Essence
I am Essence just like you are... you only do not remember that you (as human being) are... Though within consciousness there is in fact no separation and thus also no separate entities do exist, the term Essence was introduced by the group of 12 Essences as a term that is used for your benefit. It may help you in understanding who I (Tompkin) am. You can see an Essence as an identification of a tone of consciousness which holds a certain direction, a certain intent for its creation of manifestation. You as a focus of Essence has chosen to experience a physical adventure (life) in your Earth reality and you will stay there as long as your life fulfills its value fulfillment in line with your chosen intent at the moment you entered this dimension. In that respect Essence does not differ from you and follows their own intent and value fulfillment and you as a focus cannot be separated from Essence. Essence is that tone which chooses manifestation within personality for certain experiences in non-physical dimensions (very difficult for you to have a bit of an understanding in this) and some (not all) do have experiences in physical dimensions (certainly not just Earth but uncountable other ones). All other manifestations in your physical reality (for example rock, trees, creatures, water, air, atoms etc.) hold consciousness and are aware of self and hold the intent of value fulfillment, even to the tiniest link of consciousness (even a quark of an atom consists of many, many of these links).
Consciousness is not a thing which you can hold in your hands... it is an ever-ongoing action. All of this is the action of The Creating Universal One and Whole, which is not an entity or being. As just mentioned, it is an action. Essence is a tone in consciousness and there is no separation within consciousness. It is an ever changing yet involatile action of consciousness in consciousness out of consciousness which expresses itself in unbelievable unique ways. A part of these expressions are focuses (lives) in physical dimensions and in one of those you as human being are living in now.
Focuses
I have currently 2 focuses in your physical dimension at your current timeframe. One as a small boy in Germany another one as a young woman in Europe. Next to this I have one in what you consider the future. I also have some focuses in other dimensions as well and from my perspective of course a lot in non-physical dimensions.
Relation with Shift of Consciousness
Together with a group of 12 Essences (other ones are Rose, Elias, Twyla, Ayla, Patel etc.) we are supporting the Shift of Consciousness which is going on in your dimension since 1900.
Because of this Shift many individuals are lost and distraught in trauma and inaction or non-action. They rarely stop and take time to smell the roses so to speak, to allow joy in the moment and see, hear, and feel their true nature in this reality of the physical present moment they are experiencing.
My role within the group of 12 that I belong to is to encourage joyfulness. My intention is: "I am The Teacher of Children" but adults are still children in some ways. They all have the past experiences as children, so with them they carry that same energy and sometimes that energy does need modification on behalf of the person. In that, they have memories, or conditions, or conditioning that is affecting their current state and I can help them work through that into a more suitable state for their current energy in the now.
I also am here to lighten things up, to be more playful, to encourage fun. People are in a heavy state, I call it - a morose state; when their lives could be expressed much more energetically and playful and exciting and following their joy. And this seems to be forgotten. It seems to be put to the wayside with work and the burdens of life so it is my job, shall we say, but in a fun way because it is very playful, to remind people how to access that and to have more fun during this shift so that this shift can be lighter and freer and more buoyant, shall we say.