difference between the essence of a thing which is always the same and its formations and developments which vary. There is, for instance, the essence of gold and there are the many forms which gold can take.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1935
Fragment ID: 17574
1935
You once used the phrase, “the essential power of the higher consciousness”. What is the meaning of “essential” here?
Do you not know what “essential” means? There is a difference between the essence of a thing which is always the same and its formations and developments which vary. There is, for instance, the essence of gold and there are the many forms which gold can take.