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1. Although you belong to your nation, you also need to belong to the world. It will not do if you go your way clinging to your nation. Suppose your family lived in the Garden of Eden. Would there be border guards there?
If you wanted to go east or west, would anyone stop you from crossing the border? There would be no such things. You need to reach that standard. That is why we need to go to the world level.
We need a global domain where, when we go forward in the name of the Unification Church, we encounter no barriers. Otherwise, our families will have no earthly realm in which to perfect the ideal of the kingdom of heaven.
(146-224, 1986.07.01)
2. Henceforth, even if I am not here, it is certain that the kingdom of heaven on earth will be actualized. I have completed paving the way. I have abolished the gates of hell in the spirit world and laid the foundation for the highway on which you can go to the kingdom of heaven.
Suppose that we want to travel to Washington, DC. If we walk, it might take as many as ten million steps to get there. Some of us live close by and others are further away.
Where we are depends on our different destinies. Nevertheless, we can all still travel to Washington. Whether it will take us ten years or a hundred years to get there depends on how much effort we make.
(312-083, 1999.10.03)
Significance of building the International Peace Highway
3. Just as in the spirit world, a campaign to abolish national borders will be carried out on earth in the not-too-distant future. It can be done. That is why the spirits of diverse peoples are returning to earth, even to the Kremlin in the Soviet Union, to testify to the Unification Church.
To those who oppose me, I say, wait and see whether the spirit world will leave you alone. The spirit world will not sit still. It will dispatch its forces even to the most remote regions of the world, and if there are people there who oppose me, it will deal with them spiritually proportionally to their opposition. (091-065, 1977.01.23)
4. All barriers need to come down. Everything of Satan's must be removed, and the ground must be leveled. I am breaking down all the walls of the individual, family, tribe, people, nation, world, and cosmos, and leveling the ground.
Therefore, there will be no barriers. Even a wall as high as the Himalayas will not pose a problem. I am breaking down all those walls and paving a highway. When the walls are broken down, and we can cross those barriers, true love will manifest. (332-151, 2000.09.17)
5. Looking around the world, we see that many neighboring nations have erected borders to block free passage. Who erected those borders? Who set up those sovereignties? All this was done through the machinations of the enemy.
Where then is the group of people with the conviction, representing God, to overthrow the enemy, Satan?
Who are the people who can band together, resolved to eliminate him and his base? Christianity is not up to the task. Therefore, Unification Church members must do this; it requires both spiritual maturity and caution. We need to make a new determination if we are to realize our hopes for tomorrow.
Today, to complete our preparations, we need to build an organization that can be an impregnable fortress; then we must move forward to achieve our goal. Based on that organization we will set the way of tradition and an unwavering lifestyle. Otherwise, so we will not be able to move forward within Satan's realm and usher in the day of victory. (48-250, 1971.09.19)
6. From now on, what was turned upside down must be turned right-side up. Hence, you need to return to your families, become small messiahs, and create one unified world without left-wing and right-wing factions.
On the first day of February 1985, at three o'clock in the morning, I in Danbury and True Mother in East Garden tore down the gates of hell in the spirit world and all the barriers blocking the way to earth. Thereby we opened the course for the stream of heart to flow forth.
We, Mother and I, built a highway from the rock-bottom dungeon of hell to heaven. Because such a time has come, we can now talk about the Peace Highway on the earth. Now our ancestors in the higher realms of the spirit world can go down to the dungeon of hell and witness to people.
Until now, our ancestors were unable to do this. Furthermore, now leaders in the spirit world can guide us. We have entered an era when your grandfathers and grandmothers in the spirit world can come to their descendants on earth and coach you in everything. (149-340, 1986.12.28)
7. I made a public announcement regarding the International Peace Highway project at the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences. At the time, the presiding council members opposed it.
Once a tunnel is dug between Japan and Korea, one route of the Peace Highway will go to China and there it will branch out, one road going to Siberia and another to Moscow and on to London. The other route will pass through India and the Middle East. (192-133, 1989.07.03)
8. To defend ourselves against the Soviet Union, we need the support of the United States Japan, and then China. To gain the support of China, I declared that we would build the International Peace Highway at the Tenth International Conference for the Unity of the Sciences in 1981.
At the time, the presiding council members of the Professors World Peace Academy opposed me. They said, “Why are you doing this when all the presiding council members oppose this plan?” I replied beginning with the words, “You don't know as much about Asia as I do.
