Essential Development
The process of essential development takes the soul from her
initial condition at the completion of ego development, in which
she is dissociated from her true nature and living mostly as the
animal soul with a civilized veneer of ego structures, to the
station of the human soul. In other words, discovery and integration
of essence transforms the soul from its condition of being primarily
an animal soul to the state of being primarily the human soul,
a soul with heart. (Inner Journey Home, pg 222)

The essential Pearl provides the soul with a sense of individuality
and personhood that does not depend on fixed impressions, on spontaneously
arising forms of essential presence that structure her experience
of herself and give her the capacity to function as a person.
The soul matures and transforms into a person of essence. However,
the qualities and actions of this person are quite fluid and flexible
and objective responses resonant to the needs and inputs of the
environment. (Inner Journey Home, pg 223)

We see that essential development goes through stages, beginning
with the recognition of the dynamic field and medium of the soul.
Then essence arises in its various aspects, resolving the soul’s
issues and providing her with the real elements necessary for
her life and development. Next the diamond vehicles arise, providing
the soul with a personal, direct, and objective knowledge and
wisdom about true nature and its relationship to the soul and
her life. This wisdom transforms the soul further, and she becomes
able to transcend the most fundamental structures and limitations,
and to open up to the presentation of true nature in its primordial
ground, with its formless and boundless dimensions. (Inner Journey
Home, pg 226)