The Era of the Ocean

1. Water is like the progenitor of life. So we need to love water, which also represents God. We need to love the ocean. In every scenic spot, there are beautiful forests and bodies of water. Water creates harmony.

Water has an absolute character but no form. It fits the shape of whatever contains it. If you understand the philosophy of water, it is like perfecting the sixty-six books of the Bible and being able to become a son or daughter of God.
(262-292, 1994.08.01)

2. The Christian ceremony of baptism involves going into the water and being born again. Since every living thing starts from water, which is the origin of life, you can go into the water and come out clean and reborn.

If you observe water every day and let your mind move with it, the blood of your body will be refined. While gazing at flowing water, have you ever felt that your mind is being washed clean? We need to love water. I am saying that loving water is the same as loving all the creation. This is a fundamental idea.

When loving water, should you love lake water or seawater? Should you go out to the sea every day or not? If you are on a boat with the winds blowing and the waves running high, your blood swirls around and never goes bad. Your blood is purified. (262-292, 1994.08.01)

Learning from the sea

3. No matter how numerous they are, how large or small, all rivers flow toward the vast oceans. Once they reach them, all their waters are mixed. The Black Current flows in the Pacific and is one of the currents that circulate through thousands of miles among the five great oceans.

This is possible because of the moon's gravitational pull. Because these currents circulate in this way, the five great oceans can all be in motion. They act as the supporting pillars of the entire ocean system.

When filth and other things come into the ocean waters, they are all mixed up and move toward becoming one. This is the purpose of the ocean. Even if a large river were to constantly supply fresh water for tens of thousands of years, the ocean can absorb it all and still have room to spare. The ocean is great because it remains unchanged, regardless of what enters it. (210-202, 1990.12.23)

4. There is no deception in nature. If a place is high, it is high, and if it is low, it is low. Nature will equally supply the higher place and the lower place without objection. I have learned from nature to give everything freely without objection.

When I go to a foreign land and find people who have less than I have, I open my storehouses and share all my rice even though I might have none left for myself. I do this to make things even. I learned that from water. For this reason, I like water.

God's judgment did not touch the fish living in the water. I always prepare offerings in front of God. I always release the first fish I catch, whether it is big or small. You have no idea how wonderful it is to release at least the first fish!
(300-141, 1999.03.02)

5. The ocean, when calm, is mystical. It has the power to draw people in like a captivating, beautiful woman, a queen of mystery. The ocean may look silver, but it can also take on a jade color.

At other times the sea assumes other hues. No matter how well a girl may dance, her beauty cannot compare with that of the ripples stirred by the passing of a gentle breeze on the water. Imagine the seagulls in the ocean. Some are sitting and floating on the water, others are flying.

All of them are calling; whether their cries are sad or joyful, they all sound beautiful. How wonderful it is when the waves rise and swoosh down. They are tipped with gold as they sparkle in the sunshine. When we see this, we are amazed by the sea's unending changes. (128-250, 1983.08.28)

6. The ocean is like a beautiful woman. Occasionally, it resembles a dancing girl. But once it gets upset, it can be more furious than a lion springing at you in the wilderness.

Occasionally, the waves are more than ten meters high, rising and falling. The cries of the seagulls cannot compare with that sound. The waves seem to say to them, “No matter how well you sing, or how good a comic actor you may be, you cannot compare with the grand force of my fury” The waves are so audacious.
(128-250, 1983.08.28)

7. Nature's power is enormous. That is why people who love the ocean cannot be arrogant. The ocean has that kind of greatness. If you peek into the deep ocean, you will find all kinds of fish living there: goldfish, others that are yellow and blue, and even colorless fish.

When you compare the land with the ocean, which is more beautiful? The land, with its variety of birds, flowers, and butterflies, is beautiful but limited. Flowers do not move. Land dwellers pale in comparison with the profusion of beautiful sea creatures that dance about in dazzling, brilliant colors.

So which is more beautiful, the land or the ocean? The ocean is more beautiful. Why did God create water? We can say that He made I,t especially for His enjoyment. He hid its depths away and did not open them to the public. God probably had more interest in the ocean than in the land. (128-251, 1983.08.28)

8. In the world of love, you can go anywhere you want. Does the seawater say, “I am Pacific Ocean water; all water from Asia is polluted, so I don't like it”? Wherever the water comes from, the Pacific Ocean takes care of it all.