You hardly know anything about Asia or history, do you?” Eight hundred and eighty scholars and scientists from one hundred and eleven nations attended the conference. I sent my proposal to construct the International Peace Highway to the prime ministers of their nations. I also sent the proposal to university presidents. (139-122, 1986.01.28)
9. Now is the era of globalism. In the future, there will come an era when we can travel even in outer space. These days, people dream about traveling around the world with their spouses once in their lifetime.
To make this dream come true, I came up with the plan for the Peace Highway and introduced it throughout the world. Some time ago, we held a groundbreaking ceremony for the International Peace Highway and began to excavate a tunnel in Japan. Korea is not even aware of it.
In Japan, the government and people are making a commotion about it, but Korea is napping, not even dreaming of it. (148-027, 1986.10.04)
10. We need to create a broad and smooth highway on which all people can travel comfortably and happily. We should build an International Peace Highway in such a way that people will be able to drive hundreds of miles per hour with pleasure.
Even if future generations do not know who built it and do not express gratitude for it, it is our mission to build such a road. We need to make it a broad highway, as straight and smooth as possible. (20-136, 1968.05.01)
A conflict-free peace highway
11. In achieving world peace, the main problem is war. To eradicate war, the major airports could be managed by each continent – Asia, for instance. Now airplanes transport soldiers and weapons.
In the future, however, after building the International Peace Highway, I will ensure that the continental authorities say, “You cannot transport military equipment on this highway.”
Then the world cannot engage in war. I also want to see that people do not misuse airports in any way. Airplanes could be contracted jointly for the use of all Asian nations.
The nations could jointly declare, “These airplanes will be used by all Asian nations, and they will not be allowed to transport any materials that can cause damage to Asia.” Then war will gradually die out. If ports and highways are managed similarly, people will not be able to engage in war. (258-168, 1994.03.17)
12. There will be more and more interaction among the world's people. That is why I proposed in 1981 that we build an International Peace Highway. It will enable people to travel without passing through immigration checks at each national border.
This will be done by setting up a zone of non-interference extending four kilometers to the left and right of the four-lane highway, eight kilometers in total. For instance, along the route of the highway in Japan, Japan will not have jurisdiction within the eight-kilometer strip of land through which the International Peace Highway passes, but outside that eight-kilometer zone, they will have jurisdiction.
That zone will be designated as a special international territory, wherever it may be so that all people in the world can travel through it. Within that zone, there will be no national borders. (182-234, 1988.10.23)
13. Though Satan built up innumerable barriers, I have broken them all down and cleaned everything up. I have paved a straight highway in the spirit world, and I am building such a highway in this world as well.
Unification Church members need to run forward. If they come to a sea, they need to dig a tunnel under it and keep going. If they come to a mountain, they also need to dig a tunnel under it and keep going. Why? It is because true love travels the shortest distance. It travels on a straight road. It does not look up or down; it does not look backward; it does not look to the left or the right. (239-279, 1992.12.06)
14. The achievement of peace has been the hope of my entire life. In 1981, the Tenth International Conference for the Unity of the Sciences was held in Seoul. It was a conference where renowned scholars and scientists from more than one hundred nations assembled. At the conference, I announced my plan to build the International Peace Highway.
Once this colossal plan is realized, we will be able to travel from Tokyo to London by car. I believe the International Peace Highway will bind all humankind as one global family. Modern technology will make it possible for humankind to live as one family. (193-326, 1989.10.10)
15. In the past, the nation of Japan was my enemy. Nevertheless, I am trying to raise it as the vanguard among Asian nations by blessing it as the elder brother Cain through its cultural sphere and by guiding it to interact with other nations in harmony and peace.
To make this connection, I began the construction of the International Peace Highway, which will pass through North Korea and travel across the continent to China. The Japanese people must make this happen.
Such is the work I am pursuing now. I have come this far by setting the example, as evidenced by my life in Danbury, and by following principles that history proves true. This will result in heavenly fortune and unity. (146-036, 1986.06.01)
16. To build the International Peace Highway, we will bring together Korean engineers residing in Japan, the United States, and China, through the Unification Church. Then Japan and America are bound to collaborate in the development of the International Peace Highway.
This will serve as a new economic foundation to protect freedom worldwide. Asians will be able to realize their dream of freely traveling throughout the world. Then there will be a great movement of Asian people.
Starting from Asia, we are working toward a realistic, unified economic paradigm that will bring East and West together in a new civilization. It will actualize a new world of peace based on the love of God, which is the absolute value.
