The five men were meditating off a trail near Skull Rock in the hills above the Palisades on the morning of Jan. 7. With their eyes closed, they spoke about how they were feeling, what they were sensing. One said, “I feel my breath slowing down.” Another said, “I feel gravity increasing.” Then, all at once, four of them said the same thing: “I smell fire.” The five men, including Beni Oren, a 24-year-old who runs a glamping business, were the first to spot the Palisades fire in its earliest stag