Original Lessons of Paramhansa Yogananda. Today's poem by Yogananda is entitled "Whether in the Prison House." He is saying that so long as I feel God's presence it matters not where I am or what religion I belong to. Today I ask the question: Why do some young people never question "the old-time religion" into which they are born? The talk comments on Nepal, approaches to the climb of Mt. Everest, and ideas about Catholic priesthood.