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When we open up to the suffering on the planet, we soon realize that we, the \u201csmall self\u201d, are not nearly big enough to contain it all. To really hold suffering in our heart and help to relieve it, we must get bigger\u2014a move from the relative to the Absolute. In Buddhism, there is a Bodhisattva, or awakened being, who models just this: Kuan Yin (Chinese translation). Her name means \u201cshe who hears the cries of the world.\u201d As a new war wages in Ukraine, it is an especially important moment to learn to get Big, to hold it together; to hear the cries of the world.