Nassar Abou Khalil was born in Beirut on April 15, 1955, equidistant between a mosque and the church where he would be baptized a few weeks later. Throughout his childhood, neither the sound of bells nor the Muezzin’s call to prayer could escape him. He likes to place his life under the sign of Love and takes pleasure in recalling that he was born on a Friday, the day of Venus – goddess of Love.
Inhabited by an unquenchable thirst, he embarked from the age of 19 on a relentless quest for the meaning of Existence. He left for a one-year stay in Paris in search of an inner experience he had heard about, and stayed there for 28 years. During this period of half-voluntary, half-forced exile, comparable to a retreat, a profound metamorphosis of the soul took place within him.
Holder of a postgraduate degree in legal studies, rather than defending relative and temporary rights, he prefers to dedicate himself to the immutable and absolute right that each individual has to know themselves and achieve the inner freedom that flows from it. He works in communication as a facilitator and undertakes several study trips as part of his inner research.
Apart from conventions and traditions, beyond the artificial boundaries erected by men, Nassar Abou Khalil draws from his altruism the right words that heal best. Firmly attached to essence, he early refused to freeze it in only one of its expressions by closing himself to all others. He explores all paths available to him leading to self-knowledge which, like the summit of a pyramid, is accessible through several facets.
Throughout his Parisian stay, he maintains regular correspondence with his friends in Lebanon and elsewhere. Frequently sought out for his sincerity and the purity of his listening, he strives to provide each person with “better-being” and “better-living,” and proves to be an exceptional life teacher.
Back in Beirut, he continues to organize meetings aimed at establishing better communication between participants through mutual listening, leading to better self-knowledge. Happy coincidence or expression of a deep desire for union? His workplace was located between a mosque (another one, this time) and the church of his childhood.
He tirelessly repeats that everything we seek is found within us; we simply need a good mirror to see it.
His writings, mainly consisting of correspondence, are an invitation to question our vision of ourselves and the world, to transcend it and discover the position of Witness within us.