While Soul Mountain describes one man's spiritual journey, it also contains numerous graphic descriptions of sexual desire. Similarly, Ai's book on the flesh actually expresses her longing for spiritual love. These two works remind us that the spirit and the flesh are both aspects of being human and that the distance between these two "opposing desires" is not as great as most people seem to think.
其實，《靈山》一書中藏有諸多對性慾的露骨描寫，「靈肉」中則處處可見對心靈之愛的渴求，「靈山」與「靈肉」都貼切地反映了真實人性，其間的距離似乎沒有世俗眼光所認定的那麼遙遠。