A Tribute to Our Elder Brother Hyo Jin Nim - Introduction

문효진님 Hyo Jin Nim Moon Born: December 3, 1962 lunar Ascended: March 17, 2008 solar ~ Year Eight of Cheon Il Guk Hyo Jin Nim’s name means “Filial Piety / March of Filial Piety, Devotion and Love”

Upon his ascension, True Parents offered Hyo Jin Nim this calligraphy:

The lord who will open a gate into the heavenly kingdom, as a son of loyalty and filial piety in the garden that opens the way to the deep, wide and high realms of heaven.

True Parents, 8th Year of Cheon Il Guk,3rd month, 17th day.

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The above translation was used in Today’s World. Here are three other translations of the text of this calligraphy. The first two are suggested by Andy Lausberg. The third comes from US headquarters.

The garden that opens up the deepest realms of heaven; the lord who opens the gate to the realms of loyalty and filial piety 

The lord of loyalty and filial piety, who opens the gate to the garden, the garden which (in turn) opens up the deep (or deepest) realms of Heaven 

He will open and liberate the deepest heaven and turn it into a flower garden as the lord who opens the gates of loyalty and filial piety.  Image source

At his World Seung Hwa Ceremony at Cheongpyeong on March 19, 2008, Rev. Chung Hwan Kwak said Hyo Jin Nim is

“Truly a filial son who loved True Parents and completed the dutiful way of a loyal son.” 

Washington, DC, Bloc Advisor Bishop Ki Hoon Kim reported True Father’s words on March 17, 2008 explaining that True Parents have announced that

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Hyo Jin Nim is assigned as the gatekeeper who welcomes Family Federation members into the Kingdom of Heaven. 

True Father said in his prayer April 18, 2008:

Heung-Jin has worked very hard as the main responsible person [in the Spiritual World], united with True Parents. From now on, Hyo-Jin as the elder brother will cooperate with Heung-Jin and even help the people who are living in the most miserable environment.

Hyo-Jin is called “The Lord of loyalty, filial piety and the liberation of the whole spiritual world” in the position of True Parents in the spiritual world. Through the unity of both (Heung Jin Nim and Hyo Jin Nim), the resurrection of spiritual beings will be easier and quicker. 

The World Seung Hwa Ceremony for our Elder Brother Hyo Jin Nim on March 19, 2008 source link

True Father, a detail, October 12, 2008 enlargement

True Father explained the following about Hyo Jin Nim in his message

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at Hawaii King Garden, Kona, Hawaii October 10, 2008 From this translation of a report at FFWPU Korea

He lived a most difficult and miserable life in this world but he was splendid. In order for him to liquidate his lack of duty to his parents, he made more than 10,000 songs. In his lyrics, he meant True Father by the words ‘My Beloved,’ whom he absolutely loved and was united with. He was the elder son whose three generation can be kings. 

True Father explained the following in his message at Hawaii King Garden, Kona, Hawaii October 12, 2008 Unofficial notes by Rev. Michael Jenkins

Hyo Jin Nim knew that he had responsibilities, and he made mistakes. He thought that he could get help from me through True Mother. However, overall, he was a son of filial piety. Mother–son cooperation is a most serious providence at this time. True Children must come to me through True Mother. True Mother’s role is to unify them and bring them into oneness with me. …

We must understand the value of the True Family. We must remember that the Israelites had to put the blood of the lamb on their door. You must receive and accomplish this same kind of condition. The blood of True Parents’ son protects you and opens the way to the heavenly fulfillment of our responsibility. When Hyo Jin Nim went to the spirit world, I labeled him as the Son of Filial Piety to open the way to the Garden of Heaven. Hyo Jin Nim’s sacrifice was a condition to protect the blessed central families.

I came to Hawaii at this time for a providential purpose: To unify True Parents, True Family and the representatives of the Peace King, and to expand God’s sovereignty on earth. My timetable is exact and clear. You shouldn’t be influenced by the crisis in the world. Our path is clear. We must restore one nation. America is key to protecting the Pacific Rim and allowing the homeland to be unified. …

The Divine Principle teaches us that we must go from the levels of the individual, family, society, nation, and the world. I worked so hard so that the True Children could take their proper role. When one of the True Children dies, you think that it has nothing to do with you. Yet it is through the course of the True Family that your way to heaven is opened up. 

Editor’s Notes

To open some of the links mentioned in this tribute, please register at the FFWPU Korea website. To do this, go to this link, and then at the bottom of the page, click on the box farthest to the right (there are two boxes with a small orange strip; choose the one farthest to the right) and fill out the information requested. Then, once you’re registered at FFWPU Korea, log in here (or in a pop- up window featuring a picture of two locks).

Likewise, register here to be able to login at the Cheongpyeong website and register here to be able to login at the FFWPU USA website.

You may want to join the networking website Facebook here. Then search for and join the group “In Loving Memory of Hyo Jin Moon” to have access to more photos and comments about our elder brother.

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It’s helpful to have access to PeaceTV as well, as there are references in this tribute to some photos and videos of interest located there.

