The process of power begins with awareness, then creates knowledge, then activates desires, then identifies models and strategies based on knowledge and desire, then results in action, which begins the process again.
(1) Everyone seeks power without exception.
(2) Value systems and ideals are really about how one should seek power; pretending not to seek it is just another strategy.
(3) Power transcends morality, dogma, tradition, and taste but can flow to an individual through such things and legitimate itself that way.
(4) True power is always held by individuals, not by collectivities or organizations; though, individuals with power will often try to camouflage themselves in groups as a way to get more of it. Groups can't act on their own. They only function in accordance with the will and desire of their leaders, who are, unsurprisingly, always seeking power.
(5) Power is contextual to the circumstances in question and relative to those who have more or less of it. The individual with the greatest freedom and capacity to act is the one who has sought power most effectively. The awareness, knowledge, desire, strategies, and actions of others should be seen relative to that individual.
(6) Using power either increases it or decreases it for the individual.
(7) Seeking power creates it and expands it; therefore, power exists to varying degrees on more than one level and in more than one form in any given situation (see "the process of power" above).
(8) It is not possible for an individual to share power. Sharing it is just another veiled strategy for acquiring it. Power is always hierarchical.
(9) Understand power by looking at how the "process of power" has taken (or is taking) shape in a given context.