 Also, researchers are now beginning to investigate the claim that profound experiences of elevation can be peak experiences that can alter people's identities and spiritual lives.While moral development is often conceptualized as a lifelong process, Haidt offers an "inspire and rewire" hypothesis to describe momentary experiences that can cause permanent moral transformation.He suggests that powerful moments of elevation may act as a "mental reset button" by erasing cynical or pessimistic feelings and substituting them with feelings of hope, love, and a sensation of moral inspiration.