From the Same Dust - Why The Difference?

A Child - Didi Ji, You say that our body is made of soil, then why is it that some people are white, some are black and others are brown. Moreover, different parts of our body have different colors such as the color of our teeth is white, lips are pink , hair are black etc. If we are made or Mitti/Mud, all the body parts should be all brown and all of us should be brown in color, as mud is brown in color.

Didi Ji - When we say that this body is made of Mitti/ Mud, it does not mean that the body is made out the mud found on earth, like you would make a snowman out of snow or you would make a sand castle from the sand. Mitti / Mud is made up of five gross elements - space, air, fire, water and earth . Human body is also made up of the same five elements. That is why it is said that the body is made of Mitti / Mud. 

Human body gets formed inside a mother's womb, based on a resolve by the Almighty God. Once the body starts getting formed, God sends soul inside the body. Consequently, the body attains life from soul and various organs of the body attain the power to perform their respective functions i.e. the eyes to see, ears to hear, nose to smell, tongue to taste and skin to feel. And at the time of death when the soul leaves this body, the body becomes one with the mud. Also, since body and mud are made up of the same 5 gross elements, body grows only when it gets all the nutrients from the food that grows from this mud, like fruits, vegetables, grains etc.

Thus, it is made of 5 earthly elements. It grows when the same 5 elements are given to it and eventually it merges into the same elements of earth. That is why it is said the body is made of earth. The color of body mostly depends on climate of your birth place and then on heredity. The structure and beauty of the body also depends on heredity, which is given to you according to your destiny, which depends on your previous actions. To give different colors to the different part of the body is an art of God as you do with the toys or other drawing work. Think, if the whole body was white, including your hair, how ugly would look and it could become more difficult to distinguish one part from the other.