According to Osho, crafting a mud idol and later dissolving it is a deliberate training in learning and unlearning: use form as a temporary device, then release it to prevent clinging. Mud affirms impermanence, avoiding the false permanence of stone. Immersion symbolizes dropping all objects of worship—even gods—so only pure subjectivity remains. This unclinging culminates in moksha: conscious, non-dual awareness beyond seer and seen.
We make a statue to help us pray, then let it dissolve to remember not to cling to anything so we can rest in the quiet awareness inside.