Dirty water is quickly absorbed and goes the same way as clean water. Therefore, no matter how serious pollution may be, even if all humankind disappears, the Pacific Ocean will still be blue. No matter how much suffering and how many ordeals it must endure, the ocean's blue color will never be altered.

Likewise, the power, the content, and the authority of love will always be as constant as the ocean's blue. (214-275, 1991.02.03)

9. You cannot imagine how fearsome and horrifying the waves and the winds are during an ocean storm. But even the strongest wind is fulfilling its mission. If wind did not exist, there would be no waves in the ocean and the fish would not survive.

The wind blows to supply oxygen to the ocean. Waves supply oxygen to the water. That is why even when the waves are roaring and the wind is blowing strongly, you should taste the ocean and say, “You haven't lost your taste!” The ocean is salty.

If I can think that way, then the currents and rushing waves are not unpleasant. You don't realize how much philosophy can be found in the ocean. People who have lived only on land will face considerable obstacles when they try to engage in ideal activities in the spirit world. (119-254, 1982.09.13)

10. When you visit the ocean, you can learn many things. It changes several times a day. There is a saying, “A person's mind changes between morning and evening,” but the ocean does not change only in morning and evening, it changes every hour.

On a fine day, if you go to a certain area, the waves might be mild. Yet when you go to another area, the wind will be blowing. It might not be a strong wind, but different in mood.

Just as peoples' faces are all different, so are water and mountains. The climate also differs depending on the height of a mountain. The ocean exhibits beauty in all sorts of forms and figures. (263-018, 1994.08.16)

11. Whenever I had time, I would always go out to sea. I would go out to sea and be buffeted about. Despite the hardship, the purpose was to calm my spirit and prepare for trials and greater battles ahead.

Though I was often exhausted from having gone without sleep, I would stay alert, set my standard, and strive to maintain a horizontal balance in my daily life.
(073-270, 1974.09.29)

12. We can conclude that people who do not know the realm of the ocean are very limited in their sphere of happiness. If there were a Lord of creation, He would enjoy hearing praise from people who appreciate both the mystery of the sea and the beauty of the land, based on a correct knowledge of both the land and sea. We can imagine that He would not approve of praise for only one realm.
(128-259, 1983.08.28)

13. When you look at the ocean, you should not regard it simply as the ocean. You have to consider it a gift from our Heavenly Father. In the process of recreation, we review everything. A great revolution begins here.

The value of a great victory can sprout from this standpoint. So we may ask, to whom would all things of creation wish to belong? They want to be possessed by the one who receives God's love. That is the truth.

They want to belong to the person whom God loves. Everything in the plant and animal worlds, even the microorganisms, all want to belong to such a person.
(112-307, 1981.04.25)

14. I like things that are stimulating. I can move forward and penetrate things where there is a lot of movement and change. For this, the ocean is better than the land. The ocean is constantly changing. The wind blows, there are sudden periods of calm, the waves rise and fall; there is constant change.

Therefore, I prefer traveling by sea to traveling by land. On land, the thoughts of the morning can remain unchanged all day. The land remains as it is, no matter how much you move around. But the ocean is different. When I think I'm going in one direction, I could be going the other way. It keeps changing that much. This kind of constant change is very stimulating.

When the ocean is calm, the land cannot compare with it. It is unbelievably, mysteriously still. Every so often I feel it is like a pane of glass. It is so beautiful I cannot help wanting to touch it.

Every so often I have the mind to want to drink it. For this reason, I go to the ocean, with the thought that I am marching forward with one mind, even though the ocean keeps changing. If you don't have this kind of stimulating experience, you cannot do great work. (079-270, 1975.09.01)

15. To this day, I have been a pioneer. I have opened the way and taken the lead. Recently, our company built a boat and I took people out to sea to train them to become captains. I would teach them to think, “The wind may blow, and the waves run high, but could they block the path of this man?

Here I am, going out to solve the global food problem for the sake of heaven and humanity and to carry on life to future generations.” Is that not the attitude of a great man? I like that kind of person. The prosperity created here will remain, and the whirlwind of history will subside here.

