Introduction to the Fitness Arenas
Fitting in means dealing with the world as it is, especially taking account of social realities but also including physical realities.
Its importance is reflected in the postulate that fitting in is the primal need of the .
The general requirement for fitting in was explained in an earlier section. That Tree dealt with social life generally and social groups more specifically.
Groups are the basic unit of society, not individuals, because they are responsible for maintenance of society and civic life. Groups are both driven by individuals and simultaneously the foundation for personal functioning. They are the context within which all fitting in occurs, and although we choose them as carefully as we can, fitting in is a constant requirement.
Example Groups: A business. A club. An extended family. A project group. A local community.
Even someone averse to being part of a group is unavoidably part of a large group we call society and depends on its laws, institutions and facilities.
For social groups, fitting in is developed around the pressure for acceptability. However, as became apparent in examining Q-expansions of other Domains, we must expect to find specific Arenas (i.e. fields or spheres) of social life within groups where fitting in is regularly expected.
There are always 7 Q-Arenas in any particular Domain and while serving the primal need of that Domain, they do so by serving the primal needs of each Primary Domain in some way.
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Originally posted: 26-Oct-2026.