(115-176, 1981.11.10)
17. Now I am promoting the construction of the International Peace Highway. In the future,e we will move every religion. We will move Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen in the Far East, Hinduism in India, Islam in the Middle East, and the Christian cultural realm of Europe.
We will move religious leaders and young core members alike. We can mobilize anyone from any region. What contribution are people of faith making in the world today? They may contribute to their churches and temples, but few make contributions to all humanity. The plan to construct the International Peace Highway is truly a stroke of genius.
Religious bodies can work together for this program. For instance, in the Far East, the organizations of Confucianists, Buddhists, and Zen Buddhists will have no problem mobilizing their believers to participate.
The religious bodies of Korea and Japan need to participate as well, to be able to contribute to Asia. Next, the Hindu temples of India should be brought together. When they collaborate for such a cause, any number of people can be mobilized. (174-066, 1988.02.17)
18. The problem that will arise in Japan in the future is the acquisition of natural resources. Japan will have no problem as long as the United States and the free world are willing and able to provide such resources. However, if they hold back, the only option available to Japan will be to obtain its natural resources from China.
This is one reason I proclaimed the International Peace Highway project to the world in 1981. When this highway is constructed, Japan will be connected to the continent, to Southeast Asia, to the West, and even to Siberia. I believe it will make a significant contribution towards supplying Japan with natural resources. That is one reason I initiated this project. (135-263, 1985.12.12)
Significance of the Korea-Japan Tunnel
19. The Korea-Japan Tunnel will impact Asia. Once that route links Korea and Japan with a railroad, many of the goods transported across the world from Asia, the United States, and the Pacific region will pass through Korea.
Once the Korean Peninsula is unified and the tunnel is constructed, the time will come when trains through Korea will transport a great quantity of goods.
(456-191, 2004.06.28)
20. It has been quite a while since we began excavating the Korea-Japan Tunnel. When we open the way from Japan through the Korean Peninsula to China, the unification of South and North Korea will not be a problem.
Then Japan also will have hope for the future. I consider that this tunnel is paving the way to supply Japan with the boundless resources of the continent.
(337-148, 2000.10.25)
21. We will dig the Korea-Japan Tunnel. We will build the International Peace Highway and extend it to China and even to Russia. We will extend it from the Korean Peninsula, which will be the start of the highway.
The new starting point of global political trends is the Far East, where I was born. As the base, my homeland is the place from which everything begins. Thus, once the Korea-Japan Tunnel is built, Korea will become the hub of transportation and the focal point for the exchange of the world's cultures.
With this as the base, the world's cultures will inevitably follow a path towards equalization. Thus, Korea is in a crucial location. I have been saying these things for the past twenty years. (316-065, 2000.02.09)
22. The only ways Japan can export are through the Taiwan Strait and the Korea Strait. If these two routes were blocked, even for a short time, Japan would face serious trouble, especially if it were not supplied with natural resources.
To avert that danger, I have said that the Korea-Japan Tunnel needs to be excavated quickly. Once Japan has a tunnel, it will be connected to the continent.
To travel to the continent through the tunnel by car will take less than two hours. Hence, it will also take only two hours to transport goods via the tunnel. With a railroad laid underneath and a highway built above it, anything becomes possible. (434-097, 2004.01.28)
23. In establishing the kingship of peace in the world, the Korean Peninsula needs to be capable of playing a leading role. For that to happen, first South and North Korea need to be unified based on the cooperation of Japan and Korea, and next a tunnel needs to be built to connect the Korean Peninsula to Japan and the Pacific.
Then, under the leadership of the United States, Korea could join forces with Japan and Taiwan in the Pacific, and they could bind with the nations that had been their enemies. (446-130, 2004.04.22)
24. The Korea-Japan Tunnel will become an important strategic point in the economic distribution channel. If Japan were to export goods to Europe, the Middle East, and across Russia through Vladivostok or Dalian, but not Korea, it would be difficult.
But if we build a highway through Korea, branching out into three different routes, Japanese producers would be able to transport goods to places as far away as London. Products from Europe and Asia could move through this route to the five major continents. (452-057, 2004.06.01)
The Bering Strait Project as a symbol of world peace
25. Pioneering a highway across the Bering Strait is one of the ways we can promote a peaceful world, without war, in the future. This is something that all humanity desires.
Since the Unification Church has already begun working on it, I view this as a project that should be carried out in my name, even if it takes all eternity.
