How often do you question yourself, or others?
What are you doing? Why are you doing it? How are you doing it? How often do you self-inquiry?
Why/What/How are very powerful questions.
Sometimes, I find myself in a trance, especially when philosophizing – words simply flow out of me. Occasionally, I notice the other side falling into a trance as well, or maybe they are just plain confused.
While philosophizing is nice and it can bring insights, two-way communication is much better. A good way to break this trance is to ask them (or myself) a question. It can be as simple as “what do you think about that?”. I notice that when I do this, they just wake up and respond as if something stung them.
We are wired in such a way that something triggers in us when someone needs something from us. Asking questions is one way to instigate engagement.
bor0's reflective blog 
We spend a good proportion on our lives running on autopilot.
Of course, that’s fundamentally fine for most things. And, in fact, snapping out of autopilot can be more-disruptive than staying in it: ever lost your “flow” when something surprised you?
But it’s still worth being more consciously-aware of it. To wake up and ask “what am I actually doing here? and why?” once in a while.
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Totally! Remaining in the trance (or flow, as you say) can be very beneficial, as long as one doesn’t spiral forever into it.
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