In 2002, Don Miguel Ruiz suffered a near-fatal heart attack that left him in a nine-week-long coma. It was not clear he would live. As his body lay unconscious, suspended between this world and the next, Ruiz experienced an inward journey towards profound spiritual discoveries. He had to choose whether or not to come back to life. In this enchanting tale, Ruiz shares the remarkable insights into the nature of life and death - or energy and matter - he experienced as he dreamed about the people, ideas and events that shaped him.