The AEQ method is not a relaxation technique or a therapeutic approach, but a comprehensive philosophy for understanding and improving physical, emotional, and mental efficiency. For the long-term successful application of the method, it is essential to organize both the external and internal environment, as order allows for greater predictability and thus increases the influence of consciousness in recognizing and dismantling disorder, which creates chronic problems.
Many people are unaware that change for the better is actually more demanding than change for the worse. Although this is confirmed by numerous folk sayings and religious texts—such as the proverb “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”—most people do not understand or accept this truth. Progress, growth, and improvement require effort, whereas decline happens without resistance. Climbing means moving against gravity; descending means being automatically pulled downward. Disorder, whether we are aware of it or mask it through sensory-motor amnesia and sensory-motor illusion, carries weight. The question is: does it help us move upward or pull us downward?
The more aware we are of disorder, the more easily we understand why the path upward is more difficult and demanding than downward. The more we reduce SMA and raise emotional maturity, the more we can reduce this weight and ease our path toward syntropy and a lighter future. Inefficiency and traumatic past experiences carry great weight. After all, what do chronic pain and chronic illness show us in this context? That we are accustomed to a difficult life and allergic to a better tomorrow. Or we fear that too many things would change at once, and that the repressed doubt and guilt we carry as a burden would not withstand it. Fortunately, disorder also has a role in providing the energy needed to move upward.
AEQ Order does not mean rigidity or forced tidiness, but rather the creation of stable conditions that allow an individual to function better and perceive themselves more clearly. The more organized and predictable the environment, the less energy is needed to adapt and respond to unexpected situations. Imagine two paths: one leading uphill, requiring strength, attention, and consistency; the other descending, requiring only inaction—gravity will do the rest. Which path demands more energy? Which requires more conscious effort? If we want to make progress, we must accept that we need to invest effort and energy in our growth, just as a tree must do to grow toward the light. Life is the same: if we do not strive to create order, disorder grows by itself. If we do not invest in healthy relationships, tensions accumulate. If we do not invest in our body and mind, our abilities deteriorate. The AEQ method teaches that disorder and chronic issues can be dismantled—but only if we are willing to persist and go against the “natural” current of decline.
People often subconsciously maintain disorder in their lives as a defense mechanism against change, which might reveal deeply rooted feelings of helplessness and insecurity. If, as children, we experienced parents who could not organize their relationships or dealt with their own emotional struggles, we had to adapt. We learned how to “swim” in disorder, rather than how to create order. Someone raised in a home where finances were always chaotic often ends up as an adult in cycles of impulsive spending and periods of distress, instead of creating financial stability. This pattern is not merely a result of lacking financial knowledge, but a subconscious need to repeat familiar dynamics from childhood. The same applies to relationships. If we grew up in an environment where we had to constantly care for our parents’ emotional balance, as adults we will struggle to set boundaries in relationships. Such emotional disorder can lead us into unhealthy relationships where we take too much responsibility for others or fail to express our own needs.
Change for the better is always harder than change for the worse. Going uphill requires effort, while gravity pulls us down automatically. Every decision for order and stability requires energy, but it brings long-term benefits in the form of greater clarity, inner peace, and physical balance. An organized environment is not just about external discipline, but a way to enable the body and mind to function with less stress and greater efficiency. Greater environmental stability leads to greater internal stability, enabling a gradual reduction in sensory-motor amnesia and improved emotional regulation. The AEQ method teaches not only how to release chronic tension, but also how to create an environment that supports long-term change. Without a stable and organized environment, any method becomes just a temporary solution, as the subconscious continues to maintain old patterns.
Those who are willing to gradually introduce more order into their lives will find that the AEQ method offers better understanding of the processes involved in stepping into the unknown, reducing doubt and fear. It becomes a guide for eliminating chronic issues and a tool for consciously creating a life that brings clarity, strength, and inner peace over time.
We all want a better life, but few are willing to climb the harder path. The more we understand that lasting change is possible only through systematic investment of energy and perseverance, the less likely we are to give up at the first signs of difficulty. Progress is always a path upward. The only question is whether we are ready to take the first step and admit that, subconsciously, we may fear a lighter future more than a difficult past. Being the first to break generational patterns is not easy. It requires courage, responsibility, and a trustworthy partner in the climb toward a better tomorrow.
This text is intended to support proper understanding and application of the AEQ approach.
Aleš Ernst, Author of the AEQ Method
