You
are your own divining rod, your own pendulum. 
When you learn to sense higher consciousness, there is no need for
external tools.  These are excellent
implements to use in helping your discernment, but how do they work?  They use your own higher consciousness and
channel it into a physical implement.  Your
entire body is a physical implement of Higher Consciousness.  Use it as such to sense our messages.

Sit
quietly, ask your unanswered questions and listen for the answer.  Are you visually inclined?  Give us a symbol in your mind’s eye to
represent “yes” and one for “no.”  You
would trust a pendulum, now learn to trust the symbols which appear.  It is all about quieting the mind, shifting
the focus, and trusting. 

Trust
that you are never alone, and then turn to your helpers within for answers.