OOP Dumbledore

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 65104

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> I have been wondering what kind of precautions Dumbledore 
took during  his talk with Harry to ensure Voldemort couldn't 
appear inside Harry as  he had earlier.  All year long, 
Dumbledore wouldn't even look Harry in  the eye for fear of this.  
The one moment he did just before Harry and  the Weasleys 
took the portkey in his office, Voldemort appeared  immediately.  
So why not during this rather long discussion near the 
> end of the book?  What had changed?<<

Remember that Harry could feel Voldemort's mind when 
Voldemort was feeling something strongly. In the same way, 
Voldemort was using Harry's emotions to enter his mind.  This 
was why Harry was supposed to calm himself during practice 
with Snape and empty his mind of emotion before resting. Harry 
never got the hang of that.  However,   Harry's "heart," as 
Dumbledore calls it, the depth of his ability to love,  is so 
repellent to Voldemort that if Harry fills his mind with it,
Voldemort cannot possess him.

Pippin