lamb1, It may be required for you to become empathic, that is sensitive enough to feel, sense,
and be aware of your loved ones vibrations. Otherwise, as
Native Spirit has said, a Medium who
is empathic can communicate with those who have passed for you.
Anyone can develop psychic abilities, although lots of people are born with certain spiritual, or psychic,
abilities. On the path of consciousness raising lots of people acquire psychic abilities, but in my opinion,
they are but features, scenery, on the way to greater gifts.
I hold to the belief not to get attached to any spiritual experiences or psychic features one may acquire
on the path to liberation. Beings on the other side view us humans as ghosts, just like we view them as
ghosts. From the other side this physical human life appears as a dream state.
My best advice is to develop your own spiritual focus, refine your own spiritual vibration using whatever
tools you are attracted to, and come to experience that your soul, that which you truly are, is already
on the other side in the more refined spiritual world.
Come to realize and know that while you are in this physical world, you are not of this physical world. You,
and everyone else, including your loved ones who have passed, are all on a particular journey, and contacting
your loved ones may, or may not, be part of your journey. By getting in touch with your own soul you will come
to know the answer.