01-15-2012, 01:28 PM
As particlepopup mentioned, I would add lucid dreaming to your list.
I have had a few past life dreams just as you describe (knowing they were), and many precognition dreams (and will add that like Eddie, most were mundane, like dreaming the next day I would have a flat tire).
I have had some lucid dreams, but have not gotten to the point of controlling them consciously.
There is another type of dream I have had (often). I dream that I am with someone who has passed on. Even pets. I would not know how to categorize them. Usually I know they are passed on and I am so happy to see them.
In the Castaneda books, he talks a lot about dreaming and the dreaming body. Although, these books are of a specific nature and out of the stream of typical esoteric literature.
I have had a few past life dreams just as you describe (knowing they were), and many precognition dreams (and will add that like Eddie, most were mundane, like dreaming the next day I would have a flat tire).
I have had some lucid dreams, but have not gotten to the point of controlling them consciously.
There is another type of dream I have had (often). I dream that I am with someone who has passed on. Even pets. I would not know how to categorize them. Usually I know they are passed on and I am so happy to see them.
In the Castaneda books, he talks a lot about dreaming and the dreaming body. Although, these books are of a specific nature and out of the stream of typical esoteric literature.