When Life Won’t Stay the Same: What Nonattachment Teaches the Soul with Dr. Judith

In this episode, Dr. Judith explores how longing for the past or fixating on the future can keep us from recognizing what God is doing now, introducing the “rememberer” and the “tomorrow woman” as two forms of attachment. She reframes life transitions by distinguishing the personality’s attachment to roles from the soul’s enduring capacities (love, wisdom, service), drawing on Buddhist teachings about clinging and added suffering. Using Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the resurrected Christ (“touch me not”) and the Israelites’ manna as examples, she suggests we may cling to the familiar forms through which we once experienced God rather than the divine source. Through stories of Margaret at a changed Christmas and Jacqueline approaching retirement, she invites viewers to carry forward the sacred essence of past seasons and ask how God is inviting them to recognize, receive, and express faith now.

00:00 What You’re Missing Now

02:56 Freedom Of Non Attachment

05:47 Rememberer And Tomorrow Woman

10:52 Personality Versus Soul

14:57 Buddha On Clinging

19:45 Mary Magdalene Meets Christ

26:55 Life Transitions Reframed

30:37 Margaret And Christmas Change

36:08 Manna And Trust Today

39:09 Jacqueline And Retirement Anxiety

45:59 Chalice Image For Growth

50:45 Closing Reflection And Practice