We examine the contents of our own beliefs and attitudes about money and finances to uproot ideas that feed fear and pessimism. This doesn't mean ignoring the facts or the numbers, but rather moving beyond the interpretations that we are rehearsing. We come to see our own history in the context of culture and commercialism, as well as our spirituality. If we want to be open solutions and a path of financial well-being, then it makes sense to maximize our strengths and let go of ideas and practices that do not support our intent. Again, we learn to control what we can control and not wring our hands in worry about what we cannot control.
Contrary to the idea that money is the focus of financial well-being, from a spiritual perspective, money is a man-made construct. Money is not part of the natural order of life. It is a man-made abstraction, an extension or tool to control what is a natural process: the exchange of goods and services between people. Ultimately this is an aspect of the life principles of exchange, circulation and reciprocity that operate on many levels of life: environmentally, physiologically, chemically, emotionally, the activity of communication--even the natural regulatory mechanisms between people and other forms of life.
Money seems so real and fundamental, but actually it is an abstraction Early cultures lived by barter trade. At some point in ancient history, the market value of goods or services was standardized in the creation of money. Cash and coins had more of a concrete reality, but even then value often "floated". Now the construct of money is even more ephemeral; it is about numbers stored in accounts, managed through computer programs. It is no wonder that it continues to cause so much anxiety. Even if you still trade only in cash, there is no long-term social guarantee that cash is reliable.
Consider that a spiritual solution to financial difficulty may lay beyond the man-made level of money. That doesn't mean that resolution cannot come through money, it means that money is a tool. I am remembering a Zen quote, that is more about spiritual practice, not financial healing, but it's applicable here in spiritual practice during financial upheaval:
"To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon."
D.T. Suzuki (echoing Buddha's teaching)