Please feel free to share this tribute to Hyo Jin Nim with others who would appreciate it, preferably by email. If you should want to post any of it online, please make sure that it is posted at a secure password protected website—preferably one that’s available only to central blessed families or others who are close friends of our Family—so that the pictures and information will be presumed safe from misuse. Note that, with few exceptions, I have not made any effort to get authorization or permission to publish the pictures and excerpts in this email message. When I have received permission to use someone’s words or pictures, I’ve made a note of it by adding the words “used with permission.”

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12/03/1962 mm/dd/yyyy December 3, 1962.

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This tribute is in seven sections:

Ascension, Seung Hwa Ceremony and Memorials

Lifework in Music and Multi-media

Lifework in Ministry

Hyo Jin Nim’s Family

2006, 2007, 2008

Since Hyo Jin Nim’s Ascension

Acknowledgements

With deepest gratitude to all of you who contributed to this remembrance:

Heavenly Father, who must have had a hand in my interest in finding out the detailed reasons why our elder brother Hyo Jin Nim was called early in life to the spiritual realm

Our beloved True Parents

Our elder brother Hyo Jin Nim, whose expression of love for our True Parents brought me to tears of repentance. I have never seen anyone else show a more beautiful and heart-felt expression of love to our True Parents!

Yeon Ah Choi Nim whose sincerity on her visit to South Carolina on June 5, 2007 overwhelmed me. Her words at Hyo Jin Nim’s Seung Hwa, “If you see something about me that you think is good, then you should know that this is because of Hyo Jin Nim,” encouraged me to get to know Hyo Jin Nim better.

All the members of True Family whose demonstration of love and respect for Hyo Jin Nim during his Seung Hwa ceremonies inspired us, with special thanks to the following members of True Family whose words are quoted in this tribute:

In Jin Nim Hyun Jin Nim Hyung Jin Nim In Jin Nim’s husband, Jin Sung Kook Jin Nim Sun Jin Nim Nim Heung Jin Nim’s wife, Hoon Sook Nim

All the others whose words, notes and translations are quoted in this tribute, including

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Jim Bard Rev. Takeru Kamiyama Tahn Il Moon Tony Devine Dr. Frank Kaufmann Dr. Bo Hi Pak Lesa Ellanson Bishop Ki Hoon Kim Barbara Pavey Tony Francisco Shin Sook Kwak Kim June Saunders Dr. Tyler Hendricks Joe Kinney Angelika Selle Steve Honey Rev. Chun Hwan Kwak Dr. Joon Ho Seuk Hoon Mo Nim Shin Sook Kwak Hiroshi Suzuki Rev. Seong-gi Hwang Andy Lausberg Masaya Tateishi Rev. Michael Jenkins Joe Longo Dr. Chang Shik Yang

Those who contributed photographs and texts from publications

The photographers and videographers, with special thanks to Ken Owens and Douglas Wetzstein Those who submitted photos and texts to the Unificationist websites The designers and publishers of our outreach and historical publications

Ken and Daniele Cohen Sheila Furuumi Mike Lim Gareth Davies Julian Gray Tahn Il Moon Tony Devine Elisabeth Heil Janine Takahashi Tony Francisco Joe Kinney

And many others, including

Rev. Tom Cutts Neville Labrooy Dr. Andrew Wilson Wayne Despres

The founders, webmasters, translators, and contributors to the websites from which most of the information in this tribute has come, with special thanks to Damian Anderson and Gary Fleisher

The artists of the paintings, background, line art and clip art images used

The anonymous scribes of some of the notes taken and other anonymous contributors whose work has been added to this tribute.

Your sincere efforts in conveying Hyo Jin Nim’s words and expressions have helped us get to know why it is that so many of you who have had a chance to get to know Hyo Jin Nim, love and respect him from the depths of your heart. Thank you.

Contact me by email here, if you like: mjdespres@bellsouth.net

Thanks, everyone, for reviewing these notes.

All the best, Mary Jane Despres

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States March 2009

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This photo of Hyo Jin Nim comes from this video.

Please listen to the following YouTube Video From the Album: Libera - New Dawn 2008. Soloist: Tom Cully The Gaelic Blessing, “May the Road Rise up to Meet You” May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, May the rains fall soft upon you and the sun shine warm upon your face, And true be the hearts that love you, peace ever with you and until we meet again - May the path light up before you and the clouds forsake the skies above, May the warmth of sun surround you and the stars shine bright to guide you home, And true be the hearts that love you, peace ever with you, and until we meet again - May God hold you in the palm of his hand. May He hold you evermore. 

May the stars shine bright to guide you home.

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Thank you for inspiring us, Hyo Jin Nim!

After you had passed through a particularly heartbreaking crisis in your life, I remember you told us, smiling, “It’s true. There is life after death.”

As you get to know another kind of life after death now that you have ascended into the Spiritual World, may you find that your life course here on earth has adequately prepared you for each sacred responsibility that Heavenly Father and our beloved True Parents will ever request of you.

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Photo source

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Introduction Ascension Early Life Music and Media Ministry Family 2006-2008 Since His Ascension

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