Essential Qualities
We discover an important truth when we begin to experience our
essence, or true nature. We find out that Essence manifests in
many different qualities – what we have called the essential
aspects. In other words, not only is Essence the pure and authentic
presence of our Being, the ontological beingness of our soul,
but this presence manifests itself in and as various experiential
qualities that are clearly discernible. So Essence also presents
itself as the sweetness of Love, for example, or the warmth of
Compassion, or the fire of Strength, or the solidity of Will,
or the stillness of Peace – depending on the needs of the
particular situation. (Spacecruiser Inquiry, pg 249)

Each of the different ways that Essence appears has recognizable
properties and characteristics that differentiate it experientially
from the other aspects. Because Essence is not a physical substance,
we do not actually perceive its presence with our physical senses,
but it can be clearly perceived and recognized through the functioning
of subtle inner capacities that correspond to physical senses.
(Spacecruiser Inquiry, pg 250)