(504-010, 2005.08.08)
26. Wherever you go, when you deliver a speech, do not fail to speak about the Bering Strait project. This should be a major topic wherever you go. Even if you forget about eating breakfast and lunch, you should not forget about this. The Unification Church is now devoting itself to establishing the homeland of the global nation.
We are dedicating ourselves enthusiastically to this work. Therefore, even if the world does not work on the Bering Strait project, we need to do it. When we can bring this about, it will lead to a global nation that transcends all borders.
(504-313, 2005.08.20)
27. In the era of the kingship of goodness, there will be no wars. To ensure this we are focusing on the Bering Strait. I am saying we need to construct a highway of peace along this route, a road that travels via a tunnel under the sea, passes over a bridge through the air, and traverses across the land.
Such a road will never serve the purposes of war. I have laid the foundation for this. Therefore, when I raise the banner and move, the world will move as well. (504-299, 2005.08.20)
28. The issue of the Bering Strait is the key to establishing the kingdom of peace. Now that you have come to the arena of the final battle, you need to persuade people with a lot of money to assist with this.
You can tell them, “Now in time, I know of something that will generate more value than diamond mines, gold mines, or mines of the twelve birthstones.
You had better invest in it, even if you have to sell your property, your lands, or even the soil of your nation.” (512-118, 2005.10.15)
29. When a tunnel is excavated across the Bering Strait, connecting the continents of the Pacific Rim through Russia and Alaska, the era will arrive when people will be able to travel anywhere on the globe by car. The Korea-Japan tunnel will be part of it.
When that comes to pass, Korea will become the hub. I am the only person with this vision, who influences Europe, Africa, South America, the Asian continent, and even the islands of the seas. I have laid a foundation in all the member states of the United Nations. (555-133, 2007.02.09)
30. The Palestinian Territories are inhabited by Israelis and Palestinians, and the conflict between Judaism and Islam is taking place there. On the Korean Peninsula, the political struggle between North and South Korea is taking place.
Further, in my time I am fighting to surmount the geographical and political barrier of the Bering Strait. All these fights need to be resolved.
Only when the religious struggle, the political struggle, and the struggle over the ownership of the Bering Strait are brought to an end can the kingdom of peace be realized. (520-189, 2006.03.13)
31. In the Old Testament Age, the providence was carried out at the family level, in Jesus' age the providence was carried out at the national level, and in the age of the Lord of the Second Coming, the providence is being carried out on the world level. In the age of the Lord of the Second Coming, heaven and earth must be united. This work needs to be done in one generation.
The borderlines of the Old Testament Age affect Palestine; the struggle between Cain and Abel affects the thirty-eighth parallel between North and South Korea; and the Bering Strait affects God's kingdom and homeland.
When Russia and the United States participate in cross-cultural marriage, the world will be completely liberated. (514-218, 2006.01.10)
32. The Bering Strait is the most difficult border of all. It is a border between lands, and it is also the most difficult border in terms of ideology. When this border is abolished and the two nations are united, hell and the heavenly kingdom can become one.
Therefore, all the people in the world, and even the people of the spirit world, need to fulfill the task of abolishing the border at the Bering Strait in the name of that same hometown and homeland. (550-258, 2007.01.04)
33. Nations that possess the tundra are in a position to dominate the world. By possessing its natural resources, they can contribute to the Era after the Coming of Heaven and become its owners. One reason I am placing the greatest importance on the Bering Strait is to prevent these resources from being lost.
(513-314, 2006.01.02)
34. I have divided the Bering Strait region into twelve districts, and twelve tribes will be organized there. The question is how the people of the world can all join these tribes and invest their money and all their devotion into their respective districts, to quickly build a four-lane highway on which trucks can run. They need to do the basic construction work for this. (529-036, 2006.06.08)
35. What developed out of Greek philosophy was a Hellenistic ideology that opposed God. It also opposed Christianity and the new world of Abel's culture. This was communism, whose center was the Soviet Union.
Communism began to crumble in 1953 when Stalin died. Once we create an environment for the United Nations to unite with me based on the religious foundation of the United States, Satan's world will fall apart. Now what the United States needs to do is to bring Russia and China together to work on this Bering Strait project.
Territorial borders need to be broken down and all nations need to unite. The borderlines in the spirit world have already been removed, and its regions are uniting as one, and now the physical borderlines need to be taken down as well.
We cannot bring about such unity through military force. It needs to be done through sacrifice and service as desired by God, through the truth that I teach. (551-166, 2007.01.06)
Sun Myung Moon
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