Krisswest, it really should be known by you at this stage. We make it harder than it should be.
Essence is the essential qualities that make one wish that is a permanent feature of what makes them who they are, and without which, one wouldn’t be what one thinks they are, or that feature that one thinks others think they are.
Either way, the core of you is essential to you. Some people don’t believe in that core, some do Depends on where they are coming from.
I really believe that the core survives, if it is strongly, very strongly and unrevokably attached to who they think they are, and they cannot let it go.
The question still remains, as to what happens to a dis attached core? Does it float away into the great blue yonder, and end up as ghostly apparitions, disembodied energy packs, hopelessly floating around, hoping against hope to find another body, or they disintegrate as do particles os sand caught in a severe desert storm?
Or, if not let go, part and parcel, do they immediately reincarnate by the strong binding force of their personality, joining forces with some satanic cult to steal souls, so the can have their bodies?
And what of the stolen bodies of some worthy soul, who was too naive to feel an evil presence?
Are they in better shape as far as that goes? They certainly can not play a Faustian trick and reclaim their bodies, since they are simply too ‘good’ for that.
Most people seers included would opt in that case for the special case, that the kind of naive goodness required to be able to disbelieve in any kind of evil presence, must have reached the realms of satori, of immediate and intentatinous enlightenment, where time and space cannot constitute a restraint, and there is nowhere no time to go, because they are everywhere at all times, or nowhere at any time.
Such essences are never noticed, because they adapt to variable levels of size and shape, becoming unnoticeable at times, at others, stand out as Giants and gods.
Depends on Their mood and disposition.