According to Osho, you feel both close and distant because your true being is already one with the other, while your mind’s private dreams and desires create separation. Reality is universal; dreaming is isolating. In moments of presence—sunset, birdsong, a flower—the distance vanishes. When mind returns, it reappears. Cultivate those real moments, drop the urge to ‘become,’ and simply be what you already are.
One part of you is already together with them, but your busy, dreaming mind makes you feel apart.