importantly, he is the proud father of his grown daughter, Sita.
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