The ocean is where young people should want to go and aspire to go. It is a place where joy and sorrow are interwoven. It allows you to leap forward and go beyond the world. In this way, countless young people who go out to sea can find hope.

The ocean can be the source, the wellspring that invigorates people's dreams for the future. This comes about the sea. (109-153, 1980.11.01)

16. I go out to sea with a great deal of passion. If I lost this passion, problems would arise. Devotion has to be made continuously for thousands of years. Indemnity conditions cannot be set while sitting comfortably, but they can be made by going out to the ocean and offering devotion.

Today must be better than yesterday, and tomorrow must be better than today. If I continue offering devotion until the day I save all the people who are starving, even if I die in the process, I believe that the Will of God will be accomplished on earth. (279-309, 1996.09.22)

17. Because of God's absolute love, He made all the things of creation fascinatingly. How amazing that creation fully provides for the needs of families in the future kingdom of heaven and ensures their well-being!

Even the flow of water exists to assist in the functions of heaven and earth. On the sea's surface, water becomes vapor and circulates to revive all the creation. All things live within a realm of cooperation and help fulfill humanity's ideal by cooperating rather than being in conflict.

God, using earth as His stage, raises His children and uplifts them to the kingdom of heaven. (284-047, 1997.04.15)

18. Although I am Korean, many Western people recognize that my work is not only for Korea but also for the entire world. There is no doubt that I am working for the sake of the world. For this reason, with courage and valor, I am building a global association, even in the face of persecution on land and sea.

In that sense, I made a fearsome declaration when I came out with the title Ocean Church after building this project based on religion, instead of conventional thinking. This is a fearsome course I have laid out.

From this point on, what am I going to do with Ocean Church?

It is not simply about going out to the ocean for training. The purpose is to love the ocean and achieve dominion over it. To me, taking dominion over the ocean means I will nurture it by the original intention of the Creator and make it the center stage for bringing the world together. (128-249, 1983.08.28)

The ocean has unlimited resources

19. We should love the ocean. We need to pioneer it. We cannot afford to ignore the ocean; it covers an area about three times the area of land. Who do you think is going to develop the resources that can be found at the bottom of the ocean?

We can find oil black gold on land, but the ocean is three times larger, so we can expect to find perhaps three times more oil under the sea. So far, this has not been sufficiently developed, but from this point on we need to increase our ability to tap these ocean resources. (294-173, 1998.06.14)

20. Water has no one expression. It takes on the exact form of its container and fills it, so it can have a myriad of shapes. In a small container, it is minimal; in a big tan,k it becomes huge. In a house, it can fill the whole house. The giant oceans are some of its faces.

The Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are faces of water. Water has so many shapes. Most of the treasures on planet Earth can be found at the bottom of the ocean. I am genuinely interested in this part of the world. I don't want what others have already touched.

All the treasures at the bottom of the sea can be mined. Their quantity is huge. We have developed technologies that permit tunneling even tens of kilometers under the ocean floor from an island, in any direction. Conquering the ocean is important work. (263-019, 1994.08.16)

21. Where can we find a solution to the problem of world hunger? The oceans cover about 75 percent of planet Earth is a treasure trove of natural resources. The ocean has an abundance of valuable resources that promise a bright future for all human beings, who are suffering from a lack of resources and dying from various kinds of pollution. ( 2011.02.17)

22. The vast resources of the ocean are much greater than those on land. When we consider the issue of fuel, the time of using oil, gas, and electricity will soon pass. Electricity has its limits.

Now the remaining source of energy supply is nothing apart from the ocean. There will be no other path but to develop hydrogen power. (094-131, 1977.07.30)

23. In the future, science will uncover means to create an unlimited supply of food. The reason we cannot do so now is that the costs are very high. The cost of fuel is so high. However, when hydrogen power is developed, we will have an unlimited supply of energy.

We will have an overabundance of energy. Then we can make as much food as we want, so much that we will not know what to do with it all. Since it will be boring for us to eat all that food alone, we will approach people on the street and say, “Come and share some of this food with me, and let's talk for a while.”

