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After over a year, dreaming has caught my attention again because I meditate every day (for about 2 weeks now) a few days ago I was taking a nap. Because of more awareness and sleep deprivation I was able to fall asleep without drifting entirely away. I could not move and realized I must be sleeping, but I forced myself to wake up because I thought I heard steps I decided to wait if I get a similar experience in the next few days. Today I took a nap too, again with sleep deprivation. I was falling asleep and forced myself to stay in control. It was a little bit like WILD I guess, but I could not quite control everything when I was dreaming, the clarity and vividness were below average and the duration was ridiculous. I remember being in the ocean at first. I knew I was dreaming so I tried to dive and breathe water. It worked, but not as good as I expected. I was floating underwater and observing a reef. I forgot that I was dreaming for a few moments, but I remembered it again when I saw a cat with a jetpack. I normally do not dream about such unrealistic things, but this time I did *shrugs* I tried to make the cat-dream go away, took me about 20 seconds until I was on a street in a friendly looking neighborhood. Except there were huge weapons in every garage. I even had to destroy 2 weapons because they seemed to want to kill me when I stepped on their property. I did not quite have control over this dream, I was however able to remember that it is just a dream and I was able to just walk away from the deadly weapons. I walked over to a guy who sold some random things, and I remembered that people in dreams often say interesting things, so I tried to talk with him. I did not say anything, I just stared at him and expected him to say something but he simply stared back. I was trying really hard to make him say something, but then I woke up. I might take another nap after my daily meditation and see if I can continue this dream.