CHARACTER & INTELLECT

The problem of the wolf, the rabbit, and the cabbage is usually solved by means of the Intellect,though most grow soon weary at the tedious solution(s) they attempt. PRIDE OF INTELLECT exhibits itself usually when we solve it 'correctly',that is, logically,rationally,but the REAL SOLUTION has to lie in CHARACTER and, as pointed out, CHARACTER is 'destiny',that is, character determines(barring accidents) your FATE. FOR EXAMPLE, the real goal of this problem is to get ALL THREE(3) OBJECTS ACROSS THE RIVER(whether a raging river or not) and to get them INTACT! Now some people will focus on the boat,sort of like Lot's wife looking back at Sodom and Gommorah,forgetting what the Buddha said about the 'raft of life'. So what does this mean,really mean? For the majority of people it means 'physically', for others, a small few, it means 'mentally' and for a rarer few, 'emotionally'. Can you see, understand, or sense what is involved here? If you kill the wolf to save the rabbit and the cabbage, or kill the rabbit to feed yourself and/or the wolf, or eat the cabbage and give the rabbit to the wolf, what does any of this say about your character? These three things(3) you have have and are 'RESPONSIBLE' for! WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THEM? WHAT are the rabbit, the cabbage, the wold? If you can answer this question then perhaps you will see how CHARACTER operates here.