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No Beginning . . . No End: A Cardiologist Discovers There Is No Such Thing as Death
“A brilliant cardiologist, Dr. Terry Gordon has spent the better part of his adult life smack-dab in the middle of crises. He has been right there, often working feverishly throughout the night without any sleep, simply doing what he vowed to do when he took the Hippocratic oath. He is an accomplished member of the healing profession and someone I admire very much. Dr. Gordon is a dedicated man who has been in awe of the heart and its majestic role in our lives. I love him like a brother, with all of my heart.”
- Dr. Wayne Dyer, New York Times bestselling author, internationally acclaimed self-help expert, motivational speaker, and famed PBS host.
It was during an open-heart operation that renowned Cleveland Clinic trained cardiologist, Dr. Terry Gordon cradled in his hands a patient’s beating heart. Feeling the pulsating contractions, he marveled at how this vital organ knew when to beat. Mesmerized by its rhythm, Dr. Gordon knew in that miraculous moment, the heart somehow conveyed its connection to the Source of all creation.
During a medical career that spanned over a quarter century, Dr. Gordon discovered many astounding truths. One of the most profound lessons came to him one evening while reading EKGs. During the process, he realized each heart has a unique signature of energy. Every electrical impulse emanating from each beating heart, whether human or belonging to a dragonfly becomes as much a part of the cosmos as the most powerful photons emitted from the largest stars. Even though many of those stars died millions of years ago, their eternal essence continues as the twinkling light we observe as their energy traverses through the Universe heading in our direction. The heart’s electrical imprint is like that of the stars; it never ceases to be. It was in this profound moment of awakening, that Dr. Gordon first acknowledged the There is no such thing as death.
For many, the sum of our greatest fears arises from facing our demise. Much of the angst stems from the uncertainty of not knowing for sure what awaits us on the other side of life.
In his new book, No Beginning . . . No End, Dr. Gordon explores many perplexing facets of death, encouraging the reader to embrace death not as something frightening, but as a natural corollary of life.
A recognized cardiologist and internationally acclaimed author who was named the American Heart Association’s National Physician of the Year 2002, Dr. Gordon is no stranger to death. Having witnessed over 1,000 people die, he was able to observe from a unique vantage point many patients as they transitioned to the next phase of life. His book provides a marvelous understanding of immortality with insights that will forever change the reader’s view of life—and death.
Dr. Gordon shares his truth that dying is not the end of life, it’s quite the opposite. In No Beginning . . . No End, he shares that what is often referred to as ‘death’, is actually the continuation of life manifested in the form of Soul. According to the author, through the process of becoming familiar with death, our partner in life, we are able to learn everything there is to know about death, and in doing so, it becomes our friend. With such awareness, dying can be one of the most exhilarating transitions of our lives.
“Death is merely the launch vehicle of yet another episode of the journey back to the Master of Creation. It is the moment we should prepare for our entire lives.”- Dr. Terry Gordon
- Dr. Wayne Dyer, New York Times bestselling author, internationally acclaimed self-help expert, motivational speaker, and famed PBS host.
It was during an open-heart operation that renowned Cleveland Clinic trained cardiologist, Dr. Terry Gordon cradled in his hands a patient’s beating heart. Feeling the pulsating contractions, he marveled at how this vital organ knew when to beat. Mesmerized by its rhythm, Dr. Gordon knew in that miraculous moment, the heart somehow conveyed its connection to the Source of all creation.
During a medical career that spanned over a quarter century, Dr. Gordon discovered many astounding truths. One of the most profound lessons came to him one evening while reading EKGs. During the process, he realized each heart has a unique signature of energy. Every electrical impulse emanating from each beating heart, whether human or belonging to a dragonfly becomes as much a part of the cosmos as the most powerful photons emitted from the largest stars. Even though many of those stars died millions of years ago, their eternal essence continues as the twinkling light we observe as their energy traverses through the Universe heading in our direction. The heart’s electrical imprint is like that of the stars; it never ceases to be. It was in this profound moment of awakening, that Dr. Gordon first acknowledged the There is no such thing as death.
