One way to approach financial difficulty spiritually is to shift our idea of money as the ultimate solution. Money is the default solution of our society. But if money is indeed only a tool, then we are not getting to the root of our problem of need. Whenever your thought locks on to only one possibility, one solution to a problem, you continue to box yourself in tighter and tighter. You are not free to pursue or intuit creative possibilities beyond that one fixed idea, especially in this time of Pandemic with so many voices focused on selling you solutions that underneath echo both threat and fear.
Spiritual traditions for centuries have instead taught the concept of spiritual supply. They may not use that term, more common in New Thought, but the idea is there that God provides. The Source of life includes all that is needed for the maintenance of life. But the means and conditions of that maintenance are not dictated by creatures, nor in particular human beings, but by the nature of Creation and, I am adding by Life's ongoing creative capacity and process.
The more rigid our ideas about what is needed to maintain our own lives, the less accessible we are to the creative possibilities that exist within every situation. Spiritual supply is not about fretting about money. It's about openness, flexibility and positive expectation that what is needed in the specific moment or situation, is provided.
There is no easy path to that kind of faith, There are so many logical arguments that undercut it, in a fixed reinforcement of humanity's history of both accumulation and neglect. Individually though, we can practice faith in the generosity of Life and it's Source. We can pray for and accept supply that comes in ways we know and in ways we never expected, whenever we feel the need. We can dwell on our gratitude for all the ways our life has been sustained. And we can stay open to creative solutions as they unfold. (Susan Nettleton)