I have been wondering about the following question and am now posting <BR>it to the Aishdas society to see if anyone has any thoughts on the <BR>matter.<BR> <BR> Is emotional or psychological self-awareness (and I would also <BR>include being in touch with one's emotional/feelings/etc.) considered a good <BR>middah to be acquired like humility, faith, not being angry, jealous, <BR>resentful, or envious, etc.?<BR> <BR> Or could it be considered like a preparation, a hechsher for working <BR>on a middah, like a hechsher mitzvah?<BR> <BR> Or, as a third option, it could be seen a valuable in making a person <BR>into a better or happier person. And with self-awareness, one can <BR>better be an ovaid hashem. (But is this just another way of saying a <BR>hechsher middah?)<BR> <BR> I know many people who have self-awareness, but haven't used it to be <BR>better people, but, on the contrary, have
used it to justify their bad <BR>middos. <BR> <BR> On the other hand, I have met people who lack self-awareness, but <BR>this has not stopped them from working on their middos, and being very <BR>good people.<BR> <BR> Does anyone have any thoughts on this question?<BR> <BR> Yonatan Kaganoff<p> 
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