By adding MILD and a self-induced dream scene, are you not injecting too much active thought into the SSILD. As you stated, SSILD should be done from a dumb-like state? And I appreciate your point on adding other senses. I believe that SSILD works because you are putting yourself into a meditative awareness state, where you are taking particular notice of your personal input, and thus you are going to be more aware of yourself in a dream state as well. So, a very similar point to what you made. Thanks for the response.