According to Osho, personal power and power over others are not just different but opposite. Inner power arises from self-knowing—cool, loving, compassionate—and carries no ambition to dominate; it is the mystic’s power. Power over others is political, born of inferiority, and spreads suffering. Responsibility, then, is first to one’s own being: when you are fulfilled, your influence becomes harmless care, not control.
Real strength comes from knowing yourself and feels like kindness; trying to rule others comes from feeling small and hurts everyone.