Here in America there are so many material things that the people don't have feelings of loving all things. I felt that. You must know that you should deal with all things thinking that they are objects that should receive the love of God. Material things should receive the love of True Parents and True Children.

The cars you drive are similar to the clothes you wear. Just like your clothes, your cars are one with your physical body. What is uncomfortable in a place like New York is that there are only a few people who are driving clean cars. Most people drive dusty cars which have crushed parts as a result of accidents. That is not good.

Women do their make-up in the morning; men shave. Likewise, their cars should also be cleaned. Your car should have the same standard of cleanliness as your body and clothes.

Therefore, from now on the members of the Unification Church should have the heart to cry if the car you drive has a crushed part. You should think that way. You should love them that way. Since you don't love your car, you can't love your things so well.

American people often get divorced. They don't love their own sons and daughters; they get divorced. Those problems are all linked.

Do you understand how grateful I was when I had only one apple? There was such an occasion. Twice a year, the first of January and the first of May, inmates were given fruit-only one apple. But we were not allowed to choose what we wanted. We had to receive what they gave, in order. Whether the apples were ripe or spoiled and shriveled from too much heat or whatever, we just had to receive what we were given. As soon as the inmates received the apples, they usually ate them instantly.

However, in my case, I made a rule to think how pretty the color of the apple was. I couldn't eat this beautiful color. Then I admired the taste. Then when I looked at it, I didn't feel like eating it. I had that kind of feeling. I tried to feel that way. However, we were not allowed to keep the apple and walk around with it in our hand. So I finally ate, but when I ate it I prayed in front of God by saying to myself, "I am the first person in the world who has eaten an apple with such thinking." With that pride in my heart, I ate it. I thought of those things, even when I ate just an apple.

Do you Americans love your cars? Did you love them or are you going to love them from now on? If you love them, your cars will not break down or malfunction. If you love your cars and unite with them, then no matter how fast you drive you can avoid an accident. If other cars are coming toward you, they will turn away. Believe in that way, because Satan cannot invade what is completed, united with the Principle. God protects them and prevents Satan from coming. That is the Principle, isn't it? Just as you put on your clothes and look in the mirror to see your face before going out, so, when you drive a car, you look at the car and see if it has gasoline and enough water. Then you put it in gear and check, by listening to the sound, if there is no problem, no malfunction, no difference from yesterday. After that you start driving the car. After you've started, after 100 miles, use the brakes and make sure there is no malfunction, just as you straighten up your clothes. If you do that, then an accident will not happen. It is also good to examine the condition of the car by listening to the sound.

Today, you have decorated and cleaned this hall. While you were doing that, you must have thought that you should make this room clean. It is good to be good at doing those things, but when you clean the place and put things in order, you should do so thinking, "Oh! How wonderful it will be if I put them in order." You should think like that. Also, if you change your clothes, you should say, "Oh! I'm sorry."

You must know clearly that you cannot realize the idea of unity with God unless you have that kind of heartistic relationship with things, centering upon the Principle. If you come to know that, you will automatically have it. Even if you are not told to take good care of things, you become like that. It doesn't matter if you are seen by others or not. That is how it is. (67-155)