For many, the sum of our greatest fears arises from facing our demise. Much of the angst stems from the uncertainty of not knowing for sure what awaits us on the other side of life.
In his new book, No Beginning . . . No End, Dr. Gordon explores many perplexing facets of death, encouraging the reader to embrace death not as something frightening, but as a natural corollary of life.
A recognized cardiologist and internationally acclaimed author who was named the American Heart Association’s National Physician of the Year 2002, Dr. Gordon is no stranger to death. Having witnessed over 1,000 people die, he was able to observe from a unique vantage point many patients as they transitioned to the next phase of life. His book provides a marvelous understanding of immortality with insights that will forever change the reader’s view of life—and death.
Dr. Gordon shares his truth that dying is not the end of life, it’s quite the opposite. In No Beginning . . . No End, he shares that what is often referred to as ‘death’, is actually the continuation of life manifested in the form of Soul. According to the author, through the process of becoming familiar with death, our partner in life, we are able to learn everything there is to know about death, and in doing so, it becomes our friend. With such awareness, dying can be one of the most exhilarating transitions of our lives.
“Death is merely the launch vehicle of yet another episode of the journey back to the Master of Creation. It is the moment we should prepare for our entire lives.”- Dr. Terry Gordon
173 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2021
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April 11, 2022
I don’t know if it is the same for all veteran book reviewers, but I have learned to either not take too much stock in the endorsements that sometimes fill up to ten pages at the front of a book (!) or to just ignore them completely. But, in the case of Dr. Terry Gordon’s No Beginning… No End, several important names caught my eye. When the likes of Don Miguel Ruiz, Bruce Lipton, Caroline Myss, John Edward, and Patch Adams are saying this is a book worth reading, one ought to pay attention.
I also want to mention the expectations that I had because of the subtitle. Having studied the survival of consciousness after death for many years as an author, researcher, podcast host, and field investigator, as well as communicating with dozens who have died and still engage with the living, I expected this to be a book securely in the camp of Science versus Spirituality. So few doctors are crossing that thick, black line, and it is hard to blame them. The medical profession gatekeepers suspend tenure, credibility, and career health like the sword of Damocles over the heads of those who do so. This is also not a criticism: Books by physicians securely in the camp of Science are invaluable to the larger work of researchers, experiencers, and psychic mediums. However, Dr. Gordon brings in and draws from both camps, in the same way as does a quantum physicist. Part clinical case study, part spiritual guide, and part autobiography, No Beginning… No End is an important text for those willing to seek the robust results at the nexus of Science and Spirituality.
Dr. Gordon’s credentials as a physician are impressive. He has an undergraduate degree in psychology, which clearly presents itself in his astute observations on human nature and motivation. As a medical intern and then as an invasive cardiologist, he has dealt daily with life and death for decades. Many of the stories he tells—devoid of the hope he assigns them—would be heartbreaking.
He has made a difference outside of the surgical theatre as well, leading the successful legislative quest to have automated external defibrillators in every school in America after a young lacrosse player died on the playing field after a ball struck him in the chest. Dr. Gordon’s insights into life surviving consciousness are so profound because they come from deep experience. Having his own life-threatening medical challenges, as well as experiencing those of his son and his father, Dr. Gordon had no choice but to give in to these dark nights of the soul or seek answers and meaning in numerous fields of study.
The result of this search is the birth of a Renaissance Man in the field of medicine who does not laugh at spiritual aspects of life and death, but embraces and incorporates them in his work. You’ll read about the third eye; Eastern ideas about cycles of life and death and darkness and light; the nature of the ego; the “heart brain”; the nature of reality and the value of dreams; the role of frequency and vibration in understanding life and death; enlightenment and the soul; karma; and reincarnation (including dual reincarnation by a single soul).
