The center
During the Sunday talks, Mike's chatting began to take on more and more grandiose tones. "The Ba Gua group needed to work on saving the world", he said. That was a laudable goal that everyone agreed with.
Mike began to talk of opening up a center. He wanted a Ba Gua school or center or something similar. As described long ago, Mike met with the women every week. He was doing this and that with them. While talking about the school, he made it sound like he and the women had talked all about it and had real goals.
Of course we men had no clue what was going on. Mike went to the women's meetings. They did who knows what. Once in awhile Mike would say something about it. For a family style that was supposed to be open, there was a lot of secrecy.
At this time the group was large. I want to say at least 40 people. I have talked about how I thought Mike was trying to push me out. I wonder if he was also trying to push others out. I wonder if 40 people was too many. His greed got the better of him when signing them up. When it came to the demands all those people placed on him, it was too much.
Mike could keep a small group complacent. He could control them. 40 must have been the limit of his ability to control. It was time for trimming.
All of that is hindsight.
During the talk of the center, Peter jumps up and volunteers. Peter is a lawyer so the idea of dealing with the paperwork for a center is his area of interest. One of the women whose name I cannot remember offered to look for a place. She might have been a real estate agent or in the field. There was some reason she stepped forward.
After some more talking it was agreed that the woman and Peter would work together in looking for the center. Mike was standing back and letting them do what they were going to do. Peter and the women were excited that they were in charge of an important project for the group. They were excited they were doing something personally for Mike.
Little did they know that it was all a trap. Or so it seemed later on.
Mike began to talk of opening up a center. He wanted a Ba Gua school or center or something similar. As described long ago, Mike met with the women every week. He was doing this and that with them. While talking about the school, he made it sound like he and the women had talked all about it and had real goals.
Of course we men had no clue what was going on. Mike went to the women's meetings. They did who knows what. Once in awhile Mike would say something about it. For a family style that was supposed to be open, there was a lot of secrecy.
At this time the group was large. I want to say at least 40 people. I have talked about how I thought Mike was trying to push me out. I wonder if he was also trying to push others out. I wonder if 40 people was too many. His greed got the better of him when signing them up. When it came to the demands all those people placed on him, it was too much.
Mike could keep a small group complacent. He could control them. 40 must have been the limit of his ability to control. It was time for trimming.
All of that is hindsight.
During the talk of the center, Peter jumps up and volunteers. Peter is a lawyer so the idea of dealing with the paperwork for a center is his area of interest. One of the women whose name I cannot remember offered to look for a place. She might have been a real estate agent or in the field. There was some reason she stepped forward.
After some more talking it was agreed that the woman and Peter would work together in looking for the center. Mike was standing back and letting them do what they were going to do. Peter and the women were excited that they were in charge of an important project for the group. They were excited they were doing something personally for Mike.
Little did they know that it was all a trap. Or so it seemed later on.
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