On a beautiful Summer day on Rila in 1975 I was with two friends climbing towards the Lake of Purity (in the region of the Seven Lakes). It was a wonderful sunny day, with very fresh "pranic" air and exceptional visibility. When we reached the plateau, we stopped for a little rest and contemplation. We sat comfortably on the grass and everybody went deep into reflection, contemplation or meditation. At this moment something extraordinary happened to me.  

As I was sitting on the ground, enjoying the beautiful day and the scenic panorama, everything around me suddenly starting vibrating and I felt that I was entering into a new metaphysical space and time. Of course, the friends and the mountain were around me, but the "Spirit took control of me and carried me on the top of a high mountain". From the top of this high metaphysical mountain I saw the image of the Cosmic Christ, filling the whole "sky". Actually, the sky itself was the image of Christ (somehow close to the image from the shrine of Turin, but of course full of life), radiating with incredible light, love, peace, tenderness, beauty and apocalyptic power. His eyes, full of all Divine Virtues, contemplated the whole of Creation. I felt that He was looking at me with great Divine Love and at the same time He was looking through me at myriads of other beings with the same Divine Love, Wisdom and Truth.  

Little by little I started to realise the great mystery of Christ as the ideal-subjective essence of the Universe, the active principle, the absolute reality of all living beings, the substance of the 'I', the beginning and the end of human evolution, the whole continuum of perfected spiritual qualities. He appeared as the Light of the Universe, God the Son, the only Subject of the Universe, the One Who has made God known, Who is manifesting at every moment, and in eternity, the Living God.  

This is actually the essence of the Human Being made in the image and likeness of God. In His Divine eyes I was able to read the whole story of humankind – from the beginning of its evolution until its conclusion as God's people on sacred Earth, mediators between Heaven and Earth. In truth, His Divine metaphysical presence was like the living Scroll from the Book of Revelation (Chapter 5) where everything in the evolution of humankind is written. 

Such an astonishing vision I did not expect. I understood so many archetypal ideas from the Gospels, from the Book of Revelation and from many other Holy Scriptures also. In the First Chapter of the Book of Revelation St. John describes his vision of the Cosmic Christ (9-20) and the whole Book of Revelation unfolded as a result of this vision. For St. John it was like meeting the Second Coming of Christ Who showed him the mystery of Creation (Chapter 4), the spiritual history of humankind (Chapters 6-18), the apocalyptic events of its transformation and the reality of the New Heaven and the New Earth where humankind will continue its evolution (Chapters 19-22).   

Now, in hindsight, I could say that my vision was like an initiation into the mysteries in the Book of Revelation by St. John. I began also to understand the Spirit of Christ as described in the sacred book of the Master Beinsa Douno "The Testament of the Colour Rays of Light" (p. 65):

The Spirit of Christ

The White	"Who opens the seven seals,
Diamond	and the seven eyes.
Rays.	Causes the seven horns to grow

Holds the seven churches;
Forms the seven stars;
Lights the seven candles;
Sanctifies the seven days;
Sends out the seven spirits;
unites everything in one;
creates the Divine harmony of the
great and small worlds; distributes
the assigned blessings; leads all to
the Divine Heart of Love.
Enlivens and creates; produces and
gives birth; enriches and embellishes;
caresses and comforts;
blesses and illumines.
Makes joyful all living beings;
enlightens and fills with wisdom.
Gathers knowledge; manifests
all God's love, wisdom and truth.”

My vision lasted for about 45 minutes, but after these minutes I was a different person. The Cosmic Christ revealed to me the three-fold structure of the Universe and the essence of the Human Being as its micro-model. This vision was like an initiation into the Second Coming of Christ and into the mystery of the Book of Revelation by St. John. Since then I could say that for me the event of the Second Coming has happened and I have been blessed to hear the Call, described in the Book of Revelation: The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come!” Everyone, who hears this must also say, "Come!" Come, whoever is thirsty; accept the water of life as a gift, whoever wants it.  (Revelation 22:17)

The vision of Christ was a living experience developing further over the years and providing answers to the main questions in my spiritual journey. In the light of this vision I understood much better many of my previous visions and the mystical experiences which came afterwards.

Since 2001, in our Summer Assemblies on Rila, the light of the Cosmic Christ has been our guiding star on the spiritual journey. We had many inspiring visions of Him and started receiving His blessings described in the Apocalypse of St. John (see Project 2). In a sense the Cosmic Christ lit the Sacred Mountain Rila as a Divine Temple and all our present and future activities are developing in His Holy Presence.