While exploring such cosmic issues as society’s misunderstanding of and obsession with death and the almost near certainty in the 21st century that consciousness survives the death of the physical body, Dr. Gordon adds to the array of case studies, personal experiences, and his patients’ wisdom by offering a plethora of quotes from medical, political, spiritual, and other sources. From Lao Tzu to Don Miguel Ruiz; Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to Ram Dass; Albert Pike to Swami Sivananda; Carl Jung to the Mundaka Upanishad; and Sogyal Rinpoche to Voltaire, these enduring bits of wisdom undergird and further illuminate Dr. Gordon’s passionate explorations.
He even draws on the world of pets and farm animals to offer inspirational stories concerning the circle of life and the survival of consciousness after death.
I mentioned frequency and vibration, which Nikola Tesla felt were fundamental to understanding the Universe. In terms of this book and its subject matter, negative energy (low vibration/frequency) can breed illness, prevent healing, and even determine the afterlife experience (an idea to which I was first exposed while reading Neale Donald Walsch). I also mentioned reincarnation. This is an area where Science has already contributed much to the discussion, thanks to the decades-long work of Jim Tucker and Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia. It is in the study of cases of possible reincarnation that we are most likely at present to generate tangible “proof” of consciousness surviving death.
Two chapters at the end of the book explore the ideas of pain and suffering being gifts from God. These may very well be the most challenging chapters of all.
The final chapter, “A Good Day to Die,” explores the keys to unlocking the door to living life without fear of death. If spirituality as taught and practiced has any practical value, it is this. Being at peace with your life choices, who you are, and what you have accomplished is essential to facing death without fear. As Ram Dass often said, “Dying is perfectly safe,” but it takes consistent work to achieve this. I take stock every morning and evening of where I am in my life and adjust accordingly to keep on my path of peace, because the reality is that my death could come at any time.
Another key to managing a well-lived life in preparation for a spiritual warrior’s version of a good death is managing energy expenditures. Carolin Myss’s groundbreaking metaphor of energy being a bank account from which you can only withdraw so much each day led me to prioritize prioritizing, if I may. Managing your energy is of course essential for good health and healing.
A third key is having a purpose, or mission, and knowing that, when it is complete, we die. Therefore, an important question Dr. Gordon poses is, “How do you want to die?”
No Beginning… No End will help you answer this question and institute an action plan. In that sense, there is no more important book for you to read.
A wonderful, inspiring epilogue features a heartwarming story of a woman’s final moments and the flight of her soul that perfectly encapsulates all that has come before.
Each chapter ends with three to five Whispers of the Heart, which serve the dual purpose of summating the chapter and posing questions that the reader can address individually or in a book group. Many of the questions are essential discussion starters for families concerning matters of living wills, funeral arrangements, and the dynamics of grief and memory.
In closing, it only remains to say: Die well and without fear, my friends, just as I pray you live.
I also want to mention the expectations that I had because of the subtitle. Having studied the survival of consciousness after death for many years as an author, researcher, podcast host, and field investigator, as well as communicating with dozens who have died and still engage with the living, I expected this to be a book securely in the camp of Science versus Spirituality. So few doctors are crossing that thick, black line, and it is hard to blame them. The medical profession gatekeepers suspend tenure, credibility, and career health like the sword of Damocles over the heads of those who do so. This is also not a criticism: Books by physicians securely in the camp of Science are invaluable to the larger work of researchers, experiencers, and psychic mediums. However, Dr. Gordon brings in and draws from both camps, in the same way as does a quantum physicist. Part clinical case study, part spiritual guide, and part autobiography, No Beginning… No End is an important text for those willing to seek the robust results at the nexus of Science and Spirituality.
Dr. Gordon’s credentials as a physician are impressive. He has an undergraduate degree in psychology, which clearly presents itself in his astute observations on human nature and motivation. As a medical intern and then as an invasive cardiologist, he has dealt daily with life and death for decades. Many of the stories he tells—devoid of the hope he assigns them—would be heartbreaking.