We don't know when that time will come, but I am saying we should start preparing now. We need to create those circumstances so that our descendants will be able to live comfortably. (141-223, 1986.02.22)

24. When you look at the ocean it appears very monotonous; there is nothing to see but the horizon. But in reality, it is extremely complex. Moreover, its resources are far more abundant than those on land. The ocean is a place of unlimited treasures.

All the precious things that people like can be found locked away in the ocean. So what do you think is necessary to tap the ocean? Think about how America was developed, and how many people undertook all kinds of adventures to find and mine precious minerals in the American West.

At that time, adventurers and fearless, courageous men were given rights of ownership. Similarly, unless you undertake many adventures and challenge your limits, you cannot become the owner of a treasure. Up to this point, people have fought to gain control of the routes on which ships travel across the oceans, but they have not valued ownership of the resources that exist in the sea.
(128-247, 1983.08.28)

25. Who will be the owner of the oceans in the future? If a great cataclysm were to occur, land could rise from the middle of the ocean while dry land could sink into the sea. If a land mass greater than that of the United States appeared in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, who would be its owner?

No one can say this kind of thing is impossible. Nobody knows when such a thing could happen. There are also volcanoes at the bottom of the sea. Until now, it would have been no problem to say, “Everything outside two hundred nautical miles from any coast is mine.”

No such person appeared, but such a time will come. The day will come when people will fight over the oceans. At that time, the people who want to be the owners of the ocean will need a dauntless pioneer spirit. There is no other way to become the owner of the sea. (128-248, 1983.08.28)

26. The future leaders of the world will be those who can protect and preserve the oceans. The time is coming when humankind will invest and devote all its power, culture, traditions, and national resources to developing the riches and treasures that lie at the bottom of the sea.

However, the key point is who will be in a position to command the oceans and pursue that development. When I am faced with this problem, I ask myself, as the founder of the Unification Church and True Parent responsible for human history, what base of operations am I going to leave for the future of the church?

That base is located at the seaside. For the future, the fishery industry and aquatic industry in the oceans have unlimited potential. (220-011, 1991.10.13)

27. The North Pole has snow more than eight hundred meters deep. There is fresh water that accumulated thousands of years ago. It is not polluted but clean, even after ten thousand years.

It is similar to the South Pole. If we were to build a cultural city like New York City below the ice, do you think many people would come to see it or not? This could be done. Just thinking about it is exciting.

If you built a tunnel through the ice, it could last for ten thousand years; it would not collapse. By spraying cold water on the inside surface once a year, the ice would stay frozen and remain solid. (302-100, 1999.06.01)

28. The time has come when we can farm under the ice. We can even get flowers to bloom there. If you go to Alaska, the tall mountains are covered with glaciers, and grass grows in the central regions. South of there, flowers bloom and people go fishing.

You have no idea what a beautiful and enchanted land it is. It is lovely, with clean water and clean air, a perfect, ecologically balanced environment. If you ever visit Alaska on vacation and enjoy it, you will want to live there and never leave. Because it is such a place, I am exerting myself and investing in all these projects. (220-014, 1991.10.13)

29. Young people should develop an interest in the ocean. The reason I go out to the sea and stay there for twenty-four hours at a time is to establish a tradition of having loved the ocean. People who work as seamen and go to see usually come back six months to a year later.

Because of this, most women would rather not marry them. For this reason, the global trend has been toward a reduction in the number of mariners. Therefore, we should become strong in the ocean businesses and, in the future, we should become a leading force in the marine industry.

The time will come when we will concentrate our efforts on the ocean more than on the land. Please understand my purpose in taking an interest in the ocean, and why you should also take an interest in the ocean. (073-143, 1974.08.16)

The oceans and the task of feeding all of humankind

30. The sea is a world treasure containing two-thirds of the world market of raw materials. This is critical from the viewpoint of carrying out God's restoration providence based on His Will.

Do you think there are deposits of diamonds in the ocean, or not? I estimate there are twice as many diamonds in the ocean as on land. Furthermore, in the sea, we also find seaweed and fish, and these can be used as food.

