The apparent opposition of the tangible and the conceptual. Mishima found this out and decided to set worlds apart. He would pursue mastery in the world of corrosive words as much as he would achieve mastery over his body, the highest expression of the tangible world.
I think there’s something about consciousness hidden in this dichotomy. Consciousness is the bridge between the two. Between the reductionist power of reason and the unattainable expanse of the tangible. We want to experience fully but we also want to achieve.