Becoming involved with Quan Yin is not primarily an intellectual exercise, although wisdom is required.......... a willingness to open the heart and surrender to the feminine principle is essential. The heartmind of compassion is a path many try to adhere to but abandon it as they defer to their intellect, but it is best to always return to the heart center, even if one finds oneself repeatedly pulled by demands of brain-intelligence.... until at last one may be able to function with heart & higher mind in synchrony......