Emotional maturity is also the ability to recognize your emotions and manage them. I don't think it's possible for people to fulfill their potential without emotional maturity, and that's my opinion. I'm not sure what you mean by looking beyond emotions, but if you come to me with your emotions out of control, that's your issue. I can't attempt to assess who you are or what you're trying to do if all you do is throw your emotions at me or use your emotions as a weapon, like so many with anger issues do.

The people I know who are not emotionally mature or not working towards emotional maturity seem to be very unhappy with their lives and very out of control. That's just my experience.