The force be with you too, Mariner.
Yes, close your eyes and feel the force. It is there.
It's there with eyes wide open too, you just have to be open to it. You should not have to close your eyes to feel it.
We can do that all the time, if we allow ourselves to do so.
Some more than others of course. Accident of birth.
If you allow yourself to, you can feel what everyone around you is feeling. A curse or a blessing, all depends what you do with that information. Sometimes, you can feel what the people far away from you are feeling, IF you are connected to them in some significant way.