Meditation Is Not A Trance-Like State

Meditation is the very opposite to being in a trance-like, hypnotic state. It is being fully conscious and aware, while a trance-like state is being lost in clouded mind of concepts that obscure pure vision.

To think otherwise is to wilfully misunderstand.
The sign of a hypnotic state is a repetition of cliches
– phrases or opinions that are overused and betray a lack of original thought.

Trance: from Old French transir -‘to depart’. A half-conscious state characterised by an absence of  response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis.