I have a completely different way of getting in touch with my higher self.
Sometimes when dancing to electronic dance music or listening to music with a certain energy, I feel like I'm 'blown open'. In this moment I feel absolutely confident, peaceful, loving and happy.
In those moments, or the days after such moments if they were strong enough, I feel a very clear sense of direction within the core of my being. It feels a bit like a 'push' or a reminder: THIS is what you're living for. I've learned to listen well to this voice and it's the driving force of my intuition. Some days, weeks or months, my intuition guides me with just about everything
Sometimes I stop listening - which leads to stress and slight depression usually (you never know better than your HS, stop trying
).
I'd say our communication is somewhat telepathic. I have trouble seeing my HS as a person though... I see more of a bright human-shaped energy field interconnected with the universe through webs. So the idea of having tea & cookies with my HS seems weird - but absurdity can be a great key to breaking down the fallacies of logic-created spiritual symbols and can bring you back to the core of it all.
Enough ramblings now