The area of the ocean floor covered by seaweed is vast. The supply of fish in the sea is almost limitless. Would a person who thinks of such things not develop an interest in them? Anyone who thinks about these things would be more interested in the ocean than the land. (089-028, 1976.10.03)

31. The resources we can get from dry land are limited but those that come from the sea are unlimited. One fish can lay several million eggs. Considering this, the resources of the sea are unlimited.

If these eggs were hatched artificially, it would be possible to hatch nearly 100 percent of them. By correctly adjusting the feeding process and providing other raw materials, it is possible to harvest unlimited resources from the sea.

The ocean is unique in this; that is why I am thinking about matters of the sea. In the future, whole families can live under the ocean. We have to think about homes beneath the ocean's surface. We can also set up aquatic businesses in the ocean. In this way, we can develop unlimited resources and expand them.
(207-218, 1990.11.11)

32. The only way to resolve humanity's food shortage is to farm fish. In the future, there will be buildings by the sea with hundreds of floors. With the press of a button, everyone will be able to farm fish. If you own just one hundred pyeong (0.8 acre), your household will be able to generate enough income for all your children to go to college, and you can live comfortably.

Science is advancing swiftly during our lifetime. It allows us to draw in seawater that is tens, hundreds, or even thousands of miles away.

We can build fish-farming structures in the mountains, as many as we need. Without doing so, humanity's food shortage cannot be resolved. That is why I am so serious about this. (191-084, 1989.06.24)

33. Salmon live in the ocean, but they swim up to fresh water to breed. We need to build fish farms that will somehow allow some species of freshwater fish to live in saltwater and some species of saltwater fish in freshwater. Do you know why? We cannot catch and eliminate parasites one by one.

So to protect the fish, why not move those saltwater fish to fresh water? Within one month the parasites will be gone. This is a simple idea. If we have two-week cycles, we can do it regularly.

It is possible to control such a process, by which we could swap the freshwater and saltwater fish. You cannot compare this output to that of a land-based ranch or farm. (226-344, 1992.02.09)

34. If you are fishing in barren waters, you may need to build a fish farm. The time has come when you can farm fish, transport them somewhere, and then go fishing for them there. If you build a fish farm somewhere with the right climate, you can transport any type of fish anywhere and stock the ponds, so people can catch them.

You can transport them in a boat, release them, and catch them again. Furthermore, the time will come when you will be able to easily hunt any animal, even tigers. You will be able to breed wolves and release them on the hunting grounds. You will be able to hunt bears. You will also be able to breed other animals for hunting.
(275-105, 1995.11.03)

35. I am researching tuna to find a solution to the food shortage facing humanity. I want to breed huge numbers of tuna and release them after two months when they are big enough not to be eaten by other fish.

Tuna travel at an average speed of ten miles per hour; when they swim fast, they can reach five times that speed. They are among the fastest fish in the ocean. The tuna is such an amazing fish!

Usually, when it swims, its dorsal fin is depressed, but when its prey is nearby, it opens its pectoral fins to go in for the kill. Its power is like that of a torpedo. Tuna travels throughout all five oceans.

When we release tuna after breeding them artificially, our food problem will be solved and there will be no pollution issue. That is why I am now developing the tuna fishery business. (126-203, 1983.04.19)

36. At the South Pole there are small shrimp-like creatures, called Antarctic krill. Every year, 150 million tons of krill die there. The number of fish currently being eaten by people every year is less than 150 million tons.

These krill have the highest quality of protein. Fish cannot compare to that. So I have thought about how to process krill. That is why we are making krill into powder.

God created them as fish food. But the uneaten krill all die. Every year, countless dead krill float about in the sea, leading to pollution. To solve this problem, after years of study, I have decided to produce krill powder. (273-051, 1995.10.21)

37. Every year 20 million people die of hunger around the world. I am the one who should solve this problem, and as a representative of all humanity, I should also solve the problem of the destruction of the ozone layer caused by environmental pollution. I have to pay attention to all fields of human life.

If I can't do so, you should, even though you have to shed your tears and sweat. You should be determined to leave your footprints on top of mine. The way of the Principle lies in following the footsteps along that path.

You cannot skip past those footsteps. Even our descendants in the generations to come must follow the same way of the Principle. This is the path of indemnity. (246-204, 1993.04.16)