For me, connecting in the morning works really well.  Just before I get out of bed and I am in between the worlds, I ask to connect with my guides.  I ask them out loud or even inside my head if there are any messages for me for the day.  Since I am not fully into my day yet; I seem to be more receptive.  Pay attention to any feeling, image or thought that comes into your head. Psychic messages can sometime come in a very subtle way.  We all seem to want to see the burning bush or our loved one appear in human form in front of us.  Yes, that can happen–but more often than not guides and loved ones are speaking to us inside our mind using that small still voice which can sound like our own but isn’t.