This is a spiritual exercise, and I want you to do it with me. Right now. Go and get a candle and place it on a desk or table before you, and light it. Stare at the flame for a moment, that blue and yellow tongue that feeds on the exact same oxygen as you. Then close your eyes. Bow your head as you did when you were a child, and bring your hands up, palms together, left thumb looped over the right. As you did when you were a child. Place the tips of your index fingers on your lips; your middle fingers will probably be on or just…