According to Osho, mastery and control are opposites: true mastery has no “self” to master—only pure, egoless awareness in which one belongs to the divine. Control, by contrast, is saturated with self; it inflates ego through repression and feats. Thus, ascetic control breeds pride, while acknowledged weakness can foster humility. Real freedom comes from selfless presence, not domination.
Real mastery is calm awareness without a bossy “me,” while control is the ego trying to boss everything and getting bigger.