Looking for Help With Spirit Guides

[Nicole H]

It appears that whenever someone has a problem around here, the most common bit of advice is to "consult the guides/higher self/Source/angels/whatever." Lost something? Consult the guides. Need some advice? Consult the guides. Need some love and support? Consult the guides.

The guides pop up on this forum, and in the writings of various promenent psychics with such frequency that they seem to be a universal experience. So, it seems reasonable to me to conclude that they actually exist.

I have tried to establish this contact myself (mainly through meditation- which I try to do every day), but have not yet been successful. I'm starting to think I do not have any sort of skill for this psychic stuff. I'm curious: is there anyone here who did not have some kind of natural talent for psychic abilities from a young age, yet managed to develop them later on?

I suppose I'm really just after some advice and encouragement here. I would like to get your feedback on what techniques work for you, and what you think may work for me. As long as I don't have to spend any money, I will try- with great effort and enthusiam- whatever methods you suggest to me. I can also report back to you how it goes.

Thank you all in advance!