pandoram, sorry for jumping onto your post but ive been wondering the same thing!
Krystal Raven, how did u first get into contact with your spirit guide- or any of them? What would u suggest is the best method? Is it meditation, dreams, ouija board...?
When I used to ouija board with my friends (yes, i used that as a verb

) I had several contacts with this boy from what I assumed was the forties of 50s... he used "jiminy cricket!" as an expression of surprise often... I was much younger (11 or 12) and he seemed to be around my age. I haven't had any spirit contact since. I wish I could remember his name =(
Should I try to use the ouija board again, or is there a more effective method?
I see spirits constantly, so I didn't really need to look for a way to make contact with my primary guide.... if you asked me at age three, Toby walked up to me "just like a real person' and introduced himself. To find your own personal spirit guide, I DO NOT recommend the ouija. Ouija boards are not themselves evil, but they are uncleansed portals that can bring extremely dark energy into your life.
Making spirit contact and finding your own guide are two very different pursuits. To make spirit contact, you should visit your local graveyard's mausoleum with a medium parchment. The people in the walls have a tendency to talk, and they're usually quite happy to stay where they are rather than follow you home. A medium parchment can also be used to communicate with your guides after you've established contact with them.
To create a medium parchment (the sacred Mother of all Ouija boards):
a large piece of thick paper or posterboard
a permanent pen that writes legibly
a white candle
a fresh sprig of rosemary
a pointer (whatever you choose should be easy to move across the page, easy to hold with both hands at once and easy to tell which letter its pointing to)
a length of ribbon or twine
place the blank parchment before you in a way you will be comfortable to write. light the candle, and place it to the right, summoning whatever Deity you wish to bless this sacred tool. I highly recommend Isis-Hecate or Isis-Inanna. Begin with YES and NO at the bottom of the page. Place NO to the far left and YES to the far right. Then put HELLO to the far right at the top and GOODBYE at the far left at the top. Fill in the letters and numbers as you wish, but in a way that is easy to follow. As you are writing out the medium parchment, sing a song or chant a phrase that is honoring to the dead. When it is complete, rub the entire surface of the paper with the sprig of rosemary, saying, 'It is so!' until you are finished. Then, place the pointer upon the page and blow out the candle. Roll up the medium parchment, stick the pointer inside, and tie it with the ribbon or twine. Thank the Divine for helping.
Now, to answer your question about how to initially contact a spirit guide. You must intentionally call them. Most likely, they are already with you and are patiently waiting for you to intentionally contact them. Meditation is the best way to begin feeling their energy around you. Write down images, sounds, colors, smells.... anything that you experience while meditating upon the identity of your guides. As you begin to collect this information, the link between you begins to open up. Once you feel you've spiritually come into contact with the same energy over several meditations, use the parchment to communicate!