Hunger for power comes from an inner restlessness. And a deep hunger for power indicates a deep disease. The man who is running after power is the poorest man of all, because real poverty lies within. If you must have power, you must have power over your own mind. 'Before I try to influence anybody else, can I please change my own ways?'
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Acharya Prashant: So, the question is about leadership and power. What is the relationship between them? Does a leader exercise power?
What is power? Why does the mind want to exercise power?
Listeners: (everyone) To control others.
Acharya Prashant: Others, you are saying, right? To control others. Let’s see.
There are two kinds of minds. Right? What are the two kinds?
One, that is clear of garbage, clear of conditioning. And the other, that is free to be aware, but yet it is all full of influences. One chief characteristic of conditioning, of influences, is that an influenced mind wants to influence. Just as a virus wants to spread, similarly an influenced mind wants to influence. Power is the need to influence.
