When we are aware of our presence by being present,
there is a new knowledge,
and we call this knowledge Essence.
It is the true nature of who we are
when we are relaxed and natural.
The unfolding of Essence becomes the process of living.
This flow of essential Presence becomes the true experience
of time instead of the linear memory time of the personality.
Different spiritual traditions have given it different names:
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam called it Spirit;
Buddhism calls it Buddha nature;
Taoism calls it the Tao;
Hinduism calls it Atman
or
Brahman