essence

Everyone has an outward appearance, and this is your first impression of them. Is this all you see? You know that your own identity runs deeper than your appearance, and that this is true of others as well. You use the term essence to describe the true nature of anything as opposed to superficial appearance. You have one as well. Don’t you long to have people know and accept you for who you really are? They feel the same way. The most essential way of knowing is by the spirit. This is how I know you and this way of knowing is available to those who are spiritually alive. Look past the flesh which profits nothing to the true essence of the spirit in others.