WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -In Chinese Taoist thought, water is representative of intelligence and wisdom, flexibility, softness, and pliancy; however, an overabundance of the element is said to cause difficulty in choosing something and sticking to it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confuse the issue, as in Bringing up one irrelevant fact after another, he succeeded in muddying the waters. This metaphoric expression, alluding to making a pond or stream turbid by stirring up mud from the bottom, was first recorded in 1837.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water is the wearing agent. Water exemplifies the soft and yielding power of the Tao, and the Taoist body (expressed especially in Tai Chi or taijiquan), that overcomes the hard body and triumphs over the rigid body (expressed especially in the Fascist body and body building) (see Giblett, 2008).

Detailed explanation-4: -The quote “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone” by Alan Watts is a valuable lesson in life. It suggests that sometimes it’s better to step back and allow a difficult or unclear situation to settle on its own, rather than rushing in and trying to fix things immediately.