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Altered Reality

It is impossible to encounter the presence of God and remain unchanged.
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For lama man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the lord Almighty."

Character Check
When was the last time I sensed the presence of God?

In Business Terms
Peak Moments. That's the phrase Outside magazine (October 1998) used to describe an "outsized moment, some breakthrough, I-just-didn't-realize instant when your relationship with the natural world pivots, expands, and is forever transformed."

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