He has made a difference outside of the surgical theatre as well, leading the successful legislative quest to have automated external defibrillators in every school in America after a young lacrosse player died on the playing field after a ball struck him in the chest. Dr. Gordon’s insights into life surviving consciousness are so profound because they come from deep experience. Having his own life-threatening medical challenges, as well as experiencing those of his son and his father, Dr. Gordon had no choice but to give in to these dark nights of the soul or seek answers and meaning in numerous fields of study.
The result of this search is the birth of a Renaissance Man in the field of medicine who does not laugh at spiritual aspects of life and death, but embraces and incorporates them in his work. You’ll read about the third eye; Eastern ideas about cycles of life and death and darkness and light; the nature of the ego; the “heart brain”; the nature of reality and the value of dreams; the role of frequency and vibration in understanding life and death; enlightenment and the soul; karma; and reincarnation (including dual reincarnation by a single soul).
While exploring such cosmic issues as society’s misunderstanding of and obsession with death and the almost near certainty in the 21st century that consciousness survives the death of the physical body, Dr. Gordon adds to the array of case studies, personal experiences, and his patients’ wisdom by offering a plethora of quotes from medical, political, spiritual, and other sources. From Lao Tzu to Don Miguel Ruiz; Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to Ram Dass; Albert Pike to Swami Sivananda; Carl Jung to the Mundaka Upanishad; and Sogyal Rinpoche to Voltaire, these enduring bits of wisdom undergird and further illuminate Dr. Gordon’s passionate explorations.
He even draws on the world of pets and farm animals to offer inspirational stories concerning the circle of life and the survival of consciousness after death.
I mentioned frequency and vibration, which Nikola Tesla felt were fundamental to understanding the Universe. In terms of this book and its subject matter, negative energy (low vibration/frequency) can breed illness, prevent healing, and even determine the afterlife experience (an idea to which I was first exposed while reading Neale Donald Walsch). I also mentioned reincarnation. This is an area where Science has already contributed much to the discussion, thanks to the decades-long work of Jim Tucker and Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia. It is in the study of cases of possible reincarnation that we are most likely at present to generate tangible “proof” of consciousness surviving death.
Two chapters at the end of the book explore the ideas of pain and suffering being gifts from God. These may very well be the most challenging chapters of all.
The final chapter, “A Good Day to Die,” explores the keys to unlocking the door to living life without fear of death. If spirituality as taught and practiced has any practical value, it is this. Being at peace with your life choices, who you are, and what you have accomplished is essential to facing death without fear. As Ram Dass often said, “Dying is perfectly safe,” but it takes consistent work to achieve this. I take stock every morning and evening of where I am in my life and adjust accordingly to keep on my path of peace, because the reality is that my death could come at any time.
Another key to managing a well-lived life in preparation for a spiritual warrior’s version of a good death is managing energy expenditures. Carolin Myss’s groundbreaking metaphor of energy being a bank account from which you can only withdraw so much each day led me to prioritize prioritizing, if I may. Managing your energy is of course essential for good health and healing.
A third key is having a purpose, or mission, and knowing that, when it is complete, we die. Therefore, an important question Dr. Gordon poses is, “How do you want to die?”
No Beginning… No End will help you answer this question and institute an action plan. In that sense, there is no more important book for you to read.
A wonderful, inspiring epilogue features a heartwarming story of a woman’s final moments and the flight of her soul that perfectly encapsulates all that has come before.
Each chapter ends with three to five Whispers of the Heart, which serve the dual purpose of summating the chapter and posing questions that the reader can address individually or in a book group. Many of the questions are essential discussion starters for families concerning matters of living wills, funeral arrangements, and the dynamics of grief and memory.
In closing, it only remains to say: Die well and without fear, my friends, just as I pray you live.
February 9, 2022
Having known Doctor Gordon during his career as a cardiologist, I found this book quite interesting. Time moves on and seasons change whether we want or not.... dealing with transition is always difficult.
April 16, 2022
Local Cardiologist Dr. Terry Gordon discusses life, death, and after death. There is so much to savor in this slim book filled with wisdom, I know I’ll read it many times.
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