In the book GURDJIEFF: ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE MAN AND HIS TEACHING, there

was a chapter on questions and responses, between Gurdjieff and one of his disciples:

Dr. B: I would like to ask a question about the relationship between work and fatigue. It
seems to me there is a difference between work efforts and automatic efforts. Outer work
takes energy. Inner work is the opposite��it should accumulate energy. It should even be
restful if it is done correctly. But for me it is the opposite. At the moment of making an
effort something believes that the gates through which energy escapes will close
automatically. But it's the opposite. I become tired. I lose my energy.