The relationship between a mother and her child is the closest to compassion.
People call it love but it should not be called love.
It is more like compassion than love because it has no passion in it.
A mother's love for the child is closest to compassion.
Why ?
Because the mother has known the child in herself; he was a member of her being.
She has known the child as part of herself and even if the child is born and is growing the mother goes on feeling a subtle rhythm with the child.
If the child feels ill, a thousand miles away the mother will immediately feel it.
She may not be aware of what has happened but she will become depressed; she may not be aware that her child is suffering but she will start suffering.
She will make some rationalization about why she is suffering — her stomach is not okay, she has a headache, or something or other — but now depth psychology says that the mother and the child always remain joined together with subtle energy, waves, because they go on vibrating on the same wavelength.
The telepathy is easier between a mother and the child than between anybody else. Or, between twins — between twins telepathy is very easy.
OSHO